Christian Education
Thea Hare, Gary Walker, and the Christian Education Commission continue
to foster the vital ministries of Sunday School, Youth Group, and Adult
Education.
Sunday School
Pre-School to Kindergarten, Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6
10:30 am. each week in the
Tabernacle Room (in the parish house, down the hall from the church
office). Activities include Biblical instruction though games, cooking,
painting, and building-projects (such as a miniature Noah's Ark)
Children join the congregation mid-service for Holy Eucharist; they
also contribute to the 10:30 Morning Worship on several occasions
through playing handbells, singing, and reading.
Youth Group
Grades 7-12
Sunday Mornings during the school year in the Parish House. Activities
include outreach programs such as wrapping Christmas gifts for local
charities, fundraising for the Second Harvest Foodbank, mission trips,
and serving in our Soup Kitchen on various Sundays throughout the year.
The group also attends and hosts youth conferences and conventions;
they also participates in the acolyte program, Youth Sundays, reading
in services for Advent and "Lessons and Carols," the Maundy Thursday
communion, the Festival of the Gifts, and the annual Boar's Head and
Yule Log Festival.
Adult Forum 2009-2010
9:15 Sunday Mornings
We will embark on another year of enlightening discussion on a variety
of topics. We welcome further suggestions as the schedule has not been
finalized.
- Bible Study with Fr. Erv (The Gospel of Luke)
- The English Reformation
- The Jefferson Bible
- Current Controversies in the Episcopal Church
- The Future of Downtown Youngstown Churches
- The Beatitudes
Natural church Development at St. John's Epsicopal Church, Youngstown.