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From the Church School  

Included in each lesson in our Church School curriculum is a prayer segment.  Most often, its purpose is to help learners focus on the themes of the lesson.  The child is to set aside the other wants and cares of the day.  The mind is to be engaged in the holy.  It is to be free to hear God's words, God's call. 

Prayer asks the petitioner to be still and to think deeply.  It requires patience and personal discipline.  These are the very things we often omit in the daily bustle of getting our children to school and to activities.  We end a busy, stimuli-filled day with finishing touches on the homework.  We crowd out the very thing our children need most, a time to think and reflect.  They need a time to see themselves in the context of a greater world and a grander plan.  They need a time of prayer. 

October Church School Schedule 

October 5                    Regular Church School                                    10:00 – 11:30 am
October 12                  Regular Church School                                    10:00 – 11:30 am
October 19                  Bishop's Visit & Church School                       10:00 – 12:00 noon
October 26                  Regular Church School                                    10:00 – 11:45 am 

Chapel Stories for October 

October 5                    Moses Leads the Exodus
October 12                  The Ark of the Covenant
October 26                  Ruth and Naomi 

October is fire prevention month.  We will be conducting a fire drill in conjunction with the Ridgewood Fire Department one Sunday during the month.  In preparation, each classroom has been clearly marked with fire exits and instructions.  There are at least two exit routes for each classroom.  Teachers have been given instruction in how to evacuate classes safely.  On the day of the drill, all Church School children will move out of the building to the California Street sidewalk where each will be accounted for.  They will await an all clear and return to the building.  Since the alarm will sound throughout the building, you will be informed before the drill begins.  

Church School offering envelopes are dated for a calendar year.  Therefore, most of our Church School students have a set for 2008, issued last December or January.  If your child needs offering envelopes, let the classroom teacher know so that I can issue a set that will carry them through December.  We have an offertory during Chapel for our younger children.  Older students may drop their envelope into a plate in the narthex on their way to class.

Lois Chapman, Associate for Christian Education