We are excited that Sunday School has resumed every Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Elaine Oxenbury is hosting this Zoom meeting for kids from Grades 3 and up. (middle school kids are welcome to join us as well). We will begin by studying a workbook on how to deal with the emotional fallout of COVID life changes, and tie that to Biblical stories and writings. After that, we’ll look at Advent topics, and then see where the spirit leads us! We are looking for this to be a gathering place for upper elementary/early middle school kids to be able to touch base and support one another, as well as explore the Bible in reference to our lives.

Here's the link for the Zoom meeting:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73081345376
Meeting ID: 730 8134 5376
Passcode: MissElaine

You can download and print the workbook here:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/unstuck-ebook.pdf

If you don’t have access to a printer, please let Elaine know and we’ll make sure you get paper copies delivered to your home. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to email Elaine about them! Elaine’s email is Oxenburyeg@comcast.net

See you soon!!

Every Sunday afternoon at 3:00 (except for Oct. 4 as noted below), I host a Sunday school time. I start with a science/object lesson, followed by a Godly Play presentation and ending with a craft. Please have your kids utilize the other materials (activity and coloring sheets plus a video link for each week’s lesson) that I include in my weekly email either before or after our class time.

October’s presentations will be as follows:

October 4: Blessing of the animals at 2 pm and thus NO Godly Play
October 11: The Story of Abraham
October 18: The Story of Sarah
October 25: The Story of Jacob

PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING A BIG CHANGE FOR ZOOM MEETINGS:

ZOOM is requiring that all meetings have either a passcode or waiting room enabled. We have chosen to enable a passcode. This will be embedded in your new invitation link. You must use the new link in order to join Godly Play. (You should NOT need to enter a passcode if you use the link; if one is requested, it will be the church’s phone number 3037402688.)

NEW GODLY PLAY LINK:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87410858056?pwd=bkJLdk1uSDJzMHphU2lxMDVQcUhPUT09

I miss seeing families in person, but this is the next best thing right now as we navigate COVID-Land.

ARE YOU SKILLED IN VIDEO EDITING?

As we are planning for the season of Advent, we are looking into the logistics of having a virtual Christmas Pageant and need your help! Our thoughts are to have kids video their lines and then put the individual readings together, possibly in Zoom form. We are very open to any suggestions and expertise! Please contact me (slefant@gshep.org) or Fr. Gary (gbrower@gshep.org) if this is something that you are interested in being a part of.