Grace Lutheran Church
543 Greendale Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts
781-444-3315
543 Greendale Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts
781-444-3315
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Education
Sunday School
At Grace, we've embraced the Rotation Model of Sunday morning education. We're having fun! We cover less of the Bible, but in greater depth. The leadership team chooses stories from scripture. On Sunday mornings, we spend several weeks dwelling within a story—through drama, art, story-telling, cooking, game-playing. The classes visit a different room each Sunday morning: the drama room, the movement room, the craft room, and the story-telling room. Each unit begins and ends with a celebration. This plan enables us to use the full range of diverse gifts of the
congregation. It also allows for different learning styles, with different "rooms" engaging children in different ways.
Confirmation Class
Confirmation is the process through which we prepare young people to claim for themselves the promises made for them in baptism. When they stand in front of the congregation for the rite of affirmation of baptism, they state that with God's help they will come to church, make use of the means of grace (holy communion), live among God's faithful people, proclaim the good news of God in Christ in word and deed, serve all people, and strive for peace and justice in all the world.
To prepare for this, we gather regularly on Sunday evenings. The focus of confirmation class is on exploring our faith and on relationship-building. Over the course of a little over two years (September of 7th grade through the end of October in 9th grade) we study the sacraments baptism and communion), the creeds, the ten commandments, the Lord's Prayer, prayer in daily life, the seasons of the church year, the Christmas story, the Easter story, and a quick overview of the Bible. Our textbooks include Luther's Small Catechism, the Luther Handbook and the NRSV of the Bible. It's not all serious study—we also play games and participate in hands-on social ministry activities. We also take a retreat.
At Grace, we've embraced the Rotation Model of Sunday morning education. We're having fun! We cover less of the Bible, but in greater depth. The leadership team chooses stories from scripture. On Sunday mornings, we spend several weeks dwelling within a story—through drama, art, story-telling, cooking, game-playing. The classes visit a different room each Sunday morning: the drama room, the movement room, the craft room, and the story-telling room. Each unit begins and ends with a celebration. This plan enables us to use the full range of diverse gifts of the
congregation. It also allows for different learning styles, with different "rooms" engaging children in different ways.
Confirmation Class
Confirmation is the process through which we prepare young people to claim for themselves the promises made for them in baptism. When they stand in front of the congregation for the rite of affirmation of baptism, they state that with God's help they will come to church, make use of the means of grace (holy communion), live among God's faithful people, proclaim the good news of God in Christ in word and deed, serve all people, and strive for peace and justice in all the world.
To prepare for this, we gather regularly on Sunday evenings. The focus of confirmation class is on exploring our faith and on relationship-building. Over the course of a little over two years (September of 7th grade through the end of October in 9th grade) we study the sacraments baptism and communion), the creeds, the ten commandments, the Lord's Prayer, prayer in daily life, the seasons of the church year, the Christmas story, the Easter story, and a quick overview of the Bible. Our textbooks include Luther's Small Catechism, the Luther Handbook and the NRSV of the Bible. It's not all serious study—we also play games and participate in hands-on social ministry activities. We also take a retreat.
