SUNDAY CLASSES
FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN
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Teaching Staff includes:
Pre-school
Jill Lutterman
Teresa Meinders
K-1
JoAnn Nelson
Teri Reller
2-3
Larry Anderson
Gina Harvey
4-5
Jackie VanHorsen
Stefanie Sorenson
6-8
Lois Bruns
Lynda Heidebrink
9-12
Kim Berger
Brian Gerhls
Cynthia Krapf
Class Schedule
Pre-school through 5th Grade meet from 9:00 to 9:40
6th Grade through 12th Grade meet from 8:45 to 9:45
Lesson Content for “We Believe” Curriculum
Students preschool through older elementary will look at their relationship with God in
light of Israel’s relationship with God. We will begin with a look at the prayers of the
people in the book of Psalms. Also we will explore how the Biblical witness blames the
destruction of Israel on the sins of the people. Yet even in our tendency toward
disobedience, God remains faithful. The captivity in Babylon is not the end of Israel. We
get second chances too. God promises something new.
The story of Elijah is the subject of unit 1 this fall for Middle and High Schoolers. The
prophet becomes a thorn in the side of the monarchy, which continually behaves in ways
displeasing to God. The unit includes the stories of Elijah’s contest with the priests of Baal
and his experience with God at Horeb and concludes by explaining how Elijah came to be
seen as the forerunner to the Messiah. In this unit, the students will have the opportunity
to discover Elijah, the person, and to explore a variety of spiritual practices to
help him/her to hear God’s voice in the stillness.
Unit 2 will look at the prophets God sent to challenge the kings and preach repentance to
the people. The prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah are the main subjects of the unit. It also
shares the history of Israel’s fall, exile, and restoration. The unit ends by looking at the
inclusiveness of God’s restoration as seen in the stories of Ruth and Jonah.