Sunday School
For many of us the religious education of our children means bringing them Sunday Church School but it is much more. The religious education of our children means attending the Divine Liturgy and praying together in Church. Even more, it’s when we help a child light a candle in Church; praying together before a meal; reading our Bible or attending Bible class. It’s when we teach Sunday Church School to help young people grow in their Faith and participating in the Sacraments. Religious Education is all of these things and more. It's really about getting to know the Person of Christ and following His commands. “It's when all of us come together as one, becoming and functioning as the Body of Christ.”
While primary religious instruction occurs in the home, it is the mission of the Annunciation Sunday School program to supplement that instruction in a way that is age-appropriate and accessible to our children. Through artwork, group discussion, reading, lecture and music, the Sunday School curriculum includes topics as basic as how to do your cross, what it means to fast and proper decorum and behavior in the Church. The children will learn the symbolism that is the Divine Liturgy, understand the sacraments, learn the essential prayers of our faith, including the Nicene Creed and Lord’s Prayer, and learn how to pray. Older children will engage in thoughtful discussion about what it means to live an Orthodox Christian life.
We ask the parents to bring their children to church on time so they will not miss Liturgy or lessons. Divine Liturgy begins at 10:00 a.m. All Sunday School classes begin immediately after the Eucharist as students will be safely escorted downstairs by the Sunday School staff and Parish Council members in order for their parents to continue their worship.
Sunday School Schedule 2021/2022
September 2021
September 12th Registration/Class
September 19th Regular Class
September 26th Regular Class
October 2021
October 3rd Regular Class
October 10th Family Worship
October 17th Regular Class
October 24th Regular Class
October 31st Regular Class
November 2021
November 7th Regular Class
November 14th Regular Class
November 21st Regular Class
November 28th Family Worship
December 2021
December 5th Regular Class
December 12th Regular Class
December 19th 10:15 class/ Christmas Pageant
December 26th Family Worship
January 2022
January 2nd Family Worship
January 9th Regular Class
January 16th Family Worship
January 23rd Regular Class
January 30th Regular Class
February 2022
February 6th Regular Class
February 13th Regular Class
February 20th Family Worship
February 27th Regular Class
March 2022
March 6th Regular Class
March 13th 10:15 class/ Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 20th Regular Class
March 27th 10:15 class/ Veneration of the Holy Cross
March 31st Regular Class
April 2022
April 3rd Regular Class
April 10th Regular Class
April 17th Palm Sunday/Family Worship
April 24th PASCHA/Family Worship
May 2022
May 1st Regular Class
May 8th Regular Class
May 15th 10:00 class/ Graduation