Rotation Theme

Unit Name

Description of Unit

Teacher 1

Teacher 2

Welcome Back
Jan 4

Celebration

Shepherds

Shepherds

Boy Jesus in the Temple
Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1

Drama/Storytelling

Create a room sized Temple, then walk through the story in it in costumes (good for choice for architects)

Ken Thacker
 

Mary Jo Ayers
 

Discovery

Celebrate questions with a question game, making a catechism quilt or booklet, and visiting a church leader

Jorgen Vik                 

Laura Vik

Art

Compile pictures paralleling Jesus’ faith journey with their own. Then make dioramas of Jesus in the Temple

Ali Davison

Lynda Tubridy

Cinema

View segments of a DVD about Jerusalem and use maps to learn where Jesus went and what he saw

Michael Costanzo

Jim McGinnis

Jesus Teaches Us to Pray
Feb. 8, 15, 22, Mar. 1

Art

Explore prayers in Sunday worship, assume postures of prayer, make no-sew prayer shawls

Sharon Webb

Katha Bollfrass

Cinema

View and discuss 2 DVDs of biblical stories in which people prayed

Elton Oliver

Corrine Silva

Games/ Puzzles

Learn about and use prayer labyrinths, do puzzles about Lord’s Prayer, create a prayer poster

Laurel Henneman

Alan Williams

Cooking

Taste many kinds of bread, make tortillas. Listen to Lord’s Prayer in many languages and create a tile of the Lord’s Prayer in Spanish or English

Dee Weikle  

Tina Goode

Peter:
3 Times “No!”, 3 Times “Yes!”
Mar 8, 15, 22, 29

Art

After hearing the Biblical story, turn own drawings of failings into mosaic new life symbols 

Lucy Burnette

Carrie Lewis

Cinema

Create and video a newscast of interviews with Jesus, Peter, and eyewitnesses to these stories

Kara Cox

Mary Ann Mayo

Drama

Pose tableaux of the biblical stories then create modern skits about forgiving friends

Kim Elgin
 

Kevin Elgin
 

Music/Worship

Connect Peter's story to the confession and pardon in Westminster's weekly worship.  Use musical instruments and movement.

Ann Hamaric

Jean Hammond

Palm Sunday
April 5

Celebration

Shepherds

Shepherds

Easter

NO CHURCH SCHOOL

Lydia
April 19, 26, May 3, 10

Workshops for this unit are not yet available until May 15. If the dates look good to you sign up and we’ll give you first choice of workshops when they come.

Nancy Takashi/David Oakland  will do either Art or Games/Puzzles

Nita Grupe will do Art

Games/Puzzles, not drama

Sherry Lake

Pat Tiedman

Beth Hochstetler

Beth Nissen