CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Trinity provides Christian Education for all ages between the 8 and 10:15 services on Sunday mornings during the school year. The children have been using the "Living the Good News" curriculum, which provides age appropriate discussions of the weekly Bible lectionary we use in our worship services. For the adults, there is a class led by Dr. Bill Lacy and Bill Klein on the lectionary, and another class which focuses on a particular book. We've used such books as The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, and I was Just Wondering by Philip Yancey. Dr. Lacy's class meets year ‘round. The youth follow a separate curriculum, using video presentations to facilitate discussion. (Click on the Youth link to find out more about the youth ministry at Trinity.)

In addition to the Sunday morning Christian Education classes, a nursery provides supervision for children all year during the 10:15 worship service. There is a children's chapel while the adults are doing the Liturgy of the Word in the church. Just prior to the beginning of the Liturgy of the Table, the children are invited to come into the church for a teaching minute with the rector, after which they are given Gretchen Wolff Pritchard's "Sunday Paper" to read (with their parents' help) and color.

We also have special educational programs through the year. During Lent, for example, we have a weekly study series devoted to a particular topic. Last year, we studied reconciliation, in a program featuring a different lecturer each week. During the summer, there is a rip-roaring Vacation Bible School taught at night.