Sunday School is the place to be! Come share the good news of the Lord with us through worship, fellowship and song.

The children are divided into several age groupings and learn about worship, the church, the Bible, and their faith. Our wonderful Sunday School teachers guide the children’s learning with songs, games, art, and other creative activities. We believe that an important facet of children’s growth takes place in each of these activities.

Kindergarten through 6th grade children study from "Living the Good News." This is a Lectionary based, liturgically centered, Christian education in the Episcopal tradition. Shaping and transforming lives and communities through shared experiences of the Sunday readings.

St. Paul’s teens, the Episcopal Young Church-people (EYC), grades 7th through 12th, use (BLY) "Bible Lessons for Youth." They offer Bible-based lessons to help youth claim the scripture as their own. Scripture readings help youth see how the Bible can relate to their life today. Youth can come away with a better understanding of what God is calling them to do in their lives.

The young people also meet once or twice a month to engage in special projects and have fun together. The EYC group just completed a 30 hour famine experience to benefit "World Vision." World Vision feeds the hungry around the world. During the famine experience the young people toured the downtown area walking as homeless, hungry people. During the tour they visited the historical St. Joseph's Episcopal Church and St. John's Episcopal Church.

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FORMATION

The Christian Education Formation sessions at St. Paul’s are designed for people who seek God and wish to grow spiritually in a nurturing environment. At St. Paul’s we recognize that we are given an abundance of opportunity and resources that allow us to discern for ourselves how we engage our God, work in His name, and live into the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We pursue our studies through a varying array of media by learning from those who have gone before us; i.e., biblical figures, clergy persons and theologians, world leaders, our peers, and our own experiences. St. Paul’s Christian Education Formation permits us to fulfill our covenant through scripture analysis, lectionary study, works of theologians, tradition, reason, and our own experiences of living in creation through God’s grace.

The Sunday Adult sessions have included book studies: Peace Is Every Step, The Screwtape Letters, The Forgiveness Book, Soap and Water, The Word Is Very Near You, and the Prayer of Jabez.

St. Paul’s offers other adult classes throughout the year that require more commitment of time and study. Education for Ministry (EFM) is a four-year program that meets weekly in the evenings on a semester schedule. Inquirers’ classes prepare people for Confirmation and are offered periodically before the bishop’s visit.

Weekend and evening courses are offered according to the needs and desires of the parish, once or twice a year. Some of these included a Human Sexuality Study, Racism Discussions, Parish Growth and Development Studies, and an interfaith study on the Genesis Series.

St. Paul’s usually does seasonal studies too. Our Lenten and Advent Programs are open to the community at large and are well attended. Some examples are: The Dream of God, He Chose the Nails, and a discussion on capital punishment using the video, Dead Man Walking.

St. Paul’s facilitators, teachers, and mentors for classes come from our parish laity and are well informed and learned people. There are also continuing Bible studies going on at different times and days of the week.