Our Sunday School is one of the many ministries of our church and has in its fold almost hundred children, twelve teachers and fourteen (youth) volunteers. The Sunday School Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent are Mrs.Anna Alexander and Mrs.Nalini Vijaykumar.
TIMINGS: Sunday 8.30 AM – 10.30 AM
Sunday School is held at the same time as morning worship service.
PLACE: Parish Hall, St.John’s High School (adjacent to the Church)
We begin the day with a time of praising and worshipping God.
Our lively and enthusiastic worship team leads us in singing Sunday School songs, hymns and choruses.
WORSHIP TEAM & OTHER VOLUNTEERS:
Merlin Harris (Guitar) Candy
Edwin (drums) Sheeba
Itten (Guitar, Keyboard) Maureen – Vocals
Sujay (Keyboard) Nidhi
Emmanuel (drums) Nivea
Philip, Enosh, Michael, Benjamin James
Praise and Worship is followed by a time of Devotion. Each teacher, by turn, leads the devotion. A Bible story is presented in the form of a skit, quiz, Power Point presentation or a combination of some of these. After devotion and prayers, the children and teachers go to their respective classes.
CLASSES: These are grouped as follows
Beginners Upto 5 years
Teachers - Rhena Roberts
Angela Mathew
Angela Benjamin
Hannah Merlin
Primary 6 – 8 years
Teachers - Vinolia Pauline
Gladys Paul
Juniors - 9 – 11
Teachers - Sheryl J Priyanka
Suhasini
Intermediates 12 – 14 years
Teachers - Sheeba Prithika
Sanjeev
Seniors 15 years +
Teachers - Benjamin Franklin
C Sadanand
SYLLABUS
We follow the “SPLASH” series published by Christian Education department of Evangelical Fellowship of India (CEEFI). This Bible – based curriculum is graded for different age groups.
ACTIVITIES
During the course of the academic year, the children are encouraged to participate in class-wise competitions in a healthy spirit of camaraderie in order to use and nurture their God-given talents.
Bible quiz, singing and painting competitions and games are conducted. An annual assessment is held in March.
Additionally, Harvest Festival, inter-church celebrations for World Sunday School Sunday, Christmas Carol Service, Palm Sunday and Easter celebrations are some more events during which our children and teachers play active roles.
The Sunday School Christmas programme in December and Annual Day programme in April are other major highlights in our Calendar.
The year culminates with the ten-day Vacation Bible School in the last week of April / first week of May.