Education

Hope United
Methodist Church
Belchertown, MA

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Sunday School Classes

9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Classes begin on September 12th
We have classes for children and youth beginning at age 3 as well as an adult class.
We have a staff of experienced, caring teachers waiting to share the stories of the Bible with your child.

Everyone is welcome, please come and join us!

Our teaching staff:
Preschool & Kindergarten: Dianne Katsoulis and Cyndi Goss
First thru Third Grade: Alice Collins and Gwen Hubler
Fourth thru Sixth Grade: Beverley Button and Julianne Jones
Teen class: George Button
Adult Class leader: Joanna Page

Nursery
Childcare is available during Sunday School time for children under three with Tami Genholt.
During our 10:00 Worship service the nursery is open for children kindergarten age and younger. The Nursery is staffed at that time by Dianne Katsoulis and one of our youth assistants.

Committee’s Goals Set at Individual Retreats

Christian Education - 2011

§ The Christian Education committee will meet once a month for the first four months of 2011 in order to stay focused on the things that we want to accomplish. During this time we will research other churches Christian Education programs to determine best practices. We will re-evaluate our meeting frequency in June.

§ We need to develop and implement a plan for teacher development. We would like to have five new teachers and three new teacher assistants by September 2011 and to be able to offer training opportunities for them. We will look into hosting an area wide teacher training.

§ We would like to increase our Youth Group membership by 100%

Christian Education - 2012

§ We will hold parent orientations on a quarterly basis in order to keep parents informed about what is happening in Sunday School and to get feedback from parents that will help us to keep families coming to Sunday School.

§ We would like to increase our Sunday School attendance by 50% and be able to hold separate classes for Junior and Senior High School students.

§ We will develop new adult education opportunities and have two new adult classes available. Home based small group studies is one possibility to be considered.