Christian Education Family Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2020
the season of PENTECOST:
many weeks of green!
Welcome, September!

Classes resume for the new school year on September 13 - and we are playing it safe: Online Sunday School and Youth classes continue, for you to click on at your own pace, and we're planning to offer Zoom Godly Play classes, times tbd.

Parents/caregivers: please respond to this question -
what days/times are preferred for Zoom Godly Play classes for your children?
Please click here to email your answer - and thank you!

And we have a fun surprise for you, too!
*Please come to a Drive-by Church School Welcome!*
Get a blessing for your backpack (from the sidewalk) & pop your trunk for a goody bag! *Date and time to be announced in a separate email - soon!*
GODLY PLAY
Age 3-9
Zoom classes are in the works! And our weekly emails continue, too.
NEW NAME!
The LIGHTHOUSE
Grades 5 - 9
NO IN-PERSON CLASSES, BUT WE'RE STAYING CONNECTED!
We've graduated from the "Weaving God's Promises" curriculum; we are receivers of light & bringers of light!
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How can we help you these days? LMK!

Here's a helpful podcast with strategies for 2020 back-to-school: https://www.janinehalloran.com/podcast/calm-and-connected-episode-72
Grateful for you!
Thank you for being a part of our growing St James family!

We are here for you and your loved ones. Let us look to God and one another during these trying times.

Please share your thoughts and ideas! - click here to email Linda Davis Siess.
While in-person activities are still cancelled or postponed, due to concerns about the COVID-19 Coronavirus, we're still meeting - virtually. Check out our emailed
"ONLINE SUNDAY SCHOOL!" classes, offered every weekend: Bible-based thoughtful activities to ponder all of the week ahead- click on any of these links to take a look!

TO DO: Ages 10 & up (adults, too): you're invited to our online Anti-Racist Book Club! featuring "This Book is Anti-Racist" by Montessori teacher Tiffany Jewell. RSVP ASAP - click here. Beginning this month!

One of our teens was active in the Diocese's online racial justice camp. Malcolm reports: "I wanted to share with you that the racial justice camp was awesome. We learned about the extent of how people can be racist, how to be a better ally to people of color and how God ties into it all. Overall it was a great experience. We also met with a legislator's aide to lobby for some change in the law and it was actually successful, we got the senator to lobby for a police accountability and youth decriminalization bill."

Malcolm is interested in our upcoming book club. How about you? LMK!
PLUS: put on your thinking cap and tell me how we can run a food drive for Pettengill House! They've written to St James, hoping we could collect non-perishables. Tell me your good ideas, and let's do it!
As a church family, we offer comfort, connections, challenges, and support for each other.

Keep an eye out for invitations and links, including our upcoming Drive-By Church School Welcome & Backpack Blessing! Check out our Facebook page and website.

What do you think about Zoom Godly Play classes this fall? What day and time meets your needs best? Email me with your thoughts. Jenn, Kim, Kimberly, Terri, and I miss you!

And drop me an email anytime: how are you? What do you need? What can we do to serve God's people - together? Peace and joy! - Linda
St James' Christian education mission is to provide rich experiences,
sound teaching, and strong support for the younger generation,
from birth to young adulthood. Let the love of God surround us!