Sunday School for Ages 2 and up

Classes offered every Sunday from 9:15 - 10:15 AM .  Check the website calendar for Adult Education Offerings, special workshops, and seasonal children’s activities.

Adult Education Offerings: “Lectionary Study”:  Disscusions of Sunday scripture in the lounge across from the santuary.  This study is lead by Denny and Alyce Gross.

Vacation Bible School

The Vacation Bible School (VBS) is held at Zion during the late summer each year to teach young children in grades 1 through 6 Christ’s message through entertaining and constructive activities.  The VBS is open to all!

Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study

We meet Wednesdays at 7 a.m. downstairs, take turns supplying the simple breakfast items and spend an hour in fellowship, conversation and the Word, generally reading one book of the Bible at our own pace.

Women’s Bible Study

This Weekly Bible study meets on Tuesday evenings at Zion at 7:30 pm.  The study varies from week to week.  We plan to study a variety of topics including Bible characters, a study on prayer, and celebrating life in Christ. With many study guides to choose from, we will let the Holy Spirit guide us each week in our choice of discussion.  Contact Louise Nelson mlcnelson@yahoo.com with questions.

Lois Circle

This is a monthly bible study for women that meets the fourth Monday of each month at Zion at 7:00 pm.  The study is based in scripture from the previous Sunday.

All God’s Children Worship - in conjunction with Lenten worship February/march 2010

All God’s Children Worship is a weekly worship gathering at Zion. It begins with a simple supper served at 6:00 pm followed by worship at 6:30-7:00 in the Atrium. The format of the service follows our Lutheran tradition [Gathering, Word, Meal, Sending] and engages in ways that are child friendly. All are welcome. Invite your neighbor. This worship is for children of all ages.

Sunday School Workshop Rotation model

Our Sunday School Workshop Rotation model derives from the Spark Curriculum.   Spark has been designed by children’s education experts to accommodate all the different ways children learn about their faith.  Some learn best through hands-on activities; others through writing and reading activities. Still others learn best through a combination of activities, and this is the approach Zion engages.

How it works…

The Sunday School team selects the Bible stories and three workshops for each story.  Children read the story from the Spark Bible and study the lesson on the first week, then re-read the story and learn about it in new ways as they participate in workshops over the three following weeks.  

The workshop rotation model is for children in Kindergarten to Grade 6 and is focused on a rich Bible story or group of Bible stories about particular characters.  Workshop rotations include: Art, Bible Skills and Games, Cooking, Creative Drama, Science, and Video.

Children interact and engage with the Bible.

Children open the Bible and engage with God’s Word during each week’s study.  Age-specific Bible goals set for each class help ensure children interact and engage with their Bibles in age appropriate ways.

K-1: Present ways for children to relate with Bible characters and put themselves in the Bible story.

Grades 2-3: Present ways for children to comprehend stories, identify with characters, and apply an action they can take in their own lives. Present ways for children to understand the structure of the Bible, and be able to navigate within the Bible to find stories they know or want to explore.

Grades 4-6: Present ways for children to know the Bible well enough to dig further into the stories, to interpret and determine ways to apply and compare Bible text to their own lives.

Praising, worshipping and learning of God’s love through music.

Complementing this engaging Sunday School experience, is Zion’s wonderful music program.  The children’s choirs and youth ensembles at Zion are based on the Orff-Schulwerk approach instructed by highly regarded musician and teacher, Susan Swidnicki.  Orff combines singing, percussion instruments (xylophones, glockenspiels, drums, etc.), movement, rhythmic speech and improvisation to teach music in a joyful, child friendly and creative way.