Congregations interested in using and evaluating new prototype resources

[Kay Neubauer]

sparkhouse is re-imagining lectionary-based Sunday school and looking for a limited number of congregations that might be willing and interested in using and evaluating new prototype resources with their Christian Education Director, leaders, and kids on November 11, 2012 – Lectionary 32/ 24 Pentecost .

 

In your role as Resource Center Director, you are most familiar with congregations and leaders in your area who may be ideal testers. We are most interested in potential testers who represent a variety of target customers and invite you to refer congregations to sparkhouse, with final testers to be selected based on the following characteristics:

·         Size of Sunday school program

·         Geographic location

·         Denomination

·         Current Sunday school format/model

·         Current Sunday school curriculum used

 

Thank you for your consideration of this request. Please forward contact information for any test congregation referrals by Friday, 10/19 to: d...@wearesparkhouse.org, including Contact Name, Church Name, City, State, and email address.

 

 

[Karen NEPS Matthias-Long]

I have been out of the office and did not get to read your email until today. However, I sent out your request to a few folks and I have one response so far. I hope to hear from a couple more today.  Here is the first response:

 

Friedens Lutheran Church, Oley PA

Contact person: Kathy Schaeffer (Associate in Ministry), kscha...@friedenslutheran.org

 

Size of Sunday school program - 25-30(present) children in grades Pre-K through 6th grade
Geographic Location - Northeastern PA Synod (rural congregation located outside of Reading, PA)

Denomination - ELCA Lutheran
Current Sunday School format/model - General opening(15 minutes) followed by teacher led combined (1st and 2nd grade,3rd and 4th grade, 5th and 6th grade)  classrooms (45 minutes)
Current Sunday School curriculum - Spark Lectionary from Augsburg/Fortress

Hope this helps, Kay. Kathy would be a wonderful contact for your project.

 

Blessings,

Karen

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[Karen NEPS Matthias-Long]

Here is a second congregation from Northeastern PA Synod which would be interested in using and evaluating new prototype resources.

 

Contact person: Cheryl Statham

Email address: prog...@quietvalley.org

Congregation: Prince of Peace, Johnsonville, PA

 

Size of Sunday school program: 50

Geographic location: Outside the Pocono mountains, rural

Denomination: ELCA

Current SCS format/model: traditional Sunday School for kindergarten on down and rotation for grades 1 – 6, and confirmation for grades 7 and 8. 

Current SCS curriculum used: Reform: Ancestors with high school class (also other Bible studies with youth); Spark for Kindergarten and younger; write own curriculum for rotation; Confirmation - use Small Catechism, the Lutheran handbook and miscellaneous material.