Dear Cornerstone Family,
Welcome to Lord’s Day worship services! Today is Promotion Sunday. This is the one Sunday of the year where our children and youth students are “promoted” to their new Sunday School class and have the opportunity to meet their new teachers and be introduced to what they will learn this year in Sunday School. Needless to say, children’s ministry volunteers have been working all week preparing Sunday school classrooms and planning for a great fall semester.
As a guide to parents of children and to help all of us pray for Sunday School teachers and assistants, our Children’s Director, Meredith Suits, supplied me with the important information below about each children’s Sunday school class.
Our preschool 3s class, led by Joe and Joy Marlo and Faith Crampton, will read stories from the Old Testament this year, as well as singing songs together and memorizing Scripture. Our seasoned preschool leaders have a great weekly routine established for this class. They will meet in room 205.
Our preschool 4s class, led by Ronda Laventure and Teresa Whittaker, will use a Show Me Jesus curriculum called “Serving the Savior,” a series of lessons on the book of Acts. We are adding this 4s class to our Sunday school programming because we have so many sweet preschoolers signed up for Sunday school this year. They will meet in room 204.
Our early and middle elementary classes, led by Alli Faulk, Carl Ware, Sarah Bingham, and Julie Finch, will be using The Biggest Story curriculum again this year. Our teachers really enjoyed using this new curriculum last year! The K/1st grade and 2nd/3rd grade classes will be on the 3rd floor in rooms 301 and 302.
The upper elementary classes, led by Matt O’Roark, Sean Kelley, Dave Raymond, and Sabrina Brewer, will be continuing with the curriculums we have used the last few years. Matt and Sean will lead the 4th and 5th graders through a study of the Ten Commandments using the Show Me Jesus curriculum. They will meet in room 303. Dave and Sabrina will lead our capstone Sunday school class for the 6th graders using the New City Catechism. This is always a favorite for our oldest kids who are ready to address deeper theological questions. They will meet at The Corner House.
On the youth side of things, Drew Abercrombie and the youth team will be exploring the Old Testament in a series entitled, The Story of Redemption: Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. Leaning on the interpretive principle of Luke 24:44, the youth will study the major movements in God’s plan of salvation with a focus on how all of God’s promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
For questions related to children’s ministry, don’t hesitate to contact Meredith Suits (865-250-3579; elementary@cstonepres.org). For questions related to youth ministry, please reach out to Drew Abercrombie (407-489-1724; drew@cstonepres.org).
Last but not least, while children and youth are in Sunday School, all adult communing members will gather today in the chapel for an officer election. If you are a communing member of Cornerstone, please make plans to participate in today’s election.
Your servant,
