Sunday School
Sunday School
The Sunday Church School program begins at 9:30 a.m. with Family Worship at Divine Liturgy.
Classes begin at after Holy Communion and are dismissed at 12:00PM.
This program is designed to give students an awareness of the Orthodox way of life.
SEQUENTIAL CURRICULUM
Nursery (2 year olds)- Loving God
Pre-Kindergarten (3 year olds) - God Made Everything
Junior Kindergarten (4 year olds)- Reaching for Jesus
Kindergarten (5 year olds)- What We See and Do in Church
1st Grade - Me and My World
2nd Grade - Loving God
3rd and 4th Grades - Sharing God's World and Growing with God
5th and 6th Grades - God Calls Us
7th and 8th Grades - Miracles and Parables, History of the Church
High School - Orthodox Theology, Comparative Religions, Christian Social Ethics
Calendar of Events 2015-2016
September 13, 2015 First Day of Sunday Church School and
Agiasmos Service
Back to School BBQ, Parent Meeting and
Ministry Fair
October 3, 2015 IOCC Walkathon
October 18, 2015 Inclusion Sunday
November 8, 2015** Godparent Sunday
December 18, 2015 Christmas Pageant Rehearsal & Dinner
December 20, 2015 Christmas Pageant
December 27, 2015** Christmas Sunday
January 22-24, 2016 Parish Ski Trip
February 7–March 13, 2016 Parish Oratorical Festival
February 7, 2016 3 & 4 Year Olds & Kindergarten
February 14, 2016 1st & 2nd Grades
February 21, 2016 3rd & 4th Grades
February 28, 2016 5th & 6th Grades
March 6, 2016 7th, 8th, & 9th Grades
March 13, 2016 10th, 11th, & 12th Grades
March 20, 2016 Sunday of Orthodoxy
TBD Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
TBD Youth Confessions
April 23, 2016 Saturday of Lazarus Retreat
April 24, 2016** Palm Sunday
April 29, 2016 Good Friday
May 1, 2016** Pascha
May 7, 2016 Metropolis Oratorical Festival
May 22, 2016 (tentative) Graduation Sunday
May 28 – 29, 2016 Junior Olympics
June 19, 2016 Pentecost
August 1 – 5, 2016 Vacation Church School
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Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 8/17/2017
Upcoming Events
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“Feeding the Hungry”
Philoptochos is once again participating in a National Philoptochos initiative that is committed to serve 1,000,000 meals nationwide by the National Clergy Laity in July 2018. Our Philoptochos served over 21,000 meals by the 2016 Clergy Laity. You can help with this cause by filling the container in the Narthex or gym. For donating product, becoming a part of the team, or other information, please contact Vicki Karagianis at 773-327-3194 or Vonnie Karafotias at vonnie@karafotias.com. Let's help those in need!!
St. Andrew's Food Pantry
Please help us restock our food pantry with non-perishable item.
It is helpful if the canned goods have a flip top lid.
Monetery donations will also be accepted