Grace Church Sunday School Calendar
Grace Church Sunday School Calendar
Pre-K to Grade 6
Class Time: 10:00am – 11:00am
2017 – 2018
NOTE TO PARENTS: Please ARRIVE by 9:50am, classes start PROMPTLY at 10am. Please make every effort to be on time so your child can receive the maximum benefit from the curriculum planned for the day and to minimize disrupting the class in session.
2017
September 3 Labor Day Weekend – Enjoy!
September 10 10:00 AM Blessing of the Book Bags sponsored by FX3
11:30 AM Homecoming Picnic – Ridge Road Park
September 17 10:00 AM No Sunday School
September 24 10:00 AM No Sunday School
October 1 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes Begin!
October 8 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Columbus Day Weekend
October 15 10:00 AM No Sunday School – ALL in Service
11:30 AM PARENT MEETING
October 22 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Fr. Rich & Dr. Barbra last Service
October 29 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes Meet
November 5 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes Meet – All Saints Day
November 12 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Veteran’s Day Weekend
November 19 10:00 AM Family Service
November 26 10:00 AM No Sunday School– Thanksgiving Weekend
December 2 3:00-8:00PM TENTATIVE - Saturday, Santa’s Workshop sponsored by J2A
December 3 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes Meet, Advent I
December 9 4:00 PM TENTATIVE - Saturday, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal
December 10 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes Meet
December 16 4:00 PM TENTATIVE - Saturday, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal
December 17 10:00 AM Family Service
11:30 AM Pageant rehearsal in Church
December 24 2:30 PM Children arrive for pageant costuming
4:00 PM Christmas Pageant & Family Mass
December 25 10:00 AM Christmas Day Service, No Sunday School–Christmas vacation
December 31 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Christmas vacation
2018
January 7 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
January 14 10:00 AM No Sunday School - MLK, Jr. Weekend
January 21 10:00 AM Family Service
January 28 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
11:00 AM Annual Meeting; Game Day sponsored by Rite 13
February 4 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
February 11 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
February 14 12 PM, 7 PM Ash Wednesday & Valentine’s Day
February 18 10:00 AM Family Service
Presidents’ Weekend/MidWinter Vacation,
Lent I – Great Litany;
February 25 10:00 AM No Sunday School - MidWinter Vacation
March 4 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet -
March 11 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
March 18 10:00 AM Family Service/Rite 13 Celebration; Coffee Hour Hosts
March 25 10:00 AM Palm Sunday Procession from Renaissance Plaza,
Group Activity in Parish Hall
11:30 AM SYC mtg: alumni present to eligible campers/parents
March 30 12:00 PM Good Friday Service–brown bag lunch program for children
March 31 6:00 PM The Great Vigil of Easter
April 1 10:00 AM No Sunday School - Easter Sunday: ECW raffle & kids activity
April 8 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Spring Vacation
April 15 10:00 AM Family Service
April 22 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
April 29 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
May 6 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes meet
May 13 9:00 AM Mother’s Day Breakfast
10:00 AM Family Service
May 20 10:00 AM Sunday School Classes Meet -- Pentecost
May 27 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Memorial Day Weekend
June 3 10:00 AM Last Sunday School class – End of Year Class Celebrations
June 10 10:00 AM No Sunday School – Sunday School Recognition/Grad Awards
June 17 9:00 AM Father’s Day Breakfast
10:00 AM Family Service
End of August – Summer Youth Conference (SYC) - Episcopal Youth Ministry Summer Camp open to students entering grade 6 thru entering college
RITE 13/J2A CLASS SCHEDULE *
2017-2018
Class time 11:30am-12:30pm
Since teens work better on full tummies, we ask that you encourage your child to QUICKLY pickup food/drink at coffee hour and bring it up to class so that we can start at 11:30am.
2017
September 3 – Labor Day Weekend
September 10 – 10am School Backpack Blessing sponsored by FX3; 11:30am Homecoming
September 17 – NO class
September 24 – NO class – J2A/Rite 13 Softball Game w/ S.I. Youth Group
October 1 – CLASS BEGINS 11:30am!
October 8 – NO class, Columbus Day Weekend
October 15 – NO class – PARENT MEETING 11:30am
October 22 – NO class – Fr. Rich & Dr. Barbra last service/coffee hour
October 29 – class 11:30am
November 5 – class 11:30am, All Saints Day
November 12 –NO class, Veteran’s Day Weekend
November 19 –Family Service, class 11:30am
November 26 - NO class – Thanksgiving Weekend
December 2 – TENTATIVE Saturday, Santa’s Workshop sponsored by J2A, 3-8pm
December 3 – class 11:30am, Advent I
December 9 - TENTATIVE Saturday, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal, 4pm
December 10 – class 11:30am
December 16 – TENTATIVE Saturday, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal, 4pm
December 17 – Family Service 10am, NO class – Pageant rehearsal at 11:30am
December 24 – Arrive for pageant at 2:30pm, Christmas Pageant & Family Mass at 4pm
December 25 – Christmas Day, NO class – Christmas vacation
December 31 – NO class – Christmas vacation
2018
January 7 – class 11:30am – distribute parish survey, Canon Tammearu to discuss pastor search and transition
January 14 – NO class - Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend
January 21 – 10am - Family Service, class 11:30am
January 28 - NO class - Annual Meeting – Sponsor game day for younger members
February 4 – class 11:30am – Prep for Rite 13 Liturgy
February 11 – class 11:30am – Prep for Rite 13 Liturgy
February 14 - Ash Wednesday, Fasting; Service 12pm & 7pm & Valentine’s Day
February 18 - NO class, President’s Weekend/Mid-Winter Vacation, Lent I–Great Litany
February 25 – NO class, Mid-Winter Vacation - possible shop & assemble Easter baskets for ECW ???
March 4 – class 11:30am – Prep for Rite 13 Liturgy
March 11 – class 11:30am–Prep for Rite 13 Liturgy: Parents, Celebrities, Meet with Priest
March 18 - Family Service 10am with Rite 13 Liturgy: Celebration of Manhood and Womanhood & Honoring Coffee Hour
March 25 – 10am Palm Sunday Procession from Renaissance Plaza, Group Activity in
Parish Hall; class 11:30am-SYC mtg: alumni present to eligible campers/parents
March 30 - Good Friday, 12pm service - brown bag lunch program for children
March 31 – Great Vigil of Easter, 6pm
April 1 – Easter Sunday – NO class/ECW Easter Activity & Basket Raffle
April 8 – NO class, Spring Vacation
April 15 - 10am Family Service, class 11:30am
April 22 - class 11:30am
April 29 - class 11:30am
May 6 – class 11:30am (NO class if parish brunch @ LaBoca)
May 13 – 9am Mother’s Day Breakfast servers, 10am Family Service - NO class
May 20 – Pentecost-class 11:30am OR End of Year Celebration – Out for lunch 11:30am- 1:30pm (Pending date for parish brunch @ LaBoca)
May 27 – NO class - Memorial Day Weekend
June 3 – TBD pending date for parish brunch @ LaBoca (Last class or end May 20)
June 10 - Sunday School Recognition & Graduate Awards, 10 am
June 17 - 9am Father’s Day Breakfast servers; 10am Family Service
Break for summer!
End of August – Summer Youth Conference (SYC) - Episcopal Youth Ministry Summer Camp
*Calendar is subject to change depending on special Sunday church activities that may be scheduled during the year in which we feel the Rite 13 students should participate.
RITE 13 EDUCATORS:
Donna Louis, c914-806-5074,
George O’Hanlon, c914-525-4381,