{"id":227,"date":"2023-11-04T21:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2024-03-28T18:11:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:11:27","slug":"education-hour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/?page_id=227","title":{"rendered":"EDUCATION HOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>EDUCATION HOUR<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span>EDUCATION HOUR AT ST. PAUL 9:30 - 10:15AM<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>At St. Paul we believe that continuous learning and faith formation are central parts of Christian life for people of all ages. These pages present the various classes available on a Sunday morning. For more information or to register, contact our CYF Director Sarah Carter at <\/span><span id=\"cloak29015928eb13a297bc5bb30afd8c3878\"><a href=\"mailto:family@stpaularlington.org?subject=Education%20Hour%20Inquiry\">family@stpaularlington.org<\/a><\/span><span>\u00a0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nursery2Square.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Nursery2Square\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nursery2Square.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nursery2Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nursery2Square-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" class=\"wp-image-229\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NURSERY<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>For our youngest children, our nursery is available during the Education Hour and also during worship services. We encourage children ages three and up to participate in Sunday School as they can. Our nursery is staffed by nurturing childcare providers who are trained in First Aid and certified in CPR.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PreK-KSquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"PreK-KSquare\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PreK-KSquare.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PreK-KSquare-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PreK-KSquare-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" class=\"wp-image-231\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"uk-panel-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>We use GODLY PLAY! In this curriculum, we understand that children have an innate sense of the presence of God. The Godly Play approach helps them explore their faith through story, gain religious language and enhance their spiritual experience though wonder and play. It is based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2 et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades1-2-3-4Square2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grades1-2-3-4Square2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades1-2-3-4Square2.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades1-2-3-4Square2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades1-2-3-4Square2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" class=\"wp-image-232\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"uk-panel-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">CHILDREN GRADES 1-2 AND 3-4<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>We use a two-year curriculum that encourages children to explore Bible stories in a hands-on, engaging way. Using the Sparkhouse curriculum, every fall we explore stories from the Old Testament, and then we shift to the New Testament starting in the winter. Each week, kids and their leaders gather together to explore their Bibles, enjoy fun activities, pray, grow in faith, and have a blast while doing it!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades4-5-6-7Asquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grades4-5-6-7Asquare\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades4-5-6-7Asquare.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades4-5-6-7Asquare-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Grades4-5-6-7Asquare-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" class=\"wp-image-233\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"uk-panel-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">GRADES 5-6-7<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>We have a Sunday School class geared specifically for older kids. The curriculum encourages our youth to explore fundamental questions of our faith in a hands-on, age-appropriate, experiential way. Each week, kids and their leaders gather together to explore their Bibles, enjoy fun activities, pray, grow in faith, and begin developing their personal theology.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/confirmation-3_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"confirmation 3_page-0001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/confirmation-3_page-0001.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/confirmation-3_page-0001-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 729px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-374\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"uk-panel-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">CONFIRMATION<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"uk-panel-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">Confirmation at St. Paul starts in eighth grade and follows a two-year program. The classes are typically held on Sunday mornings. It is taught by the Pastor, Vicar, and Director of Children, Youth, &amp; Family Ministry. Students are confirmed in the Spring of ninth grade.<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_1885-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"_MG_1885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_1885-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_1885-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_1885-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_1885-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-434\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_13  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"uk-panel-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">ADULT EDUCATION<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_14  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>The Adult Education and Faith Formation committee organizes a variety of adult-oriented growth and learning opportunities including a weekly Adult Forum. Forums are held during Sunday morning education hour and are led by the pastor, vicar, or guest leaders and cover a wide range of topics.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpaularlington.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}