Christian Education

PURPOSE OF EDUCATION
Through Christian education we invite people and communities of faith to be transformed as they are inspired and challenged to know and experience God through Jesus Christ, claim and live God’s promises, and grow and serve as Christian Disciples.

GODLY PLAY

What Is Godly Play

The result of a lifetime of research and practice by theologian, author and educator.

Rev. Dr. Jerome Berryman, the Godly Play method is a curriculum of spiritual practice exploring the mystery of God’s presence in our lives. The Godly Play curriculum engages what is most exciting about religious education: God inviting us into—and pursuing us in the midst of—Scripture and spiritual experience. Godly Play practice teaches us to listen for God and to make authentic and creative responses to God’s call in our lives.

Godly Play assumes that children have some experience of the mystery of the presence of God in their lives but that they lack the language, permission, and understanding to express and enjoy that in our church. In Godly Play, we enter into Parables, Silence, Sacred Stories, and Liturgical Action in order to discover the depths of God, ourselves, one another, and the world around us.

The Godly Play environment is an open environment in the sense that children may make genuine choices regarding both the material they use and the process by which they work. The Godly Play environment is a boundaried environment in the sense that children are protected and guided to make constructive choices.

Kids of all ages are welcome to join the class every Sunday – children are dismissed during the 10 am service to head down to the classroom.

If you would like more information, contact the church, 989-845-3157

Volunteers to help with the class are always welcome and needed!!!

All Christian Educators at Trinity are certified in working with children, youth and vulnerable adults.