Sunday School

Sunday School at Bethel Lutheran Church begins on the second Sunday after Labor Day each fall and ends on the Sunday before Memorial Day each spring with a break on the two Sundays over Christmas break and on Easter Sunday. Classes begin at 9:45 and end at 10:30 am. You may register students who are 3 years old (before September 1) through grade 12 for Sunday School by filling out the Children’s Ministry Registration Packet (age 3 - grade 5) or the Youth Ministry Registration Packet (grades 6-12). You may turn the packet in to the church office during the week or bring it to the Resource Room on a Sunday morning.

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Grapple (6th Grade)
Bethel’s 6th grade Sunday school class meets in a traditional classroom setting. Students “grapple” with real-life questions and tackle the issues youth care about most in this fun interactive course of study for preteens.

Live & Learn: Question Everything! (7th Grade)
This 7th grade class is presented in a traditional classroom setting. Activities and discussion relate to the gospel reading for the day and help students see how the Bible still has relevance to our lives today. Instead of reading the Bible and finding out how it relates to their lives, students talk about what’s happening in their lives and what the Bible has to say about that.

Grades 8 - 12 Options

Sunday School Teachers’ Aide - Grades 10 - 12
(younger grades may be considered if openings are not filled by these grades)
It’s a commonly known fact that we all learn more about any given subject when teaching it to others. This principle is a primary truth that makes acting as an aide a growth experience for our more mature youth. As a Bethel Sunday school teacher’s aide, youth act as a teacher’s assistant or as one of a teaching team in age 3 to Grade 5 classes. As a nursery aide, youth help care for and provide simple learning experiences for babies and toddlers. Both options are available on a first come, first serve basis and require a strong long-term commitment. Students are asked to carefully consider this option before registering. Our Sunday school and nursery staffs count on your consistency, so we ask that you be sure you can commit to being available most Sundays during the school year if you choose this option.

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Breakfast Clubs
Breakfast Clubs meet Sunday mornings and are made up of one or two Bethel adults and 4 - 8 youth. They meet wherever the group decides (Bethel, the Northfield Retirement Center, someone’s home, the bagel shop, etc.) and are a place to discuss faith in our everyday lives. Youth may create their own group and ask a Bethel adult to lead it.

"Let’s Talk"
One result from the 2007-08 youth learning forums was some great intergenerational conversation among our youth and parents. Because caring conversation is one of the 4 Keys to building lifelong faith and because we want to encourage conversation among our youth and adults, we are offering "Let’s Talk", three Sundays during the 2008-09 school year for youth, parents, and other Bethel adults to meet in the Barb Hanson Youth Center for discussion groups. A different topic is highlighted at each session and discussion questions are provided. Please consider joining our Bethel youth for some good faith talk on those Sundays!

New Members and Visitors are always welcome. Students can register for Sunday School at any time by filling out a Youth Ministries Registration packet and returning it to the church office during the week or to the Resource Room on Sunday morning.