Grace Lutheran Church has been hard at work preparing our Sunday School for this year’s lessons.  We started this spring by having the students rename their program.  We’re pleased to announce that the new name for our Sunday School program is BLAST which stands for Bible Learning Adventure STations.  That wasn’t the only change. We’re also adapting a new method for our program -- Rotational Sunday School!  Like most people, you may not have heard of this so here is what author Sally Wizik Wills has to say:

In a rotational setting, the same Bible story or theme is taught for several weeks. Each week, learners rotate to a different station. The story remains the same, but children encounter it in different ways in each station. Repetition is an important part of the rotation approach. The more different ways children explore a story or concept, the more it is reinforced in their memories. The variety of experiences keeps interest high throughout the unit. Teachers teach the same lesson, with age-level adjustments, for the length of the rotation. Rotational learning is exciting for students and teachers alike, as teachers teach to their strengths and students experience Bible stories in ways they learn best. Rotational learning is grounded in the work of Howard Gardner in Multiple Intelligences Theory. Rotational learning is active learning, emphasizing each of the first seven intelligences that Gardner identified. Rotational learning is an extremely flexible model that adapts well to many settings.

Grace is busy getting ready to make this giant change; but we won’t have finished our work until we invite our friends to come see what all the hubbub is about.  We want you to come try out this new style of Sunday School too.  Classes start at 9:15 a.m. in room 11 for Gathering Time.  All the kids will start  together and then break up by age groups for their rotations.  We can't wait to see you there!

Click on the Video to the left to learn more about Rotation Sunday School.