Faith Formation is a vibrant space of learning between our worship time, where all ages come together to continue our faith formation as disciples of Jesus Christ. Often this is based from our lectionary readings used in worship on Sunday mornings. When Lord of Life built Grace Place, its purpose was for education with our congregation and the greater community. Grace Place is often full and used in ways we did not dream of in the planning. After completion we noticed a need for a change in how we approached Sunday School. We kept parts that were working quite well for our church but decided to focus on the meaningfulness of the Bible in our lives, the lifelong formation of the faithful, how the lectionary is relevant in our lives today and various needs of our congregation to be spiritually fed. These are bold steps! We decided to change the language from Sunday School to Faith Formation because we feel this more accurately reflects what we are doing on a Sunday morning at this time. We recognize that faith formation happen inside and outside of this time. It is in fact our life long call.
Our Faith Formation hour is fluid on purpose. It allows ownership of the classes by the participants. As a staff we work hard to offer classes that are relevant to the lectionary each Sunday while bringing in new and fresh ideas.
Current Offerings
Sunday Morning Faith Formation, from 9:00-9:45 a.m. There are classes for all ages.
- Children (K-5th grade) meet in the Craft Room.
- November 23 – Advent Workshop (Grace Place, Craft Room)
- November 30 – No Faith Formation
- Youth (6-12th grades) meet in the LYO Room.
- November 23 – Advent Workshop (Grace Place)
- November 30 – No Faith Formation
- Adults meet in the Middle School Room for the Adult Forum.
- November 23 – Special Congregational Meeting on Unspent Budgeted Funds led by Bob Scherpelz, (Grace Place, Middle School Room)
- November 30 – No Faith Formation