Sunday School

Interfaith Sunday School

Grade 2:
Community and Faith

After much discussion in 1st Grade about the relationship between humans and God, the primary focus in 2nd Grade is on our relationship with one another. Students in the second grade learn what religion is (religio means "to bind or to connect"), how every religion is a community, and what comprises community in both the Jewish and Christian traditions. To learn more about the Christian community (the church) and the Jewish community (the synagogue), our second graders attend both a Christian Worship Service and a Jewish Shabbat Service. They also learn about some of the life cycle rituals (birth, coming of age, marriage and death) important to both the Christian and Jewish religious communities. Throughout the year, students will talk about what Jewish and Christian Communities have in common and what it means to be part of an interfaith community.