Sunday
School
- Message from the Director
- Student Registration Form
- Sunday School Class List
- Sunday School Calendar
- Class List
- Oratorical Festival
Message
from the Director
Welcome
to the Sunday School informational page! My name is Andrea
Faches and I am the director of the Sunday School for 2007-2008. On
this page you will find the curriculum we are using for each grade, the
teachers' names, major Sunday School events and other pertinent Sunday School
information. Please contact
me if you have any questions or comments. We are regularly looking to
improve the quality of our program and are eager for parent volunteers.
If you are interested in offering your time and talents to our Sunday School
program, please contact me. We need homeroom parents, substitute teachers
and people to review and further develop our curricula.
Classes begin right after communion and end at noon. Please help to make
sure that the students and teachers get in line for communion first so that
they won't be late for class! We appreciate your support!
Student
Registration Form
Submit registration information through our online
registration form.
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| 2007-2008 SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS LIST | ||
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| Level |
Teacher(s) |
Curriculum |
| Preschool | Stella Hofrenning & Krisandrea Rylander | TBA |
| K-1st Grade | Toni Selliris & Georgia Panopoulos | TBA |
| 2nd - 3rd Grade | Stacy Katsiyiannis & Tony Selliris | TBA |
| 4th, 5th and 6th Grade | Tom Lampros & Vaios Vlachos | TBA |
| 7th, 8th and 9th Grade | Diane Anastos & Eric Chadwick | TBA |
| 10th,11th and 12th Grade | TBA | TBA |
For more information on the Sunday School curriculum see the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese's Department of Religious Education web page.
2007-2008
Sunday School Calendar
| 2007-2008 SUNDAY SCHOOL CALENDAR | |
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| Date |
Event |
| September 9, 2007 | Sunday School Begins |
| September 16, 2007 |
OCF/College Student Sunday |
| September 23, 2007 | Church Picnic |
| October 13, 2007 | Art Auction |
| October 19-21, 2007 | Family Camp |
| November 4, 2007 | Patriarchate Sunday; Youth Choir Conference Chicago |
| November 15, 2007 | Advent Fast Begins |
| November 18, 2007 | Pan Orthodox Liturgy |
| November 25, 2007 | No SS Thanksgiving Weekend |
| December 23, 2007 | No SS Christmas Pageant |
| December 30, 2007 | No SS New Years Weekend |
| January 6, 2008 | No SS Theophany/Great Agiasmos/Vasilopita |
| February 3, 2008 | Godparent/Newcomer Sunday ORATORICAL FESTIVAL |
| February 10, 2008 | Basketball Tournament East Moline |
| March 10, 2008 | Great Lent Begins |
| March 16, 2008 | No SS Sunday of Orthodoxy Procession of Icons |
| March 30, 2008 | No SS Veneration of the Cross Procession of Crosses |
| April 20, 2008 | No SS Palm Sunday |
| April 27, 2008 | HOLY PASCHA No SS |
| May 25, 2008 | No SS Memorial Day Weekend / Junior Olympics Chicago |
| June 1, 2008 | Sunday School Graduation |
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Oratorical
Festival February 3, 2008
Oratorical History/Information
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Introduced
in 1983, the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival provides Greek
Orthodox teenagers the opportunity to write and talk about their faith.
The Oratorical Festival Program begins at the Parish Level and is
divided into two divisions; the Junior Division for students in the
7th to 9th grades and the Senior Division for teenagers in the 10th
to 12th grades.
All
eighteen finalists at the Archdiocese Finals participate in a weekend
of activities, the highlight of which is the delivery of their speeches
on Saturday morning. The Oratorical Festival Scholarship Foundation
provides college scholarships in the amount of $2000, $1500, and $1000
to the top three speakers in each division. In addition, those finalists
who receive a rank of Honorable Mention are awarded a $500 United
States Savings Bond.Oratorical Festival 2008
The theme of the 2008 has not yet been announced. Topics will be posted
as soon as they become available.