Nursery and Preschool

Our Nursery Care includes play and activities for children under three each Sunday under the watchful and loving eyes of our Nursery staff during worship with a special class for Toddlers and Twos led by Sharon Kelly during the Sunday School hour.

The Preschool Class is for 3 year olds to those in Pre- Kindergarten will participate in hearing a story, singing along with others, expressing themselves with their bodies and hands as they hear the stories of faith for the first time. Karen Blair and Julie and Kyle McGill are the teachers for this age level in Room 113.

Classes for Older Children

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade - Meets in Room 118 - Anne Young, Sylvia Murray, Julie Donaldson and Stacey Mooney will share the teaching.

3rd Grade - 5th Grade - Meets in Room 121  Mary Speedy is the teacher.

Classes for Youth

Middle School meets in Room 119 Martha Smith lead teacher.

Senior Highs meet in Youth Room behind the Choir Loft - Jeanne Luksic is the teacher.

Classes for Adults

Women's Bible Study meets in the Library - Cathy Neubaum is currently leading the group using the book Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer.

New Testament Study meets in Room 124 - Acts of the Apostles will be the focus for this class starting September 14. Vic Neubaum is the leader

Exploring the Way: An Introduction to Christian Spirituality.(Sunday Evenings)This study is designed as a very basic introduction to Christian spirituality and does not assume prior knowledge of terminology or interest in a long-term commitment to a small group. This study will provide some basic information of Christian formation and gavie a taste of one key practice each week helping participants to become more comfortable with the language of spirituality. The group will meet: October 26 and November 2, 9, 6, 23 and 30 in Room 124 with Pastor Best leading.

There is a preparatory class for this group on October 12 to give people an introduction to the study and an idea of what to expect. A participants book ($10 each) will need to be ordered for each participant, so we ask peoople to sign up with Pastor Best or on the Narthex sign up sheet by October 5th.

Topics Class
This series of classes discusses topics ranging from Bible Study to Contemporary Issues with a variety of leaders from the congregation, staff and guest teachers. The following are the classes for the Fall season.

Sept 14 – Elijah – we will pick up our series of Old Testament figures with the prophet Elijah, the prophet we read about in I Kings and is mentioned in the New Testament as well. Elijah’s stories tell us something about the role of prophets, the nature of God, and the way God will act in our lives when we risk all and follow. Pastor Best will be leading this topic.

Sept 21 – Jacob is the next OT figure to look at more closely. Genesis affirms that God has been at work in the lives of Abram thru Jacob fulfilling the promise in Gen. 12:1-3 of land, family and blessings to the world. Jacob’s life ends with each aspect of the promise fulfilled and God’s grace shown. Join Pastor Best for this continuing series.

*September 28 – Tibet and the Olympics – The 2008 Summer Olympics are history but the issues between Tibet and China remain.This topic will give us an overview of the history between China and Tibet as we review actions at the Olympics and consider whether the Olympics are a place to raise human rights issues or other political issues. Randy Allen will be leading the discussion.

*October 5 - Gilead - This book discussion has also been carried over from the summer. Mary Ellen McAllister will lead this session. The “Seven pearls of wisdom” that the main character, Rev. John Ames leaves for his son young in the journal that he writes for him as a legacy knowing that he won’t be around to share in person will be part of the focus for the study leading us to ponder about the words of wisdom we might leave.

Oct 12 – Town Hall Meeting – This Sunday will be our quarterly gathering to discuss timely topics that face the congregation. The Communications committee is in charge of planning the meeting which will be moderated by Rev. Jim Richwine.

*Monaghan participants may contact mspeedy@monaghanpresby.org to request a study guide to be emailed to you.