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	Journey to Confirmation (grades 4-6)
	Third Grade Omega Class
		Question of the Week
		Current Lesson
		Last Week's Lesson
		Class Pictures
		Important Reminders

Welcome to Elijah's Minions

Preparation for the Path to Confirmation

3rd Grade Omega 2007-2008

Class of 2007-2008

Confirmation Class of 2011

3rd Grade Omega

Part of the Children's Education Department at FPC, the 3rd Grade Omega Sunday School is unique in that we utilize computer technology in the classroom to help the students not only have a deeper understanding of the Bible and what it means to them, but to help them advance their personal faith journey through a desire to learn more. The class meets in the FPC Computer Lab, room C-113 (or the last room on the right before you get to the gym).

Elijah's Minions at Work

The Computer Lab hosts 28 computers, tied together through a network and a server and with Internet access. We utilize 32 different Bible based games as well as 15 different informational based programs. The children can " Walk With a Disciple ," journey through the " Pathways of Jerusalem " or test their understanding of Biblical verses through " Captain Bible ". They can sail with Noah, journey with Moses through the Exodus, fly through the historical lands of the Bible with Gallilee Flyer or simply hone their knowledge of Bible verses through Bible Grand Slam and Bible Touchdown .

Learning About Noah

As you can see we present this week's Bible lesson as well as the previous week's lesson here online. We also post the Question of the Week, that is a continuation of the lesson we have just studied, where the children are encouraged to ask a pastor, their Bible teacher at school, a parent or one of our Sunday School teachers to help them find an answer. We strongly encourage interaction with one of our wonderful pastors on this, so that the sometimes overwhelming feeling of separation between a child and the pastoral staff is reduced to personal interaction.

Our class meets each week. Class begins at 9:45 and we strongly encourage the children to be in their seats by 9:50, so that we can not only thoroughly review the prepared lesson, but have some time left over for just plain fun on the computers. We use the "We Believe" curriculum prepared by our denomination (Presbyterian Church USA - their website www.PCUSA.org has a vast amount of resources and information if you would like to know more about what we believe as Presbyterians). At the beginning of each year, our church gives each third grader their own copy of the Bible (which is The Children's Study Bibe NRSV version by Zondervan Publishing).

Class teachers Burton Dietz Burton@BKPhoto.com and Bill Hathaway bhathaway@comcast.net welcome any questions you may have concerning the class, so please feel free to contact us.