Programming for All Ages!

Our Sunday School program includes time for experiencing Christian education in many ways. We use color groups, loosely tied to children’s age and grade, but flexible to meet each child’s needs in the program.

Brenda Goble, Director of Youth & Family Ministry, and Marita Herkert-Oakland, Children’s Ministry Assistant, are your main points of contact for Sunday School.

Purple Group: This is for our Preschool children (3-4-year-olds). Preschool students rotate through stations within their classroom. Students experience free play, music, Bible Story, art and creative activities, and movement.  We keep active minds and bodies engaged!

Blue Group: Our 7th and 8th-grade students participate in Confirmation lessons each week in the main floor meeting room. They start promptly at 9:15. Their curriculum is part of their Confirmation journey and helps them study Old & New Testament, Luther’s Small Catechism, and Lutheran theology and beliefs. Students in 6th grade have the option to move to the Blue group starting in January or to remain with the Red group for the full Sunday School year.

Yellow, Orange, and Red Groups: All children in kindergarten through sixth grade are invited to participate in our rotational Sunday School model. Children are divided into color groups based on their grade level & abilities. 

  • Yellow (generally kindergarten and first grade)

  • Orange (generally second and third grade)

  • Red (generally fourth and fifth grade)

Sunday School

Registration is now open for the 2026-27 school year!

Midvale Community Lutheran Church provides Sunday School programming each week for over 50 families, from birth through eighth grade, using the Spark by Augsburg Fortress curriculum. We’re excited to have YOUR family join us.

We meet from 9:15-10:15 am on Sunday mornings.

Our 2026-27 programming runs from September 13th, 2026, to May 23rd, 2027.

Volunteer with Sunday School

  • Preschool Teacher or Helper

    Our Purple Group (preschool) stays in their classroom for the whole hour. They have a play-based learning set up in the classroom, with time and space for lots of exploration and learning. The leader shares a story for the week and guides a game and/or craft for the group. The lesson plan is shared with you several days in advance.

  • Rotation Leader

    Rotation Leaders lead our weekly lessons and activities with K-6th graders.

    We provide the curriculum and prepare your classroom with the supplies you need.

    Rotations include Art, Cooking, Science, Games, Drama, Video, Digital Media & Technology, or Music, so you can lead activities that you feel most comfortable with.

    We love it when a lesson leader can lead the same class for a whole rotation (3-4 weeks), but we are happy to have you lead for only a week or two, as your schedule allows.

    We need 3 rotation leaders each week.

  • Blue Group (Confirmation) Leader

    Our Blue Group leader guides a slideshow lesson and discussion with our Confirmation students. The lesson is prepared in advance but we recommend that the leader review it ahead of presenting to the group.

  • Hospitality Host

    The Hospitality Host is a friendly face in our Sunday School gathering space.

    We ask the Hospitality Host to arrive at 9 am and stay until 10:15 am. The main job is to greet families and direct children to their classroom.

    This is a great way to get familiar with our Sunday School families.

    We need 1 hospitality host each week.

  • Behind the Scenes Helper

    There are always projects that need to be done, including gathering rotation supplies, organizing supplies in the resource room, and preparing activities. This work can be done as your schedule allows.

  • Shepherd

    Our Shepherds are the community builders for each group. Each group has two Shepherds for the entire year.

    We are looking for at least 2-3 adults to serve as Shepherds for each color group.

Sunday School is a program that Midvale offers for our children, but it doesn’t happen without everyone’s involvement. We don’t charge for this great program, but we do ask all families to offer their time to help make Sunday School work week after week. Each week it takes a minimum of 12 volunteers to make Sunday School happen, and with 30 weeks of Sunday School, there are over 360 opportunities to help us out!

Brenda Goble and Marita Herkert-Oakland share recruiting responsibilities. If you know there are certain weeks/months that you are available to help, don’t wait for us to contact you - let us know how and when you’d like to participate!