From infants to seniors, to Sunday School and Adult Education. From Ping Pong to Discipleship, you're bound to find something for the whole family at Lawrence UMC.
Sunday School
Purpose Statement: Through Christian Education, we invite people of faith to be transformed as they are inspired and challenged to: Know and experience God through Jesus Christ; claim and live God's promises, and grow and serve as Christian Disciples.
The Sunday School hour for Adults and Youth (Middle School and High School) is from 8:45 - 9:30 a.m.
The Sunday School hour for Children is from 10 - 10:45 a.m. (following the Children's Sharing moment of the Traditional Worship Service).
Infant - 5th Grade
For more information on these programs, please contact Vicky Crittenden, Director of Children's Ministries, at 317-549-4312.
All Sunday School classes at 10 a.m.*, unless otherwise denoted.
Infant Care (birth to walkers): 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Nursery Room 102
Toddler Care (up through age 3): 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Room 103
Pre-Kindergarten (ages 4 & 5): Room 105
Grades K-2: Room 202
Grades 3-5: Room 213
* Children are in the Worship Service until the Children's Sharing. Immediately
following the Children's Sermon, they leave the Sanctuary for Sunday School.
6th - 12th Grade
Sunday School classes are at 8:45 a.m., unless otherwise denoted.
Middle High: Room 207 (Youth Room)
Senior High: Balcony Room
Due to a decrease in average attendance during the summer months, there is a
combined Sunday School class. During the school year, starting on
September 1, there is a separate Sunday School class for Middle High Youth and
Senior High Youth. Joint Sunday School is in Youth Room 207.
Adults
For more information on the Adult Education program, please contact the Main Office at 317-546-1724.
Journey Through the Bible (meets in the Chapel, 8:30 a.m.)
This group reads and discusses various books (8-10 Lessons) that define
Christian living and cause us to examine our own lives of faith. This
group becomes friends who encourage one another to travel a more ethical path of
personal life in commitment to faith and welcomes everyone into their "family"
of class members. There is a lot of participation and discussion of pros
and cons of Biblical interpretation. They are just beginning a study of a
portion of the Old Testament: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon .
The study book is available from the Cokesbury Book Table in The Gathering Place
on Sunday mornings.
Faith Link Class (meets in the Wesley Room, 8:45 a.m.)
This class dialogues over how to most effectively live as Christians. We
find we are too often ruled by considerations of accumulating wealth or being
loyal to a political party, or wanting to find the easy way to make life
decisions. Each week the lesson is a self-contained discussion of a topic
in the daily news (abortion, cloning, war, gambling, unemployment, etc.). It
does not depend on last week's discussion, so it is easy to drop in whenever you
are able to attend without having missed a previous portion of any lesson.
Seekers (meets in the Conference Room, 8:45 a.m.)
This adult class has been conducting an in-depth direct study of the Bible.
They are currently in the process of beginning a new book by James W. Moore
entitled, When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions . This book is
currently available at the Cokesbury Book Table in The Gathering Place on Sunday
mornings.