Religious Education

Sunday School

Schedule & Enrollment

We start our Sunday School year the Sunday after the Church Festival with the Elevation of the Cross in September. The cost is $10 per student or $25 per family with three or more children. The cost covers the curriculum, Christmas gifts, end of year gifts, and other miscellaneous costs. We are unique in that our own Saint Helen's Philoptochos supports the program financially and emotionally. We start with the pre-school class and go through the 12th grade. Children must be three years old by the time Sunday School starts to enter the program. Otherwise, they wait and enter the following year (not in the middle of the year). We have found that this keeps the continuity of the program along with the maturity of the class. Our year ends the second week of June.

We hold an annual Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival each year with participants ranging from 7 th through 12 th grade. We have had great luck since we have been participating, with Arianna Aram winning first place honors in the Junior Division in 2009. This year, our parish winners are Arianna Aram and John Fellios, who will be competing at the Metropolitan level next. We also hold a Holy Friday Retreat each year starting at 9 a.m. and ending with a strict Lenten Lunch. The students participate in readings, prepare different crafts, and form the procession for the Burial of our Lord.

We have a lot of fun planning the Christmas Pageant and truly believe that we work as one body for Christ. "Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members to not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12

The excellent presentations of the children each graduation day and at other Church events has continually proven to be successful, meaningful and inspiring and has allowed the congregation to find joy an pride in the religious accomplishments of our youth through the Sunday School.

Sunday School Teachers
Our Sunday School teachers are encouraged to attend workshops given by the District and Diocese.

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Our dedicated staff includes:

  1. Linda Kounelis, Sunday School Director
  2. Kathy Head, Assistant Sunday School Director
  3. Amy Drivas, Pre-K
  4. Victoria Pappas, K/1
  5. Kiki Tavlaridis and Tamara Dalkas, 2/3
  6. Claudia Lee and Marianne Rigopolous, 4/5
  7. Renee Grevas and Maria Andros, 6/7
  8. Michael VanBuskirk and Peter Dalkas, 8/9
  9. Peter and Connie Fellios, High school


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Altar Boys

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For more information, contact Nick Bidwell at (760) 741-1390 or e-mail: colonelbiddy@yahoo.com

Bookmobile

The Bookmobile is available during Fellowship Hour directly following Liturgy.

For more information, you can e-mail Chris Hetrick or Patrick Lee.


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