OUR Education

Godly Play 

Children from 3 years through 5th grade engage in Godly Play, a Montessori-based approach to faith formation, with well-trained volunteer teachers who lead children in lessons and activities based on the timeless stories of our Christian faith.

The Godly Play curriculum employs Christian language as a means to know God and to make meaning in our lives. Different from the traditional “transmission” model in which a teacher tells us what we need to know, Godly Play is a “constructive” approach allowing learners to engage in wonder and the creative process to discover personal relevance and meaning.

It is about understanding how the stories of God’s people connect with our own experience and relationship with God.

• Godly Play is a creative, imaginative approach to Christian formation and spiritual guidance.
• Godly Play has a foundation of 30+ years of research and practice.
• Godly Play allows participants to make meaning for themselves by inviting them into stories and providing space to connect Scripture with personal experience and open-ended response.
• Godly Play nurtures us to larger dimensions of belief and faith through wondering and play.
• Godly Play values process, openness, discovery, community and relationships.
• Godly Play models the worship life of Christian congregations through deeper understanding of stories, symbols and rites.