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About Our Church School
At St. Luke Orthodox Church, our mission is to enrich the spiritual journey of our children and teens by deepening their connection to the Orthodox Faith. We aim to strengthen their relationships with the church community - past, present, and future - and with the Triune God. Through our Sunday School classes, which range from preschool to 12th grade, we provide opportunities for our young people to reflect God’s glory in both word and deed.
Church School Superintendent
Frances Reda
One Body, One Spirit
The Book of 1 and 2 Corinthians
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:13
This year, our Sunday School students are learning from St. Paul’s First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians, and you can learn with us! In the first epistle, St. Paul teaches the Church how to live as one Body in Christ, rooted in the Cross, strengthened by the Holy Spirit, and called to love one another in holiness, humility, and faith.
In the lessons, students will encounter St. Paul as an apostle, teacher, and spiritual father. They will explore his teachings about unity, holiness, humility, spiritual gifts, love, forgiveness, generosity, the Holy Eucharist, and the Resurrection. Through age-appropriate lessons, discussions, activities, crafts, and prayers, we aim to help children understand that they are valued members of the Body of Christ and that God has given each of them gifts to use for His glory and for the good of others.
The curriculum's theme is drawn from 1 Corinthians 12:13: "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body..." These words remind us that the Church is not simply a gathering of individuals. In Christ, we have been joined together as one Body. Each person is valued, each person has been given gifts, and each person is called to use those gifts in loving service to God and to others. Although we are many and our gifts are different, we are united by the Holy Spirit and belong to one another in Christ.
Anna-Sarah Farha
Director, Christian Education Ministry for the Antiochian Archdiocese