Stone Soup on Sunday Combined
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Stone Soup is a high-quality, carefully paced, and
activity centered Bible discovery time.
The activities include: gym games, exploration, art, drama, conversation, and
music. Each week the Bible content is presented with illustrations including
works of the participants.
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Stone Soup encourages people of different ages and
abilities to relate to each other.
The learning formats are designed to be effective with students from age 4
to18. Teams work together in varying combinations to maximize each
participant’s learning and enjoyment. We seek to communicate in each person’s
best modality. The team works on listening, reading body language, and
communicates with pictures, words, and signing.
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Children, parents and grandparents feel welcome at the
fellowship.
If preferred, parents may attend an adult Bible study fellowship (called Life
Groups) or the main church service during the same time as Stone Soup on
Sunday. However, Stone Soup is a quality way for entire families to have the
opportunity to experience church together.
“I learned more today about the Bible than I normally do and had a great time
too.” – Grandfather, Stockbroker
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The approach we use is often referred to as Reverse
Mainstreaming.
When students of various ages and abilities learn together it prevents students
with special needs from being isolated with only other students like themselves
or, on the other hand, overwhelmed as they would be in a group where they are
the very small minority in a larger class, thus causing them to be singled out
and often unable to relate to the content. Students without special needs enjoy
Stone Soup as much as anyone!
Stone Soup on Sunday Individual Placement and Support
· For those students who can fit into a typical class with their peer aged students the director of Stone Soup, Lynn McGary, conducts an evaluation of each student in conjunction with the parents and classroom leaders to find the best way to support the student fitting into that class. A full range of on-going support is available from the Director which includes Stone Soup on Sunday and a other services through-out the week and as needed in the stages of life.
Instead of designing ministry that functions best for peer groups with the least variation, Stone Soup is designed to pull people of all abilities together in ways that are rarely experienced. This approach makes Stone Soup somewhat unique.