Kathleen Tunmer of Niagara Falls took over as Sunday school superintendent in September of 2007, after eight years of teaching in the Sunday school.

Kathleen married husband Lesslie at St. Andrew’s in 1990. She is a part-time tailor in the wardrobe department of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Shaw Festival. Lesslie is the head of scenery construction for the Shaw. The Tunmer family, including children Fiona and Graham, is active in the church.

"We have an intimate Sunday school from nursery level to Grade 8," says Kathleen. The young people adjourn to Sunday school following a children’s story and hymn during regular Sunday services.

Sunday school teaching staff include: Ashley Paines and Fiona Tunmer, nursery; Claudia Dettenmaier and Kathleen Tunmer, toddlers; Trudy Wilson and Jessica Jennings, Kindergarten; Sandy Davis and Nancy MacCallum, Grades 1 and 2; Kathy Beigie and Lynn Lingard, Grades 3 and 4; Donna Pearce and Sandra Moore, Grades 5 and 6; and Julie Hunter and Matthew Lingard, Grades 7 and 8. The teachers’ schedule allows them to alternate between one month of teaching and one month of staying in the church for the whole Sunday service.

In Sunday school, the young people study scripture, sing songs and do crafts. Once a month, they meet together as an "assembly" and celebrate birthdays of the month.

Our Sunday school is very active in outreach. This year, it sponsored an education package for Third World countries and snow clothing for children in Romania. For the past six years, it has sponsored a child, Lillian Denise in Columbia, South America. For the past two years, it has taken part in the Hannah House baby bottle campaign to raise money for the Niagara Falls non-profit agency that shelters and supports adolescent mothers of all races, religions and national origins. The agency offers prenatal guidance and teaches parenting skills. At Christmas, the Sunday school has a mitten and hat tree and supports the Out of the Cold program. It has also supported The RAFT—another non-profit organization which provides support services to high-risk and homeless street youth. There is also an annual Sunday school picnic, soup and sandwich luncheon and Christmas pageant.

Kathleen welcomes new families to St. Andrew’s and their children to our Sunday school.