Religious Ed/CCD fees

[roliepolieoliefan]

DD(3rd grade) DS (8th grade) $50 a child. Its nothing extra if its a sacrament year.

I'm going to homeschool DD this year . We can do that if its not a sacrament year. Her faith formation class is Sunday mornings if she went.

I can't homeschool DS since he will make his confirmation next fall. His class is Wednesday evenings 6-7:30 starting next week. Its going to be tough getting him back and forth due to sports games and practices for him and DD.
I wish they offered his class on Sundays too.

 

[coneeny4]

DD(3rd grade) DS (8th grade) $50 a child. Its nothing extra if its a sacrament year.

I'm going to homeschool DD this year . We can do that if its not a sacrament year. Her faith formation class is Sunday mornings if she went.

I can't homeschool DS since he will make his confirmation next fall. His class is Wednesday evenings 6-7:30 starting next week. Its going to be tough getting him back and forth due to sports games and practices for him and DD.
I wish they offered his class on Sundays too.

They changed our confirmation to the 10th grade a few years ago.

 

[Mirax]

$50 Sept-Easter, is what I paid per child when I lived in Ohio. I would teach so I didn't have to pay. (Loved teaching) Class was 90 minutes,however the studetns were suppose to go to Mass before their lessons. It made for a very long morning.
Mass schedule changed shortly after I left and they only had time for a 1 hour class.


PS. I don't think third graders are old enough for Confirmation. They need to be able to understand what they are commiting too and why, otherwise they are just going through the motions. When I taught third graders they were still trying to understand everything they experienced with Reconciliation and First Communion, so not ready for Confirmation.

 

[pklein09]

I've been a CCD teacher for 4 years, so I lost track of the cost. But here's the breakdown:

$100 one child
$200 two children
$275 three children
$325 four or more children
$75 addition fee for First Communion or Confirmation

We meet for 26 weeks, 1 hr 10 min each class. If I didn't teach, it would cost me $400 per year (4 kids and at least one was receiving a sacrament).

 

[holden]

$165 per child (I think there is a discount for each add'l child). Class is 90 min. a week. 40 hrs. are required per year. There are add'l costs for sacrament years (grades 2 & 6). They are thinking of changing confirmation to 8th grade.

Class is Tues/Wed. 4:30-6 or Wed. 6:30-8pm.

 

[runwad]

Ours is called PSR Parish School of Religion, I still say CCD. It runs every Sunday excluding school holidays Sept -May 10:45 am - 12pm. It's $45 for one child, 2 for $80 and 3 or more is $100. Confirmation is made in the 9th grade and I paid $32 for that but only because I already had the books from other dd, or I think it would've been $60ish? Confirmation classes run Sundays 10:45 till 1 from Sept to Dec 5th.

 

[ArmyWife7]

It's free in South MS. The classes are 75 minutes and follow the public school schedule for holidays.

 

[crisi]

Nothing. Not when they are little or when they are teens.

 

[Peace Mickey Lovers]

We pay $150 on Long Island that is for 1 child

 

[HHSTigerFan]

Ours is free, program is funded by a trust fund..

 

[longrf01]

When we were Catholic it was about $50 per child.

Now that we're Jewish, it's $900 per child, and that's considered "cheap" by local standards. Our synagogue only has about 20 students.

 

[sunlover13]

Illinois - $249 for 1 child, 4th grade.

Once a week for 1 hour, 15 minutes.

Mid Sept - mid May

 

[DisneyMomJen]

In NJ and we pay $150 per child for CCD plus another $150 for a sacrament.

 

[MinnieForMe]

CCD is now Faith Formation here too! It's $120 per family for 1.5 hours for 10 weeks for grades 1-6 and 22 weeks for Teen Ministry. It's free if you teach the class.

I have found it extremely rewarding teaching the class. I try to make the classes interesting (we're not doing a workbook) and the kids have really responded. They will even chose willingly to stay after class to finish a lesson or project. My goal is for them to learn the Bible, Sacraments etc.. but make each lesson fun and something they remember. We've done everything from acting out Sacraments to relay races on building Bible passages.

 

[brekin67]

Our seminary classes are held every morning from 6am-7am. Classes and books are provided at no charge.

 

[MichelleinMaine]

This is eye opening for me as a CE director. Our denomination doesn't charge for religious education; I didn't realize others did. Ours is funded by the general church fund, as is adult ed and teen programming. (Children, youth and adults each have one paid staff member {adult=the pastor}. The rest is volunteer staff.)

 

[goodfood4ursoul]

This is eye opening for me as a CE director. Our denomination doesn't charge for religious education; I didn't realize others did. Ours is funded by the general church fund, as is adult ed and teen programming. (Children, youth and adults each have one paid staff member {adult=the pastor}. The rest is volunteer staff.)

I, too, have never heard of charging people for teaching kids in church...
Not in the Lutheran church, nor the Baptist...

 

[SaraJayne]

I, too, have never heard of charging people for teaching kids in church...
Not in the Lutheran church, nor the Baptist...

We are Lutheran and our christian ed fee is $50 a year. The kids get a meal every Wed night, so that is what the money is for.

 

[mrudman]

Ours is $40 for 1st child, $30 for 2nd (don't know beyond that since I only have 2, lol).

The classes are 90 minutes for 30 weeks, and no extra cost for sacrament years, books, etc.

If you volunteer to teach a class, it's free for all your kids, but dh and I just take the time to go shopping, hehe.

 

[SaraJayne]

Ours is $40 for 1st child, $30 for 2nd (don't know beyond that since I only have 2, lol).

The classes are 90 minutes for 30 weeks, and no extra cost for sacrament years, books, etc.

If you volunteer to teach a class, it's free for all your kids, but dh and I just take the time to go shopping, hehe.

No teacher discount here. DH has been a teacher for the last four years and we've paid every single year for both kids (now DS is confirmed, so only one kid in Wed night classes!).