Comments for Sunday School Leaders

Comment on Space for the Kids by Josh Hunt

Josh Hunt — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:11:52 +0000

kids are the reason Sunday School started and kids are the reason Sunday School will be around 200 years from now.

Josh Hunt

Comment on Continuing Education for the Group Leader by Kenneth Priest

Kenneth Priest — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:02:09 +0000

Daryl – thanks for your comments; and I do not disagree with what you have said. As you know, the difficulty is finding other resources which are specifically designed for this continuing education thought that are not books. I mentioned LifeWay and our own App at the SBTC which offers some equipping via Video; but other options are limited.

This might be a time to champion the development of a process; maybe through online methodologies; which would support the church in providing a platform for teachers to receive, what I think you would agree with, the needed continuing education. I agree it comes down to how the person learns best; but requires those of us who might be in a position to do so, to develop the other platforms. Thanks again for your comments.

Comment on Why Your Group Should Start a New One by Keith

Keith — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:10:27 +0000

In my experience, it is especially hard to cast this vision with classes that have been essentially static or very slowly growing for over two years. Even after it’s been shown to be successful ONCE, the members don’t necessarily embrace the vision, but may view growth as a fluke or due to some other factor (new pastor, new teacher, etc.) It takes repeating the experience at least twice–AND continuing to ‘push’ for growth–to see this sustained.

Comment on Characteristics of an Emerging Class by Leaders: The Key for a New Group :: Sunday School Leaders

Leaders: The Key for a New Group :: Sunday School Leaders — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:45:01 +0000

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Comment on Continuing Education for the Group Leader by Daryl Eldridge

Daryl Eldridge — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:59:12 +0000

Kenneth,
Thanks for practical suggestions for continuing education. I encourage people to write 1-3 goals for their annual learning plan. What skills would you like to acquire? What areas of knowledge would you like strengthened? What emotional areas would you like transformed this year? Then from those goals determine the means to accomplish the goals.

I noticed most of your activities involved reading. Given 90% of our population is not avid readers, this limits learning opportunities. In addition, reading or attending a conference are passive activities. We know we learn best by doing. People learn better through more engaging activities. For example, if one of your goals improve how your create learning readiness, one of your means to accomplish that goal would be to meet monthly with a group of creative people and brainstorm on ways to start a lesson. The key is finding ways that you learn best.

Comment on Enlist and Train Leaders for Sunday School Growth by Equipping the Next Generation :: Sunday School Leaders

Equipping the Next Generation :: Sunday School Leaders — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:30:31 +0000

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Comment on Increase the Impact of Your Sunday School Christmas Party by Josh Hunt

Josh Hunt — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:41:30 +0000

I reduce it to a slogan: invite every member and every prospect to every fellowship every month.

Josh Hunt
http://allstarsundayschool.com/

Comment on Who do you know who needs to know Who you know? by Ron Owens

Ron Owens — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:24:14 +0000

Do you have a flyer or poster available for this? I’ve just started teaching a 5th and 6th grade boys and girls SS class and am encouraging them to multiply and divide their class.

Thanks,

Ron Owens

Comment on The Primary Evangelism Strategy by Josh Hunt

Josh Hunt — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:36:57 +0000

In my research groups with 9 parties or more a year are twice as likely to grow compared to those who have 4 parties a year or less.

Josh

Comment on Where Leaders are Born by Mary Lou Ballard

Mary Lou Ballard — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:32:58 +0000

As new Sunday School Director I wanted to get the materials mentioned in this article on August 17. However, the materials are out of print.

Do you have any suggestions for similar materials that are available?

This is the part of the article with the (3) books I was going to get.

“Here is how I teach our small Montana churches to produce leaders through Sunday School. Begin your Sunday School year with an organizational party. With everyone in the room, conduct a S.E.R.V.E card survey. (Available from Lifeway in the BodyLife participant’s manual by John Powers.) I also have them conduct the life-line exercise. (Available from Refocus Your Ministry through Church Resource Ministries by Terry Walling.) These exercises help every member discover God’s will for their life. Then we organize the class members into teams categorized as EDFMW+Prayer. (Available from Gene Mimm’s Kingdom Focused Life with an addendum by Thom Rainer.) Teams of Evangelism, Discipleship, Fellowship, Ministry, Worship, and Prayer are formed.”