SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS OF A “STUDENT-FRIENDLY” SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

In the last issue of this newsletter, I presented some basic reasons why Sunday School is a relevant, viable, effective, and even essential ingredient of today’s local church youth ministry. I believe that Sunday School can be a culturally effective, age-based opportunity to creatively teach the life-changing truth of God’s Word. Yes, I’m a big fan of the Sunday School.

I’m thankful for the readers who took the time to post responses to that last newsletter. Here’s a comment from one Sunday School teacher: “I agree that Sunday School is as important today as ever! Thanks for the reminder! Now, how do we get our youth and adults back in Sunday School? As a teacher I find no one there to teach, parents aren’t bringing their kids out.”

Thanks, Ann, for responding. I want to follow-up that question by listing seven characteristics of what I call a “student-friendly” Sunday School class. In other words, how do you get teenagers to want to come to Sunday School? I really believe that if you implement the following seven suggestions into the fabric of your Sunday School class, your students will want to be involved on a regular basis. In fact, I will be so bold as to say that these simple ideas will work for any age group in any size church.

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I’m wondering if a dinosaur has become extinct. Or as my Dad used to say, “Maybe it’s time to bury a dead horse.” You see, I’m thinking about getting rid of my VCR. I hardly ever use it. Well, that’s not really true. I actually never use it anymore. Our family has officially made the move to DVDs. We own a DVD player and just purchased a DVD burner. We even have satellite TV, so we can use TiVo to record games and other special television programs for future viewing pleasure. (more…)