Christian Education
CEWeb
Welcome
to the Christian Education page of the American Baptist Churches of
Wisconsin Website!
This online
resource will serve as a forum to share ideas, get information and
the like.
Please share the Web address for
this site with Christian Education workers in your church. I would
also invite you to offer
suggestions of things which would make the site useful to
you.
Beginning Again
August 2007
It is time once again for our Christian Education
programs to begin for the fall. Even those churches that continue
all the programs during the summer usually do something to make the
fall a new beginning. I hope there is excitement in your church about
this new beginning.
Making certain that we are ready to go is one of
the things that brings that sense of excitement: teachers assigned
to each class, new curriculum books, new supplies, new pictures, etc.
It tells us something is going to happen here! Let me make a few suggestions
of some things I hope you are thinking about.
Sunday School Superintendents:
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Talk to your pastor about dedicating your teachers/leaders
during a worship service. Be sure to include Bible Study leaders,
youth workers, etc., as well as Sunday School teachers.
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Consider your age groupings. If you do not have
enough persons in one group, or you do not have enough leaders available
to do a good job, consider how you might organize in another way.
Materials are now available for "one-room" Sunday Schools.
Or try a "centers approach" so that learners have more
choices and activities can cover a broader age grouping.
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Plan some training events for your leaders during
the year. Don't forget to include others who might be interested
in teaching! These events could take many different forms. For example:
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Workshops available through American Baptist
Churches USA in the past were called "Training Time Workshops."
Many of those have been revised and are available now as "NM's
Workshops for Church Life and Leadership." You may download
them from the National Ministries website: http://www.nationalministries.org/resources/church_life_leadership/index.cfm.
These workshops can be used as-is or modified. All materials may
be photocopied.
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Plan a time for teachers to meet together to
pray and plan for any special events that may be coming up. This
could be done as a simple breakfast meeting before the first day
of Sunday School or another convenient time. Make it a short meeting!
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Invite all classes to participate in a special
project of mutual interest. It could be a mission project, local
or global, or it could be something for your own local church or
neighborhood.
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Make sure attendance books are ready to go and
that supplies are available for all classes.
