Find someone you don’t know and ask them these three questions:

Find someone you don’t know and Find someone you don’t know and ask them these three questions:ask them these three questions:1.1. What is your earliest What is your earliest

memory of Sunday memory of Sunday School?School?

2.2. Who was the most life-Who was the most life-changing teach you have changing teach you have ever had?ever had?

3.3. Why did this teacher have Why did this teacher have an impact on you?an impact on you?

2 Timothy 1:132 Timothy 1:13“Hold on to the pattern “Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that of sound teaching that you have heard from you have heard from me, in the faith and me, in the faith and

love that are in Christ love that are in Christ Jesus.”Jesus.”

Teachers make huge Teachers make huge imprints on our lives.imprints on our lives.

Share your earliest Share your earliest memory of Sunday memory of Sunday

SchoolSchool

Describe a life-changing Describe a life-changing teacher who taught you.teacher who taught you.

1.1. Find the others with the Find the others with the same scripture.same scripture.

2.2. Be ready to share what the Be ready to share what the passage says about the passage says about the biblical mandate to teach biblical mandate to teach for spiritual for spiritual transformation.transformation.

Turn to the scripture on the other Turn to the scripture on the other side of the handout you received side of the handout you received

when you entered.when you entered.

Sunday School is the Sunday School is the foundational foundational strategystrategy in a local in a local

church for church for leadingleading people to people to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and

for for buildingbuilding on-mission on-mission Christians through open Bible Christians through open Bible

study groups that study groups that engageengage people people in evangelism, discipleship, in evangelism, discipleship,

fellowship, ministry, and fellowship, ministry, and worship.worship.

Turn to pages 4-5 and find the Turn to pages 4-5 and find the five questions under “The five questions under “The

Traits of a Transformational Traits of a Transformational Sunday School.”Sunday School.”

Psalm 119:33-35, 105What is the difference between a curriculum plan and curriculum resources?

CurriculumOrigin from two Latin words:currere – to runcurrus – a course or track

Came to refer to a course, track, or path of study.

Hebrews 12:1-2Hebrews 12:1-2““Therefore since we also have Therefore since we also have

such a large cloud of such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the us, and run with endurance the

race that lies before us, race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus the keeping our eyes on Jesus the

source and perfecter of our source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross before Him endured a cross

and despised the shame, and and despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand has sat down at the right hand

of God’s throne.”of God’s throne.”

Are the curriculum Are the curriculum resources you pick for your resources you pick for your Sunday School important?Sunday School important?

Why?

Turn to the thirteen Turn to the thirteen questions under questions under

“Evaluating Curriculum” “Evaluating Curriculum” on pages 7 and 8.on pages 7 and 8.

Review the 8 learning approaches listed under statement 13 on page 8.

Which are your preferred learning approaches?

How important is How important is curriculum in the curriculum in the

process of teaching for process of teaching for spiritual spiritual

transformation?transformation?

Can curriculum Can curriculum support support

transformational transformational teaching?teaching?

What would you do in this What would you do in this situation?situation?One of your teachers approaches you in the hallway between Sunday School and church and says, “My class has decided not to use curriculum any longer. We are going to have our members make suggestions and then the class will vote on what to study.”

Do you have a policy for Do you have a policy for curriculum selection?curriculum selection?

•Why do you think a policy is important?

•How did you arrive at your policy?

•Turn to “Steps for developing a curriculum selection policy” on pages 11-12.

Steps in Developing a Steps in Developing a Curriculum PolicyCurriculum Policy

Pages 10-11 in your book.

Why use LifeWay curriculum?

Turn to page 11.

Who compiles and places the Sunday School literature

order for your church?

There are four ways a Sunday School curriculum order can

be placed.

OnlineMailFaxPhone

Don’t forget the 5% early-order discount.

OnlineMail

Turn to pages 12-13Turn to pages 12-13““How to Order,How to Order,Receive, and Receive, and Distribute CurriculumDistribute Curriculum

Does someone at your church dread the arrival of

all the literature?

I will never forget the I will never forget the first time I tried to…first time I tried to…

Three Primary Areas of Sunday Three Primary Areas of Sunday School CurriculumSchool Curriculum

1.1.PreparePrepare• Sunday School Leadership MeetingSunday School Leadership Meeting• Personal Bible Study for the TeacherPersonal Bible Study for the Teacher

2.2. EncounterEncounter3.3. ContinueContinue

Key Items in Most Dated Key Items in Most Dated Leader GuidesLeader Guides

Unit theme and overview –Unit theme and overview – presentation of study presentation of study theme for a unit overviews theme for a unit overviews the individual sessions and the individual sessions and introduces the purpose of introduces the purpose of the study.the study.


Bible Passage –Bible Passage – Lists the Lists the passages studied in the passages studied in the sessionsession


Biblical Setting –Biblical Setting – Provides a Provides a short background summary short background summary of the passage being of the passage being studied.studied.


Biblical Truth –Biblical Truth – States the States the primary truth to primary truth to communicated from the communicated from the passages being studied.passages being studied.


Key Bible Verse –Key Bible Verse – Identifies Identifies the central or key verse the central or key verse being taught. (Preschool being taught. (Preschool uses Key Bible Phrase.)uses Key Bible Phrase.)


Life Impact –Life Impact – Suggests the Suggests the learner’s knowledge, learner’s knowledge, understanding, attitude, understanding, attitude, and action changes that and action changes that might result from the study.might result from the study.


Life Question –Life Question – Relates the Relates the lesson to a question in the lesson to a question in the life of learners.life of learners.


Unit theme and overview –Unit theme and overview – presentation of study presentation of study theme for a unit overviews theme for a unit overviews the individual sessions and the individual sessions and introduces the purpose of introduces the purpose of the study.the study.

Chapters Five, Six, and SevenAn overview of age group

curriculum resources

Complete the Curriculum Self Study Guide using the resources displayed in the room.

LeaderLife

Leading Adults

Leading Student Ministry

inmINistry with kids

EXTRA!EXTRA!

Ephesians 4:11-13What is our primary responsibility as leaders?

What is the measurement we are to look for in the lives of our people?

How can leaders really How can leaders really know if their teaching is know if their teaching is

effective?effective?

1.Are believers changing into the likeness of Jesus?

2.Are believers growing in their love and trust of God?

3.Are believers becoming more obedient to God?

How to Build a Sunday How to Build a Sunday School That Teaches for School That Teaches for Spiritual TransformationSpiritual Transformation

1.Adjust your Sunday School leaders’ mindset.

2.As you enlist teachers, defining teaching as spiritual transformation


3.Discuss with teachers what they see taking place in the lives of their members as a result of Sunday School’s teaching and ministry.


4.Help teachers teach out of a fresh relationship with the Lord.

5.Pray for your teachers by name.

6.Recognize and encourage teachers.


7.Encourage teachers to relate to class members beyond Sunday morning.

8.Educate your congregation in how people are transformed through the teaching and relationships of Sunday School.


9.Guide teachers to expect to see lives transformed.

10.Use every tool and opportunity available to train your leaders.


11.Help teachers understand their pupil’s characteristics, interests, needs, the ways they learn, and effective ways to teach.

How to Build a Sunday How to Build a Sunday School That Teaches for School That Teaches for Spiritual TransformationSpiritual Transformation12. Provide sound, high

quality curriculum resources, and train teachers how to use them for maximum benefit.

13.Provide resources and environment for teaching and learning.


14.Build effective Sunday School leadership meetings than plan for transforming lives.

• Focus on Mission

• Focus on Relationships

• Focus on Bible study


15.The strongest influence you can have on Sunday School leaders is being transformed yourself.

Conducting a Curriculum Conducting a Curriculum WorkshopWorkshop

pages 26-27pages 26-27

After Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may

command your children to carefully follow all the words of

this law. For they are not meaningless words to you but

they are your life…

What an awesome responsibility to handle the Word of God.

Thank you for investing your life in the leaders of your Sunday School.

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