tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post5952689750839546534..comments2023-10-25T03:02:40.851-05:00Comments on Proclaiming Softly: Bible School, question answeredLoieJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-25352738175435236122007-08-16T15:55:00.000-05:002007-08-16T15:55:00.000-05:00I'd argue that having the rotation Sunday School w...I'd argue that having the rotation Sunday School with one story/month adds up to only about 8 stories per school year, and that would include the Easter and Christmas story, so really, 6 stories/year. A new Bible story each week gives the weekly attenders more to learn and gives the occasional attenders however much they choose to learn. Why come back for the 3rd or 4th Sunday of the month if you've already heard that story? <BR/><BR/>Regarding the youth group not attending church: we have somewhat the same problem, but I often see the kids in church on Sunday if there is breakfast to serve, but they don't go up to church because they are working in the kitchen. We do get the youth attending lenten wednesday evening services because it is an expected part of the evening. Perhaps we aren't setting expectations for Sunday mornings.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-18231585196445731682007-08-16T14:37:00.000-05:002007-08-16T14:37:00.000-05:00We have a very hard time getting kids come to Sund...We have a very hard time getting kids come to Sunday School on a consistent basis, which makes the kind of systematic, serial Sunday School lessons most of us had when we were children nigh unto impossible; we never know whether two kids or 12 kids will show up on any given Sunday. Our weekday-afternoon youth program, on the other hand, is very popular with tweens and teens...but these kids just will <I>not</I> attend Sunday church services. It's very frustrating.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-40119908635271100342007-08-16T09:48:00.000-05:002007-08-16T09:48:00.000-05:00Thanks for the post PS. Sunday school is an area ...Thanks for the post PS. Sunday school is an area where our church is struggling right now. I'm not sure if it is because of the curriculum or other factors, but our numbers never even come close to those during VBS. We continue to pray and explore other ways of doing Sunday school, but so far no one is ready to make a bold step and change things up.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235511328970565339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-57699904552845683552007-08-15T20:42:00.000-05:002007-08-15T20:42:00.000-05:00Salem used to have a thriving Sunday school but th...Salem used to have a thriving Sunday school but that began to drop off before I arrived. So one of the new things the Board of Education and I did was to move Sunday school to Wednesday night. We call it Wednesday Night Live. It was suppose to be a family night, but that never happened. But our "Sunday school" numbers did go up. Familes were often gone on weekends, but they are home on Wednesdays...hence the appeal. So far WNL is working for us, but we have an older congregation and very few kids.Pastor Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281721067947261768noreply@blogger.com