Teaching Sunday School?
This past Sunday I sat in a High School Sunday school class with Dr. Steven Meyer, Nate’s Dad. I am sitting in on two of his classes to see how he teaches his group of kids. After two weeks of watching I will be presenting something for them.
It was pretty interesting to go and watch this. I haven’t been around High School students in a long time. They are very similar to what I remember High School being like, but at the same time it felt really foreign to be with them.
I don’t really know what I am going to present or attempt to teach them just yet. That is part of the reason Dr. Meyer is happy to have me teach with him. Neither of us knows what the kids want/need to hear. Dr. Meyer’s approach is to go through the book of Acts chapter by chapter, but he doesn’t feel that it is resonating with our group.
I don’t know these guys yet, so I don’t know what they want or need just yet. I have had many ideas of topics that I could present, but I don’t know which will spark the interest of this group. Neither does Dr. Meyer, so he decided that I’d begin next week with about five minutes to go over my different ideas and see if any of them resonated with the group.
This Sunday the group was 14 High Schoolers — three girls and eleven guys.
At the beginning of the first class a few jokes and comments were made as the group got used to me being there. One guy said of Dr. Meyer, “It takes a certain kind of self confidence to be a Sunday school teacher.” This made me laugh and was pretty memorable. A different guy said, “We come here for the food.” At first this was just funny, but it stuck in my head, and after rolling around up there for a few days, I imparted a double meaning to it. Now, I realize that they do come to get the cookies, doughnuts and orange juice, but most of them can drive. So, they could get that elsewhere without sitting through an hour of Sunday school. The reason most people come to churches is to recieve or participate in the giving of spiritual food. So now I am left thinking, ‘They come here for the food. Maybe God will help me feed them.’
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You’ll have to make a new post, or comment, and let us know how Sunday school went
. It’s funny to think that last year you were in a Bible study with me, and this year your in a Bible study (or at least Sunday school) with my dad.
Comment by Nate — February 14, 2005 @ 7:48 am