Teen Sunday School Class?

Question

I will soon be teaching a teen sunday school class at my church. I will also be helping the present youth leader with the everyother sunday night youth group. The youth group is starting to grow but as far as the sunday school, well it's um dieing! There are only maybe 3 kids that attend regularly and 2 of those kids shouldn't really be in there because they are in college and should be in the next class above the teen class! So I am trying to find something for me to teacher out of. The church will pay for whatever material I want.

Anyone have any ideas where to find good amaterial or something that worked with your teen/youth sunday school class?

Answer 1

Creativity that inspires attendance doesn't always cost a lot of money. Just think of ways to present your lessons in creative ways. Visuals, props, companion videos.

There are a LOT of inspirational films out there now that you can watch (may take a couple weeks) but then you discuss how it applies to teen life, and how it ties into the Sunday School lessons or the pastor's sermons. Two of my fav movies like this....the Gospel, Facing the Giants, but there are a LOT of movies that are just clean and offer a good message.

You can offer incentives for kids who bring the most guests to class Christian music CD's, movie passes, clothing items, sports gear, iPod accessories, etc.

Maybe you can gather up some of your older students that have aged OUT of your class, and have an expo at the local teen hangout...the pool, the coffee place, the ball game, the movie theater. You would need permission to do this from the place you choose.

Make a MySpace page. Kids LOVE that, and you can use it to keep in touch with your kids, and inspire them through the week.

During youth group time, you need to balance a message, a fun activity, and hopefully, an outreach activity. Maybe not all every week.

Lock-ins are fun. Overnight at the Y or in the church rec center.

Plan a big outing, such as to an amusement park or a big state park trip, or skiing, sky diving, or rent a party boat, or whatever...not all free to them but with the chance to earn the trip. For several months, incentive, put Sunday School participation on a chart where kids who bring visitors, attend faithfully, earn points that translate to money for their part of the trip being paid by the church. If you start the campaign NOW, you  might take your trip at the end of the summer.

Answer 2

pray to god. lol... he might throw books out of the sky

Answer 3

YOu have a big task in front of you.

These printable bible games are hit or miss, but every once in a while may tie into what you are doing. What is nice is you can print as may as you need it and they are handy to have around.

http://www.partygameideas.com/bible-game...

Plus use them for fun and not tests, not knowing the answer is always an opportunity to educate them on the answer. :)

Answer 4

My mother and I both have experience. Yes first of all pray, God does often lead us to do some really interesting and inspiring stuff. it's sounds like you have young adults so they are going to like going outside, so I would do that after a bible study on a topic they need, like upper education, dealing with rude people, dating, vanity, what Love really is, discipling, how to study the Bible, creating a prayer journal or a study being a good steward of your money, are just a few ideas (Ed Young gives some great Christian teachings for young adults that are entertaining[maybe play one of his tapes]). If you don't have room outside you can do a craft like tie dying, photo albums, put together a play or dance for the church to teach them about ministry. You can have them do a questionnaire that my help them prayerfully find their gifts.

Also when teaching them the Word you can give some homework on scripture and make a test for the next week and whoever gets the highest score over a certain amount of months gets a gift certificate, but I would put that in the announcements a few weeks prior. I would make the scoring both real hard and easy so someone could catch up.

If that doesn't help here's a site that may:

www.youthministry.com/

God Bless, a sister in Christ

Answer 5

Your church should be assigning the material.  Do you have an education committee?  Find out what the younger classes are doing and order your materials from that same company.  This way, all the children of the church are learning the same info - only at their grade level.