Sunday School News.

Sunday School and small groups are awesome tools to reach and care for people, lead them to meet God in the Bible, and mobilize attenders in serving Him. Like a coal pulled out of the fire, when people drop out of church they usually stop growing in the Spirit and serving God’s family. That is heartbreaking, especially when it is 100% avoidable. The number one reason people can so easily walk away from church is because they were never connected in the first place. Sunday School can be the foundation of that connection for both participants and their families. Let’s use the opportunity to keep, disciple, and mobilize the future of our church. In order to build this foundation we need to start with leaders today to help reach, care for, lead, and mobilize the young members and their families. 
Someone we are looking for to be a Teacher of the Faith would…

• Serve for a period of one year.
  
  • Volunteers can partner with another Teacher of the Faith to alternate weeks, ultimately freeing up some Sundays to lower the weeks of commitment.
    
  • If you are not available to lead teach, we are also looking for subs to fill in with different classes throughout the year as needed. 
    
• Strive to teach in a way that will promote the spiritual growth, health, and nurture of the children in the class.
  
• Utilize the provided curriculum of Sparks Lectionary series
  
• Asked to consider prayerfully every lesson as it is prepared to be taught.
  
• Assist in making the classroom space attractive and inviting for the learners
  
• Faithfully attend one training session at the beginning of the year and quarterly staff meetings offered for their benefit.
  
• Arrive in their classrooms ten to fifteen minutes before the children arrive to be sure all is ready and to be able to focus on individual children as they arrive.
  
• Care for children and their families who are irregular in attendance, in cooperation with the pastor, board leaders, and Curator of Youth and Family Ministries
  
• Supervise their students in any activities in which the students participate, such as singing in a worship service.
  
• Become friends and counselors to their students. Help make the connection from home family to church family
  

If those qualities sound like you or someone you know, please contact Nicki to volunteer this fall. We have many opportunities and openings for all grade levels. Pick the age/grade level students you love working with best and we can make it happen. Currently we are in need of a minimum of four volunteers to make the program a success. We are happy to take as many more volunteers as we can gather. 
nicki@peaceoshkosh.org (949)690-4177