Sunday School

Monday’s Sunday School Roundup

Topic: The God of Miracles - Provision and Judgement
Attendance: Above Average (but I had two classes due to teacher absence)
Fun Factor: Below Average
Involvement: Below Average
Grading my performance: D

Sunday’s class was built around a lot of Scripture.  We were talking about a lot of miracles, and I thought it would be good for them to read it from the Bible instead of just me telling them.  That isn’t to say that was all there was, but it was a large part.  Unfortunately, it was a larger part than it should have been, because I think that I lost them after about half the class.

The first part was pretty good, because we did a little survey.  Then each student acted out a different miracle scenario while I read it from my notes.  The problem came when we started reading the scriptures.  It was very short passages, but I had two students who quickly became bored and started acting out.  Each started feeding off the other, and then the rest of the class started feeding off them.  When I looked up to see a quarter coming out of one kid’s nose (the same one that I had just told to put the quarter up when they threw it into the air.  Also, how in the world do you get a Quarter up your nose?!), I knew that was starting to lose my temper.  I didn’t lose my cool with the kids and go off or anything, but I did get flustered to the point that I couldn’t remember where I was going with my notes.  The end of the lesson, which was supposed to be meaningful, ended up fizzing out and being a dud.

So, the bad grade reflects my ability to handle the students when they get rowdy and also for the lack of physical involvement to make it more interesting for them.  Both of those are on my head.  Moving forward, I’ll have to remember to stay in control and to make the class much more interactive than it was Sunday.

I’ve also got to come up with some “Save Games”.  After I was through, we had a few minutes to blow.  We played a couple of small games, but nothing that I think they enjoyed.  I want to get a few games together that are really fun and they enjoy, that I can just pull out of the hat whenever I think we need to.

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