Contents:
Board of Christian Education's
Mission and Goals
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In accord with the Union
University Church's Affirmation of Faith, the mission of
the Board of Christian Education is to bestow on our children
the value of the scriptural witness, the example of the
teachings of Jesus, the importance of the church community
and the multi-denominational experience, and our call to
be loving servants of a loving God. To this end, we have
constructed a Sunday School program which teaches our children:
- To love
- To be tolerant (understanding,
accepting, ecumenical)
- To serve
- To have a sense of call
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In order to be responsive
to a child's developmental and faith stages, we will encourage
our teachers to tailor their teaching to the following emphases:
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Primary
Teaching Love and Tolerance
1. Provide a beginning in
theological understanding
a. God
is love
b. God
has created a wonderful world
b. Jesus
is God's son (the person of Jesus)
c. Jesus
is our friend
2. Help them to love themselves
3. Teach them to love each
other
4. Begin to identify adults
in the congregation, and give them a sense of belonging
to the community of the church
Goal: Help them
to feel that Sunday School is a fun place to be and that
they are loveable people.
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Middler
Teaching Love, Tolerance, Service
1. Providing a theological
understanding of
a. What
it means to be a Christian
b. moral
foundation of Christianity
c. Jesus
as teacher (the teachings of Jesus)
2. Help them to see how Christian
teachings are carried into daily life.
Goal: Help them to internalize
Jesus' teaching and to begin to establish a sense of their
place as Christians in the world.
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Junior Youth
Teaching Love, Tolerance, Service, Call
1. Help them to feel good
about themselves, discover their personal strengths and
gifts
2. Learn how to use their
gifts to serve others.
3. Help them to confront
and cope with the conflict between Christian values and
world values
4. Help them from a Christian
perspective to understand and cope with differences between
people, for ex.
a. Racial
issues
b. Handicapped
issues
c. Peer
pressure
d. Emerging
issues of male -- female relationships
5. Teach them to take responsibilities
for their choices and begin to make life choices about who
they want to be as people (moral, spiritual)
Goal: Help them to affirm
their gifts and begin to see their value for and call to
God's service
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Senior Youth
Toward a Maturity in Faith
1. Expose youth to basic
Christian doctrines and examine various belief systems
2. Acquaint youth with a
variety of worship experiences
3. Grapple with questions
of faith and world issues as related to faith
4. Provide them with tools
to seek guidance through scripture, experience, prayer,
church
5. Move them toward a deeper
personal relationship with God
Goal: Challenge them to
ask hard questions about themselves, the world, and God,
and to continue to seek guidance in faith. Keep them involved
in church!
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Resources on the Web for Sunday
School Teachers
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www.sschool.com
www.kidssundayschool.com
www.sundaysoftware.com
www.rotation.org
www.sundayschoolhelp.com
www.sundayschoollessons.com
(lectionary based lessons)
www.sundayschoolcrafts.com
www.christiancrafters.com
www.ebibleteacher.com
www.bibleplaces.com
www.biblegateway.com
www.akidsheart.com
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Resources available
in the Church Library and Computer Room
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The
lists of books, videos, and software is available for viewing
in a .pdf format. Your computer will be able to read this
format if you have Adobe's free Acrobat Reader installed.
 Click
here for the Children's Library Resource List.
 Click
here for the Software List Download
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