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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:
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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: | |||
Primary
Teaching Love and Tolerance 1. Provide a beginning in theological
understanding 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
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Middler
Teaching Love, Tolerance, Service 1. Providing a theological understanding
of 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.
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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Church Members:
If you have additional sites that you think would be helpful to other teachers, or comments on the sites listed that you would like to have posted to the web site, please email us at the church. |
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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 Software List |
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