How to Teach a 25-Minute Sunday School Lesson
Successful short Sunday classes need to be focused, engaging, and spirit-led. I went through all the stages of church-policy-change grief and acceptance in about 10 minutes after I heard we were moving to 25 minute second-hour classes. I LOVE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I’m a corporate trainer and presentation skills coach by day who has been clawing his way through a faith journey (Deconstruction? Crisis? Obsessive deep-dive?) by night. I’m also an early morning seminary teacher. And there is nothing more thrilling to me than being called on a Sunday Morning by a desperate Sunday School president in need of a sub. And I love attending Sunday School. If you teach Sunday school and you take nothing else from this post, let it be this: You are important. No matter how ill-prepared you feel or how underwhelming you deem your own performance, those who are prepared will be taught what they need to learn . Your calling is simply too important for God to let it be otherwise. Just try and y...