Sunday School

[Salty]

Sunday School is not what it once to be.
In the Old day - everyone had a SS class - Adults right down to the nursery.
Now days - some churches - will have SS for kids during the worship service
Some say that children under 5 go to the nursery - 5 and up sit in the Adulty SS class/morning worship
Some say that a female is not to teach SS with males in attendance
Some say that a female is not to teach boys who over 10 years of age.
Some say the Bible does not instruct us to have SS - so only morning worship
Some say.......

So how is SS (or lack thereof) happen in your church?
and any particular reasons......

 

[37818]

At Highland Baptist Temple has the 10:00am adult morning Sunday school the hour before the 11:00am church service.

 

[Dr. Bob]

At Calvary Baptist, Watertown, where we've retired, we have Sunday School (not CALLED Sunday School) at 9:15. All ages nursery to Senior Citizens, and all types of learning environments. Dozen choices for adults. About 350 attend.

No "classes" are live-streamed like the morning/evening/prayer meeting are each week. Since illness or preaching elsewhere keeps me away about 50% of Sundays, I miss this.

 

[Marooncat79]

We have a nursery and toddlers, then 3–5, 6-8.

Then 5 classes

Life of Jesus almost always runs

OT Class Mostly historical books and Psaalms

Doctrine of Church alternates w Doctrine of God, Acts, Romans and

Marriage and FamilyFinances/Counseling

Whatever we think we need

 

[Salty]

M- sounds great!

 

[Marooncat79]

Thank you sir

 

[xlsdraw]

We don't try to reinvent the wheel.

 

[KJB1611reader]

The.majority of churches I being too were Sunday School were before main worship service (Kids to Adult.) The younger kids would have kids church after worship was done and that contiune until the main service is over. Nursery is for the toddlers. I being to churches where there was no Sunday school and we just sat in the main service. Though every baptist church I went to had Sunday school or some sort of program for kids. Sunday school was divided between male and female. Kids church was more relaxed and for everyone. Being to man led kids church and female.

 

[Dr. Bob]

The church we founded did not have Sunday School per se. We had a 2+ hour unified service, We were family-centered so never had separate programs for children. Every week we gave a worksheet for the family for Bible Study. They were to study it together as their "Sunday school". Our families with K-8 children home schooled, so a typical SS class is not as important as learning to sit, sing, read, in corporate worship

 

[Salty]

That might be acceptable for kids in solid Christian homes.
But how about kids that come from non-Christian homes,
as well as non-discipled Christian homes.

 

[Dr. Bob]

Our church was designed as a safe haven for believers, for instruction, fellowship, worship, and the ordinances. If those believers came in without a Christian home, they were "adopted" by an elder for spiritual oversight and teaching. It was a privilege to minister as surrogate.

We also did this with college students who had left good families/churches and come to our city, and with "fatherless" homes (widows, unmarried women, etc) to give male spiritual leadership. Joy of small "house-church" mentality contrasted to the big box churches.

 

[David Lamb]

Sunday School is not what it once to be.
In the Old day - everyone had a SS class - Adults right down to the nursery.
Now days - some churches - will have SS for kids during the worship service
Some say that children under 5 go to the nursery - 5 and up sit in the Adulty SS class/morning worship
Some say that a female is not to teach SS with males in attendance
Some say that a female is not to teach boys who over 10 years of age.
Some say the Bible does not instruct us to have SS - so only morning worship
Some say.......

So how is SS (or lack thereof) happen in your church?
and any particular reasons......

I think this is another case of something that depends where you live. Here in the UK, Sunday Schools are for children. Robert Raikes started a Sunday School back in 1780, not as an outreach of the church, but to provide a basic education for children who otherwise would have had none. Gradually this notion developed into a school for bible teaching. But our Sunday Schools are for children. Some churches do run an all-age bible class, for teenagers and adults. My church has a weekday after-school club for children - the leaders are all involved in services on Sundays.

 

[Baptist4life]

Because of space restrictions we have to have two worship services. First service 8:30-9:45, then S/S for all ages at 10:00-10:45 (we have about 15 or so different classes from toddlers to senior citizens), then at 11:00 we have the second worship service. Most people who come to the first service stay for S/S, people who attend the second service come to S/S first and stay for the second worship service. . So there is a time where everyone can get together.

 

[KenH]

At Grace Baptist Church in Ruston, Louisiana, the adults have a Bible study in the auditorium and the young children have separate Bible studies, on Sunday mornings.

 

[Salty]

At Grace Baptist Church in Ruston, Louisiana, the adults have a Bible study in the auditorium and the young children have separate Bible studies, on Sunday mornings.

how many are in the adult class - For Bible Study - I would rather see small classes - say 10-20 or so.

 

[KenH]

how many are in the adult class

Generally, around 15.