I've been to several Seminary classes to observe, but Tuesday was the first time someone has come to watch me! Gah! My friend, DeAnn, has been teaching Seminary for many years. She called late Monday evening to ask if she could come over and watch our class. It was fine with me, but my […]
Today another Seminary teacher came to observe my classroom (more on that later), and she mentioned something that the kids had talked about in class yesterday: the scripture mastery passages have changed! I decided to take a quick look this afternoon before the kids get home to see what changes have been made. There are […]
Today another Seminary teacher came to observe my classroom (more on that later), and she mentioned something that the kids had talked about in class yesterday: the scripture mastery passages have changed! I decided to take a quick look this afternoon before the kids get home to see what changes have been made. There are […]
The people at Thessalonica must have been pretty great bunch of folks. Paul gushes over them, and then their faith is so strong in the second coming that they literally quit their jobs in anticipation of the event they thought would be soon! These were fun books to cover. 1 Thessalonians 1-5 I spent a […]
The people at Thessalonica must have been pretty great bunch of folks. Paul gushes over them, and then their faith is so strong in the second coming that they literally quit their jobs in anticipation of the event they thought would be soon! These were fun books to cover. 1 Thessalonians 1-5 I spent a […]
You'll need a stool and some youth leaders. Have a youth stand on the stool. Demonstrate that with a little effort, if the person stands alone, you can knock him/her off the perch. Point out that it's very difficult for someone to Stand in Holy Places all alone. How can they "be not moved?" Scripture […]
Last week we were doing housekeeping things during class and did not get to cover the stories that students were reading in as much depth as I would prefer. I used this method to quickly cover 4 chapters students had read before class, as an introduction to the next chapters in Acts. RULES: Each zone […]
If you've got a lot of material to cover in a short amount of time, you can cover the material more efficiently when you know what students already know about the topic. One way to quickly assess student understanding of series of events is to give them strips of paper with the main events summarized […]
I've been collecting some links and other information regarding the Armor of God. As usual, I start out with a very grandiose idea and whittle it down to something simpler. At first I had planned to have each student make a full cardboard set of armor. Cool, yes. Physical reminder of a powerful lesson, yes. […]
I used this object lesson to teach about hypocrisy to my Seminary class. First, I printed chewing gum inserts on card stock. Each insert was 140mm x 18mm and fit inside a Juicy Fruit wrapper. On each was written the following references and words: "Thou Whited Wall" Acts 23:3 and "Full of Dead Men's Bones" […]
