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| Worship in a barn? Ask the nearly 4000 visitors to Night in the Barn if it’s possible to worship amidst the mooing of a cow and the musky smell of sheep. The answer might surprise the farmer who built this barn, but then, it wouldn’t be the first time a barn sheltered a spiritual serendipity. REST STOP #2: Sunday School Survival Things are not going the way we want with our high school Sunday school class. What we want is for youth to show up, every Sunday. We want them to come eagerly, with interest, happy to participate. If they want to bring snacks for the rest of the class and a special treat for the teacher, that’s even better.But it’s not happening. We have a potential of approximately 15 students, and typical attendance is 4-5. We’ve tried different things—videos, different teachers, creative curriculum. We even played our version of the Survivor Game—people didn’t get voted off but there was a $100 reward at the end. Three students showed up for the grand finale. All is not lost. One thing we’ve tried is to visit congregations of another denomination or faith. A dozen youth showed up to visit an African-American congregation; another trip to take in a Jewish service brought out twelve teens as well. The same number of youth showed up to watch and discuss the video “Bruce Almighty” and eat lunch at the home of one of the kids. Getting away together seems to work. We have more plans to get away, but you can’t do that every Sunday. What’s a Sunday school teacher to do? Continued... |
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