Archive for October, 2008

And the Question is…

questionsIf there is one skill an effective Sabbath school teacher must have, it is the ability to ask great questions. Nothing can make or break a lesson study more than the quality of the questions being asked by the leader.

Questions can be placed into 3 categories:

Great questions are usually inidicated by the amount of raised hands and the eagerness of the participants.
Ok questions are usually indicated by a lackluster response.
Poor questions result in the emergence of the sounds of crickets :)

Here’s some examples of different types of questions:

Oct 27, 2008 | 1 comment | View Post

Who is in Control?

Shocking. Stunning. Devastating. Incredible. Unimaginable. Tragic

These strong adjectives are parts of our daily news headlines. Seemingly overnight we have entered a time that a few years ago, was not thought possible. The fallout from these current worldwide events boils down to individual calamities on a very personal level. The unspoken question of many is “who is in control?”

As our members come out to Sabbath school during these times, many of them have been personally and adversely affected by the drastic downturn in our economy. Job loss, pension loss concerns and foreclosures are issues that our members are dealing with right now. They are asking “who is in control?”

Oct 11, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post