Is Change Good or Bad for Sunday School?

Is change good or bad in itself?

Everything we did yesterday was not wrong or inferior. The best change usually comes after going back to study the past—evaluating what we did right and appreciating what is worth preserving. Then we can make adjustments and new connections to reach people with the gospel. Looking at Sunday school yesterday helps us to look forward to how we can change it in the future.

People show initial interest because they have needs, or feelings of doubt, incompleteness, and questions. If they are seeking, they are looking for something they do not have. We must be willing to change to attract them and make them comfortable with us. However, we must not change so much that we endanger what we have now that they need.

Sunday school teachers have a demanding role as knowledgeable change agents. Their ministry is helping children to know who they are, where they came from, and how they fit in some on-going system of meanings and relationships, change, and continuity. Some change may be necessary in order to facilitate this. We should never be afraid of evaluating how we teach. What must not change is the basis of our biblical truths.

Sunday school resources for 3-11 year olds