Getting Your Sunday School Cooking

Getting Your Sunday School Cooking

Our four year emphasis, Getting Your Sunday School Cooking, will be ending in the summer of 2013. But it is still a great idea for growing your Sunday School to greater heights.  The new version of GYSSC is a customizable emphasis for one year or up to four years tailored just for your church.  It will include a FREE consultant, training events just for your Sunday School teachers and workers, outreach events and high attendance emphases.  The new GYSSC will feature some of the trainings and ideas from our four year emphasis. (See the info below under Old Four Year Plan.) Contact Dionne for more information.

The NEW Four Year Plan
 
At least three trainings per year; one from each area
            Year 1 – up to 4                         Year 3 – 3
            Year 2  – 3                                  Year 4 – 3
 
           
Yearly Themes
 
Year 1 - Getting Sunday School Cooking! 
Year 2 -  Essential Ingredients (Jesus Cooked: What Would He Use?) David Francis
Year 3 -  Making Sunday School Spicy! 
Year 4 -  Serving It Up - Year of the New Unit – Goal: every church beginning at least one new unit
 
These themes can be used for an August New Sunday School Year Kickoff in a large group setting with a special speaker. The themes also give ideas for door prizes (i.e. small bottles of Tabasco sauce for Making Sunday School Spicy!)
  
Training events can be offered more than once, either at an alternate time or morning and night of the same day (best if using outside leaders). All training will be available on a church-by-church basis led by GCBA leadership.

 

 
Old Four Year Plan for Growing Our Sunday Schools and Bible Study Groups
 
Teacher Training
 
2009 - 2010 – Looking for New Recipes * (curriculum overview)   
                    Tweaking the Recipe (how to teach the lesson and make it your own)
 
2010 - 2011 – Training the Cook and Wait Staff * – recruiting, apprenticing future teachers and training class officers; quality control (accountability) 
 
2011 - 2012 – Returning Clientele (Do They Really Like It?) – learning styles vs. teaching styles; why do people attend –habit or are they being fed?   
 
2012 - 2013 – Franchising * – Creating New Units; Ministry Outside the Sunday School        
 
 
Outreach
 
2009 - 2010 – Promoting Your Wares * –  Canned outreach programs; how to implement them; visitationtraining; using electronic media for outreach training; using electronic media for outreach 
 
2010 - 2011 – Up Selling – Using Your “Employees” To Promote Your Business – getting your class or church involved in outreach  
 
2011 - 2012 – BAM! From Good to GREAT! * – using big events and fellowships for outreach 
 
2012 - 2013 – Targeting Your Clientele – using new units to reach out; finding  unchurched people; building ministry opportunities 
 
 
New Units
 
2009 - 2010 – Location, Location, Location – Where can you start new units? 
 
2010 - 2011 – Interviewing and Hiring Staff  – Training new unit leaders 
 
2011 - 2012 – Developing a Menu (curriculum overview for new units) 
 
2012 - 2013 – The Grand Opening – putting it all together and starting a new unit  
 
* Age Group Training available
 
  
Training Sessions by Date
 
Looking for New Recipes * (curriculum overview)    10/12/09
Tweaking the Recipe (how to teach the lesson and make it your own)  3/9/10
Promoting Your Wares * – Canned outreach programs; how to implement them; visitation training; using electronic media for outreach 5/11/10
Location, Location, Location – Where can you start new units?  7/6/10
Essential Ingredients Kickoff with David Francis   8/14/10
Training the Cook and Wait Staff * – recruiting, apprenticing future teachers and training class officers; quality control (accountability)  9/14/10
Up Selling – Using Your “Employees” To Promote Your Business – getting your class or church involved in outreach 1/25/11
Interviewing and Hiring Staff  – Training new unit leaders  5/24/11
Customer Satisfaction (Do They Really Like It?) – learning styles vs. teaching styles; why do people attend – habit or are they being fed? 10/11/11
BAM! Making Good GREAT! * – using big events and fellowships for outreach 2/20/12
Developing a Menu (curriculum overview for new units)  4/24/12
Franchising * – Creating New Units; Ministry Outside the Sunday School  9/11/12
Targeting Your Clientele – using new units to reach out; finding unchurched people; building ministry opportunities 1/29/13
The Grand Opening – putting it all together and starting a new unit 5/28/13