Help for Teachers

#105 – A-Z Bible Teachers’ Checklist


These “checklists” will be posted from
the PCAF – ICEA staff on an ongoing basis
to help Christian educators with
tips, ideas, and instructions. 

Start A Bible
Readers’ Club!

Continually devoting themselves to the
apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the
breaking of bread and to prayer…. (Acts 2:42)

What to Do:

1.   Write out a simple sentence or two explaining each verse of the Bible you will be studying. (One chapter should be enough to study during a session.) Make copies and distribute.

2.   Have students sit at tables and each person at their table will take turns reading their sentence(s) and then read the associated verse(s) from the Bible. Continue this until all members have completed reading the chapter.

3. After the chapter has been read, the assigned group leader will “open the floor” and lead the group discussion by commenting on verses, asking questions, explaining scriptures, and encouraging feedback and comments from the group.

IDEA STARTER!

“Starting a Bible Readers’ Club is a good way of getting members involved in fellowship and studying the Word of God! Our club met once a month, on Sunday afternoons, from 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. This is not your traditional Bible class. The format is unique and refreshing. There were a number of people, including college students, who studied with us that rarely attended our Sunday morning classes!” Light refreshments were served.

 

 

0 CommentsLeave a comment

“Comprehensive Bible Study Lessons” by PCAF Author Arletta Merritts


fffBiblical Truths
to Live By

Comprehensive Bible Study Lessons (CBSL) has been written with much passion to promote the importance of reading and understanding the Bible. Reading the Bible can have positive life changing effects when it is read with an open mind. As Christians delve into the mind of God through reading the Bible and become obedient to His commands, preparations are being made for them to partake of the best things in this life and eternal life.

This amazing book is a great companion tool to the Holy Bible and have many benefits. It tests Bible knowledge, encourages self-study, develops a love for the Word of God, and increases understanding.  You can expect the Word of God to teach you, nourish your spirit, and produce life—even eternal life. God has uniquely and magnanimously performed many mighty acts. This phenomenal companion tool to the Holy Bible will help you to see the grandeur of God, His splendor and majesty. It will undoubtedly cause your level faith to increase.

Many people are interested in reading the Bible, but because they don’t understand its content, they stop reading it.  CBSL has been written with simplicity and designed to help casual Bible readers become Bible scholars, thus yielding to the saying, ‘Biblical Truth to Live by.’

Order your copy today:

Comprehensive Bible Study Lessons
Purchase online at
Website: absolutetruthministry.net

This book has approximately 800 pages.
ISBN 978-1-5127-7322-4 — $48.95

Author’s contact information:  513-260-0413
E-mail: arlettamerritts@gmail.com

 

0 CommentsLeave a comment

#104 – A-Z Bible Teachers’ Checklist


These “checklists” will be posted from
the PCAF – ICEA staff on an ongoing basis
to help Christian educators with
tips, ideas, and instructions. 

Training Class for
Potential Teachers

Encourage one another and build
up one another…. (I Thes. 5:11)

What to Do:

  1. Start out by watching students to see who has potential to become a good teacher
    (I Tim. 5:21-22).
  2. Select your teachers (with your pastor or committee’s approval) and offer a once-a-week training class, held along with your regularly scheduled classes. Maybe during Sunday school.
  3. After weeks or months of training, assign your potential teachers times to teach among themselves (rotating weekly) (II Tim. 2:1-2).
  4. Create a report card and grade the new teachers on skills such as their ability to use scriptures, stay on the lesson, pace themselves, etc.
  5. Occasionally offer additional training for your new teachers in areas where they need help.

IDEA STARTER!

“Our church started a “Potential Teachers” Training Class. This class was offered once before with great success! About 10 students (who had potential to teach) were chosen and trained together in a class setting by the superintendent. After some time, the superintendent allowed students to begin teaching one another, rotating weekly. It became an active class and a number of the students (who became teachers) are now teaching their own adult classes.”

 

0 CommentsLeave a comment

Join Instructor Sis. Nancy Gates and the PCAF Call-In LIVE Sun. School Class — Saturday, December 2 at 7:00 p.m. EST!


Superintendent Deacon Gene Claxton
and the International Christian Education Auxiliary
Staff invite you to Saturday Night Sunday school!

Our teacher will be
Sis. Nancy Gates.

Nancy Gates

As a Bible teacher, speaker and writer, she has
committed her life to spreading the gospel of
Jesus Christ around the globe until all have heard.

The call-in phone number is:

+1 605-475-4120

The following is the access code:

6902797

Upcoming phone conference date will be:
December 2 @ 7:00 p.m.
– Lesson –

“Faith in Jesus”

Lesson: Acts 3:11-21
___________________________

The International Christian Education
Auxiliary (ICEA) — Formerly NSSA —
Will Host Ongoing Saturday
(Sunday School) Classes
and Teaching by Online
Phone Conference!

Just call in and listen to qualified instructors teach lessons on a weekly basis. The lessons will be based on the quarterly International Sunday School curriculum. Please set your clock to alarm every Saturday at 6:50 p.m. Do it now!

These classes are designed for the shut in, those overseas, and those who can’t make Sunday school, as well as students and teachers who would like more insight on upcoming lessons.

NOTE:
For the 7 p.m. call in; please check your local time zone with EST/EDT Detroit time. It’s best to Google: “Detroit time” to make sure of the current time difference in your area.
Some cell phone providers require you pay an additional small monthly fee to access phone conference calls (i.e. – Metro PCS). Check with your local provider. You may access the class-conference calls by land-line phones, as well.

PHONE IN NOW TO SEE IF YOUR PHONE IS COMPATIBLE!

0 CommentsLeave a comment

#102 – A-Z Bible Teachers’ Checklist


These “checklists” will be posted from
the PCAF – ICEA staff on an ongoing basis
to help Christian educators with
tips, ideas, and instructions. 

 

A ‘Fruit’ful Teachers
Appreciation Program

If I am to live on in the flesh, this will
mean fruitful labor for me…. (Phil. 1:22)

plums-fruit-fruit-basket-blue-169579.jpeg

What to Do:

  1. Have members decorate small fruit baskets.
  2. During the program, call each teacher forward, one at a time. Present them with the “fruit of their labors” (Phil. 4:17).
  3. Type out inspiring ageless quotes about teachers on 3 x 5 cards. Place cards on tables and have some students reads them.
  4. Your program could include: student poems and testimonies about their teachers, reading of students’ thank you cards, an appropriate song, slide presentations guessing teachers’ baby pictures, and a MC reading brief info. about each teacher. (Create a teacher information form months before the program and give to teachers to fill out. During the program, read teachers’ favorite things and brief bio., such as how many siblings, favorite hobbies, little known facts, years in church, etc.)

IDEA STARTER!

“One year, our Christian Education Department held a program and honored all teachers and staff. The program was held instead of our regularly scheduled Sunday classes. Fruit baskets were given to all teachers and staff during the program. Breakfast was served to all in attendance. We acknowledged groups of teachers and staff, such as superintendents, former teachers, workers, etc. We also selected a keynote speaker who spoke about the value of teachers. This was a very rewarding event!”

 

0 CommentsLeave a comment