Anecdotes as a Sunday School Project

For some time I have been interested in using story-telling and anecdotes from congregants as an assignment or project for Sunday school. There are various ways of doing this, having congregants visit our children during Sunday school hour to share with them there personal stories, having the children ask and collect stories in coffee hour, or doing a more ambitious project like having the kids create a podcast about the congregation. The possibilities are endless.

At one time I collected few links that could be helpful for this project:

Smáþankar um starfsfólk og kynjaskiptar sumarbúðir

Eitt af því sem hefur um áratugaskeið verið eitt helsta einkenni Vatnaskógar sem uppeldismiðstöðvar er að því sem næst allir starfsmenn sem koma með beinum hætti að uppeldi drengjanna á staðnum eru karlkyns. Það tækifæri sem ungir menn hafa í Vatnaskógi til að vinna sem uppalendur er ómetanlegt ekki aðeins fyrir einstaklingana sem hafa sinnt þessum störfum heldur ekki síður samfélagið í heild. Continue reading Smáþankar um starfsfólk og kynjaskiptar sumarbúðir

The Easter Story

The Tomb is still Empty

Wow!!! Just so lovely

Posted by Daniel Fred on Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Understanding Youth Ministry

Few months ago I was asked to articulate my personal understanding of youth and young adult ministry. In an attempt to answer I wrote a comprehensive reply with a specific congregation in mind. This is in no way a final word on the issue, but an attempt to give insight into my current thoughts concerning congregational youth ministry. Parts of this posts are directly from my thesis, Ecclesiology and Evaluation, which I wrote at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in 2010. Continue reading Understanding Youth Ministry