http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2007/09/extreme-makeover-poll-results/ Frustrate. Educate. Motivate. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2007/09/extreme-makeover-poll-results/comment-page-1/#comment-6074 Frank Chiapperino Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:24:32 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=970#comment-6074 We decided to make kids an intentional priority when we planted our church in October of 2000 take a look at our VBS below to get some great ideas for your VBS next year! <br /> We decided to make kids an intentional priority when we planted our church in October of 2000 take a look at our VBS below to get some great ideas for your VBS next year!

]]> http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com/2007/09/extreme-makeover-poll-results/comment-page-1/#comment-6073 geoffreybrown Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:26:26 +0000 http://cms.bigbadcollab.com/?p=970#comment-6073 Okay, I voted to change Sunday School (meaning Sunday School for kids). As someone who watches the eyeball-rolling barometer of kids pretty closely, I have observed that there is more eyeball-rolling at all ages when matters of ethics and/or morals are discussed than at any other time. There is almost no eyeball rolling when Bible stories are recounted (pretty much as written, with no exegesis). Interesting, there is absolutely no eyeball rolling when the history of the Church -- everything from the Early Church through denominational history -- is the subject matter. As far as I know the research in childhood education, ethics/morals are learned in two venues: (1) family and (2) peer group. Not Sunday School. At least in our area, one casualty of "No Child Left Behind" in the public schools has been history of all kinds, but particularly any history with which kids have an intimate awareness, namely local history, and, of course, church history. I think that this suggests a direction that Sunday School for children might productively take -- and reduce the chronic eyeball rolling in the process. Just a suggestion! Okay, I voted to change Sunday School (meaning Sunday School for kids).
As someone who watches the eyeball-rolling barometer of kids pretty closely, I have observed that there is more eyeball-rolling at all ages when matters of ethics and/or morals are discussed than at any other time.
There is almost no eyeball rolling when Bible stories are recounted (pretty much as written, with no exegesis). Interesting, there is absolutely no eyeball rolling when the history of the Church — everything from the Early Church through denominational history — is the subject matter.
As far as I know the research in childhood education, ethics/morals are learned in two venues: (1) family and (2) peer group. Not Sunday School.
At least in our area, one casualty of “No Child Left Behind” in the public schools has been history of all kinds, but particularly any history with which kids have an intimate awareness, namely local history, and, of course, church history.
I think that this suggests a direction that Sunday School for children might productively take — and reduce the chronic eyeball rolling in the process.
Just a suggestion!

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