SUNDAY SCHOOL teaching is one of the most important and interesting kinds of church work, requiring constant study and prayer. If lessons seem to be dull and children unruly, let the teacher search his own thinking.
A Sunday school class is not just an adult teaching and controlling children; rather is it a group of individuals endeavoring to gain a higher understanding of God. Because divine Mind, God, governs all His ideas and outlines the steps His children take, constant reliance upon divine guidance unfolds the best human procedure. Methods of study may differ with teachers, but prayer will lead the way in unfolding the plan best fitted to the need in the individual case.
Once a young teacher, newly appointed to a class in a large church, felt very unsure of the way she should teach this class. The first Sunday she watched the former teacher handle the class. The experienced teacher was most successful, and the novice asked many questions. Finally the former teacher remarked that she had made some notes on her methods of teaching and listed references on Bible stories which she would be glad to give the beginner.
