Follow Me As I Follow Christ

Description

Follow Me As I Follow Christ: A Guide for Teaching Children in a Church Setting
By: Cheryl Dunlop

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Many children’s teaching programs resemble carnivals instead of productive environments where a child can learn about Jesus Christ. This is often the result of having untrained teachers teaching Sunday school. Experienced Sunday school teacher Cheryl Dunlop fills this void by providing a practical teaching manual designed to ensure all those teaching Sunday school are equipped and motivated to do their best for the Lord. Follow Me as I Follow Christ explores issues like how to tell a story, methods of effective discipline, and interacting with individual needs of children. Divided into 52 weekly entries it is designed to be read along with and help in teachers’ class preparation.

Contents:
PART 1. Understanding God and Scripture
1. Is That God Under That Microscope?
2. Who Is This God We Teach? Part One: God’s Holiness
3. Who Is This God We Teach? Part Two: God’s Love
4. Teaching What the Bible Teaches
5. Children and Majesty
6.What Scripture Says About Children

PART 2. Understanding Children and Their World
7. The Soul of a Child
8. Children Without Childhood
9. Not a Sentimental Affair
10. Developing a Broken Heart
11. The Wonder of Childhood
12. The Faith of a Child
13. Knowing the Characteristics of Age Groups
14. Is It Sin or Immaturity?
15. The Problem with Self-Esteem
16. When They Are Weak

PART 3. Relating to Children
17. Piggyback Rides and Other Acts of Love
18. Learning Humility and Patience
19. Respecting Children
20. Teaching Children Respect
21. Being the Adult in the Classroom
22. Wanted: Christian Men in the Classroom
23. Moving into Your Students’ World
24. Understanding Across Cultural Lines
25. Encouraging the Irregular Attendee
26. Dealing with Disinterested Kids
27. Interacting with the Child Who Really Needs You

PART 4. The Purpose of Teaching
28. Sugarcoating Scripture
29. The Purpose of Christian Education
30. Why Do You Teach?
31. Your Coffee Break: A Word of Encouragement

PART 5. Understanding: and Preparing: the Lesson
32. Fifteen Minutes to Prepare
33. Lesson Planning, Part One: Teaching What the Bible Teaches
34. Lesson Planning, Part Two: Two Important Questions
35. When Is Application of Scripture Dangerous?
36. Application That Fits
37. Teaching by Asking Questions

PART 6. Teaching: the Lesson
38. Communicating on a Child’s Level
39. Telling a Bible Story, Part One: Some Guidelines
40. Telling a Bible Story, Part Two: A Story’s Power
41. Effective Use of Visual Aids
42. Teaching Children to Study the Bible
43. Working with Kids Who Blow the Curve
44. Teaching Children to Pray
45. Teaching Memorization
46. Explaining the Gospel, Part One: The Importance of the Right Words
47. Explaining the Gospel, Part Two: The Process

PART 7. Adding the Lesson: Beyond the Classroom
48. Leading a Child to Christ
49. Praying for Your Students
50. “Follow Me As I Follow Christ”
51. Working with Your Students’ Parents
52. Connecting Children to the Church

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Cheryl J. Dunlop has taught Sunday school and related programs since 1980. A general editor at Moody Press, she received her B.A. in Communications form Moody Bible Institute and graduated from Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Leadership Training Institute. Cheryl lives on the West Side of Chicago.

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ISBN-13: 9780802410948
Publisher: Moody Publisher (2009)
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 0.875 lbs
Dimensions: 10 X 7.5″ 
Pages: 208
Author: Dunlop, Cheryl