Tyler's Report #7

A. Time Spent This Week: 4 (Sunday School, Worship)

B. My Class This Week:

I don’t know why this is, but every time I leave Sunday school, I am overloaded with ideas of ways this could be done better. I’m not sad that I have not had the greatest experience with Sunday school. I know that everything that I realize that I don’t want to do, I learn something. But it is kind of depressing to go every week and leave thinking, “Wow, that could have gone so much better”. Between the mixture of leaders, the dwindling numbers of students, and the loose schedule, there isn’t much good to see. That isn’t to say that there isn’t good, its just harder to see than usual. When I read about the good experiences Mike is having with his Sunday school, it is encouraging to know that Sunday school is going well somewhere.

Like I said, I am not disappointed in the fact that there are no so good things going on. My entire high school youth group career was noticing things that weren’t going right. I have learned from these things and am a better person because of it.

This week was not so different from previous weeks except in the person who was speaking. It was a pastor from “big” church. He talked about Easter and the historical and present meaning behind Easter. It was kind of interesting and I think a few people were listening. But there wasn’t that much of a response. Frankly, I don’t blame the students. There is never a constant leader giving the message. I don’t know the relationships between the students and these different leaders. But without consistency, there isn’t much respect. Not only that, but I haven’t seen my supervisor in about 6 weeks. So I have no idea what that is going to do to my grade. But it just proves my point. There is no consistency. Not even in the leader.

C. Questions?

1) What are the benefits and disadvantages of having multiple speakers?

2) Do you think it is better to have one solid speaker for a “season” or switch it around every week?