Sunday School students and their teacher briefly discuss together the Manual provision for questions and answers during class. They explain how they have created an environment that fosters the free exchange of ideas, and how they prefer to ask and respond to questions while exploring the deeper meanings of texts from the Bible and Science and Health.
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Thanks for this great video on Teaching Sunday School with Questions and Answers. Just what I needed today.
This was a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing things like this. I would like to see more of these kinds of videos.
Heh. I completely forgot about this. It came out really well though. It was totally improv-ed… It’s so nice to have that guidance from God.
I don’t want to sound negative, but why is he sitting Indian Style? I don’t think that is appropriate to sit like that in a Sunday School setting. Anyone else feel this way?
Greg,
You aren’t being negative. There was a female teenager with her feet in the chair, too. Did you notice how many times they had to change leg positions during their talk? They may have been trying to make themselves look cool, but I’m sure it really wasn’t as comfortable as they thought it was. They talked about having Sunday School outside, so maybe Indian Style works for an outdoor setting. But again, for an hour-long class you’d probably want to get up and walk around.
I think the main thing is the quality of communication in the Sunday School class…not how anyone is sitting.
I actually didn’t notice the way Mark was sitting until you mention it here, so it didn’t bother me.
I think people’s thoughts about how people should sit will depend on where they are in the world and the setting of their class. I know some people who feel very comfortable and relaxed sitting with their legs crossed - some tots, some teens, and some beyond that. I know others who can’t or are uncomfortable sitting that way for various reasons, so they don’t. I on the other hand, change the way I sit really often, independently of a desire to look one way or another.
I agree, the most important thing for a teacher to do in Sunday School is to help everyone feel loved and comfortable when they are in class, and I have heard students say that seating does play a role in that.
So, I think that raising concerns like you’ve done is healthy. When lovingly combined with a prayerful trust that everyone is individual and that God is leading us all and will adjust things as/if needed - that’s the best.