How often are you on the Sunday School rota? And if you’re the one organising it, how often do you expect your team to serve - every week, or once a month? For some churches, practical circumstances decide the answer. But where there’s flexibility, people often hold strong views on both sides.
It’s worth saying from the outset that the Bible doesn’t prescribe one approach over the other. This is a matter of wisdom, not right or wrong. So it’s helpful to think through the strengths of each model.
Serving every week
Some people believe there’s great value - especially for the children - in having the same Sunday School team serve every week (or at least as regularly as possible, with breaks during school holidays).
Should we teach hard doctrine to children?
This term at our children's groups, I made the decision to attempt teaching the doctrine of union with Christ — …