Me? Teach Sunday School?

If you aren't on the committee, but maybe hear your ears burning it might be your name has been put on a "list" for possible teachers/leaders for Sunday School.  In all honesty the most popular reaction to this comment is "Me?"  The second reaction is "I just couldn't...." and then fill in the blank with a varied list.  I have been in your shoes friends and I've also been on the other side.  I mean who really wants to make those phone calls knowing what is happening on the other end?  Today a group of us was joking that people would start screening their phone calls this week knowing we had met!  The truth hurts.  So why not flip it around (not the truth) but the approach? 

Knowing that the call may come or even hoping the call may come, approach the invitation with "Here I am, send me".  Think of all the biblical greats...Abraham, Moses, Samuel, the Prophets, the Disciples, and even Paul were called in one way or another to do God's FORWARD moving work.  Being a Sunday School teacher is nothing like having to part the Red Sea, tell your best mentor his life is a mess, or getting swallowed up by a big fish.  We are talking what 50 minutes a week or even once a month if you teach with a team?  Big Fish...50 minutes on the first Sunday of the month.  Hard to say no huh?  Here's the other gem, Moses didn't get a curriculum.  Moses got told to take off his shoes and believe in a burning/non-burning bush.  For the most part curriculum these days is pretty much step-by-step.  You may have to collect 20 toilet paper rolls, but that is doable right?  Now you are getting pretty excited...I can feel it!

My prayers for all of us is that as we approach the fall and all that comes with the new school year we don't forget that we ARE equipped.  Sometimes being the teacher doesn't mean knowing everything, but willing to learn alongside.  Sometimes being the teacher means walking hand-in-hand with the class exploring and growing together.  It is also pretty fun.

So, don't wait for the call.  Call the church and offer up your heart and equipped self for the challenge.  Ask for help if you need it and don't hesitate to email me with questions.  If I can share my passion for teaching then you have just made my day!

Lissa

PS-Here's an idea I'm floating around...a Sunday School class for teachers and their spouses so when they aren't teaching, they have a class to "refresh and renew" with along the way.  Spouses invited, because attending a class with your spouse is great conversation makers and growing together as a couple.  Thoughts?