Last year mgpc tripled its Sunday School attendance.
This came about because we adopted a Sunday morning practice of having Sunday School after our morning worship.
It has come to be important to us in understanding and practice that gathering for worship on Sunday is not the equivalent of TAFE (with good coffee), and having part of the covenant community absent during worship was not our preferred practice.
It was a long time coming, but we got there.
So, we worship God as a covenant community, and then to show how important we believe learning from God’s Word is, we gather into classes framed around different age groups.
We’re learning about how to best carry out this practice, and this year should be even more encouraging than last year’s experience.

Anyway, that’s an extended way of introducing the latest IXMarks eJournal which is subtitled: Don’t Be Too Cool For Sunday School. Head over to check out the introduction and book reviews along with these articles.
There are a number of helpful articles.

Reclaiming Sunday School

• Why You Want Sunday School

  By Jonathan Pennington with Bobby Jamieson Are you thinking about ditching Sunday school? Consider what you might be missing in light of this theological and pastoral argument for Sunday school. Read more >

• Why Sunday School Lost its Edge

  By Ed Stetzer How did Sunday school go from staple to sidelined? Read more >

• How Sunday School Can Change Your Church’s Culture

  By Jamie Dunlop Changing the entire culture of a church is a crucial but complex task. Here’s how Sunday school can help. Read more >

• How Sunday School Can Help Your Preaching

  By Jamie Dunlop Sunday School frees up time for exposition and beefs up your ability to do application. Read more >

• Sunday School and Its Rivals

  By Trevin Wax What are the pluses and minuses of different discipleship contexts? Read more >

• Reforming Sunday School

• Not Your Grandma’s Sunday School

  By Garrett Kell Here is a Sunday School model that systematically moves people through a five-year curriculum that covers different areas of life and doctrine. Read more >

• How to Reform a Sunday School Program

  By Juan Sanchez Here’s how one pastor both modified a traditional Sunday school program and started a new one from scratch. Read more >

• How to Do Sunday School

• Whatever the Model, Don’t Be Afraid to Teach

  By Jonathan Leeman No matter what approach you take to Sunday school, be sure to teach. And consider how to balance out the weaknesses of your model. Read more >

• Sunday School for Dummies: How to Use and Develop New Teachers

  By Jamie Dunlop Do you have more teaching slots than teachers to fill them? Here are some guidelines for using and training new teachers. Read more >

• Five Things Every Group Leader Should Do

  By Michael Kelley How can you grow as a Sunday school teacher? Here are five simple steps. Read more >

• The Advantages of Curriculum

  By Bobby Jamieson Curriculum can save time, serve new teachers, and generate interest among the congregation. So why reinvent the wheel! Read more >