The Sunday School Zone Blog
The Sunday School Zone Blog contains insights on children’s spiritual formation as well as tips, ideas, and suggestions to help Christian parents and leaders as they work with kids of all abilities (and even adults with special needs) at home, church, and school. If you would like to contribute to the blog, please visit our Writer Inquiries page and then send us an explanatory email at [email protected] describing the kind of writing you’d like to do. We welcome those who have something of substance to say to Christian parents and teachers of children. You already know that Sunday School Zone offers tons of free, printable Bible activities for kids. If you think you’d like to contribute, please read more…
God’s Unfolding StoryBOOK for Kids
God’s Unfolding StoryBOOK for Kids: Old Testament Edition is now available for purchase on Amazon. Check out the trailer below to learn more about this helpful new resource from your friends at Sunday School Zone! Much more than just another collection of Bible stories, God’s Unfolding StoryBOOK for Kids: Old Testament Edition is an invaluable…
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The Resurrection of Jesus
The story of the resurrection of Jesus (Easter) is a crucial aspect of the gospel. The resurrection of Jesus confirmed that He truly is the long-awaited Messiah of the Old Testament, the Son of God. It also means that He is still alive today. Helping children (or anyone) understand the fundamentals of Jesus’ resurrection is…
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Joshua Replaced Moses
Joshua was Moses’ right-hand man. Numbers 11:28 tells us Joshua had been an “assistant to Moses since his youth.” We first read about Joshua when he led the Israelites in battle against the Amalekites after the Exodus, but before they reached Sinai (Exod. 17:8-16). This means Joshua was likely not an old man when God…
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Scripture Memory and Dwell Differently
Sunday School Zone has partnered with Dwell Differently, a monthly Scripture memory membership service. Their monthly Scripture designs help members memorize one verse each month with the help of a temporary tattoo, an art print, and key tag. And now you’ll be able to find a select number of their art prints (beautiful coloring pages)…
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Lead Volunteers: To Excel at Long Suffering, One Must First Suffer Long
In ministry, perseverance and long suffering are part of the package. There is a hard labor of love that comes in ministry. There are people who will intentionally, or unintentionally, seek to hurt and harm. I need to suffer those insults. People Will Disappoint You Being in ministry means that you are going to suffer…
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Lead Volunteers: Concerned About Many Things
I may be concerned about many things, but I am responsible for but a few. Place your energies towards the few. Do you know what YOU are responsible for? Over the years, I have been plagued by what I viewed as illogical and poor decision-making by ministries that I had no responsibility for in my…
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Underutilization of Key Volunteers
Underutilization of key volunteers is as dangerous as overworking and burning out volunteers. We often think that the worst possible scenario is to overwork a zealous volunteer. We definitely need to be cautious and conscious of overworking someone, but there is something just as detrimental as overworking a volunteer. The underutilization of a key volunteer…
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Be a Good Shepherd. Don’t Scare the Sheep.
The role of a shepherd is to lead beside quiet waters, to lead into green pastures, and to care for the sheep. Sheep are interesting animals. Let’s imagine that a herd of sheep is grazing quietly, the sun is out, not a cloud in the sky, and one sheep bends down to eat a tuft…
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Lead Volunteers: Contact Volunteers for More Than Just an Ask
In this episode of Lead Volunteers (under 2 minutes), Josh talks about the value of contacting volunteers in order to affirm then and give to them. When the only time they hear from us is when we’re asking for something, we are conditioning them to dread our call! Lead Volunteers can help you make positive…
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