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Welcome to the exciting world of teaching and learning for faithful discipleship!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to invite persons and communities of faith to be transformed, as they are inspired and challenged to:

• Know and experience God through Jesus Christ

• Claim and live God's promises

• Grow and serve as Christian disciples

 

Christian Education Week 2008: Making Disciples of Jesus Christ — Bearing Witness (pdf)

2008 Semana de la educación Cristiana: Hacer discípulosy discípulasde Jesucristo — Al dar testimonio

Korean Language Edition of "Christian Education Week 2008: Making Disciples of Jesus Christ — Bearing Witness"

Live, Learn, Pass It On!
The Practical Benefits of Generations Growing Together in Faith

By Patty Meyers
Congregations are intergenerational, but many fail to make the most of the amazing gifts of generations learning together. Instead, peers are segmented from the whole to talk about faith and help each other grow spiritually, creating an unintentional disconnect within the congregation.

Live, Learn, Pass It On! is written to help the church build on its greatest asset, people . . . as they pass on understandings of faith and discipleship to the next generations.





Lay Speakers and Christian Educators
As you work with teacher recruitment, have you considered lay speakers? When you need substitute teachers, especially on short notice, could one of your lay speakers help?

A Comprehensive Plan for Teacher Development for United Methodist Congregations (pdf)
This eight-page leaflet in pdf format is designed to provide help in developing a congregational plan for teacher development.

Another Opportunity: Open House Through Your Sunday School
The start of a new calendar year offers your congregation another opportunity to continue or initiate the theme of "Open House" in your Sunday school and through the Christian education ministry in general.

Frequently Asked Questions
Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions that we receive.


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