I am not a fan of fun and games in Sunday School
Published: Fri, 09/14/12
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I am not a fan of fun and games in Sunday SchoolBy fun and games I mean everything from watching a
video to acting out a drama to cutting pictures out of magazines to
listening to songs to taking a field trip. It is everything we do that is
creative and unusual. Some of this is great. Variety is the spice of life. It
makes group life fun. . . to a point. But, I think you can do too much of
this with adults. Too much and adults get to feeling like, “Where is the
beef?” I am not sure that kids would ever feel this way, but adults will. Admittedly, this is rarely a problem. It is rarely a
problem that groups are too creative, too lively, or too much fun. But, my
point is that these creative elements make a good garnish for the lesson,
but a poor entrée. I remember attending a retreat once where the leaders had us listening to secular songs and comparing the theology of these songs to what we understood to be biblical theology. They had even printed out the words to make it easier for us. It was fun for a while. It was interesting and helpful for the first song or two, but we did this for an hour or more. After while, I got to feeling, like, “Does anyone around here have a Bible? Any chance we could open the Bible and read a bit and talk about what it means to us and how we could apply it to our lives?”o:p> I think most adults are this way. We are O.K. with
doing some creative activities. Some. Some creative activities. We will go
along for a time. But, after a time, we want someone to open the Bible and
get into it.
From Good Questions Have Small Groups Talking: the book.
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