Sunday school trip on November 6th 2010 was a good one. The trip witnessed a variety of kids - Fair, Dark, Dusky, Short, tall, fat, average, puny...all shapes and sizes. Never to be beguiled by their cuteness and charm, for in them were colossal avatars of Tarzans, Janes and Montanas – Wild, Naughty , all starving
with an unquenched thirst to get drunk with the wine of fun n Mischief.....Gospel Songs are styled with actions and recited along to match the melody of the tune. Biblical Verses are loaded up into the short term memory bytes to seize the prized sticker and Chocolates. Stories received by these corporals quickly vanish to invisible for their minds are busy sautéing imaginations of next Prank in action. Games and Fun Activities are the only items of interest, for these to some extent, meet the compliance standards of Fun Quotient. Overall, to them Old biblical Stories and Songs is just another “Boring, Old” lecture - Thanks to the Morden day Entertainment options and Gaming Technologies!!!
Children when tweaked to a value system or belief, tend to hold on to that until adulthood or old age – Good or Bad. Say to a Child “you are useless” and you’ll see him/her going through a pattern of repeated failures throughout life...Such is the Importance of every word spoken to a Child. They don’t easily heed, but when they do, they receive it with all their soul and for a lifetime. Sunday school plays an integral role in shaping the minds of these kids, future citizens for Heavenly Kingdom. Primary/Secondary Education can equip a Child’s intelligence, but Sunday Schools should realize that it’s under its sole responsibility to COACH the Child on Spiritualism and Emotional well-being. (Notice I use the word Coach and nor Teach - Intentionally)
We are living in Changing Times and the truth is that neo- generation Kids have grown immensely contemporary both on intellect and entertainment. Sure like the show, there lies this doubt ahead of us, are we Smarter than a Fifth Grader? If not, will the same Conventional Methodology of Sunday school teaching suffice? Story telling in a Pseudo voice of kid or that action song with an Orbit smile or the word to word conventional lines of Jesus Christ is no longer going to appeal these little Intellects. Sunday School Content Delivery models that worked in early 19th or 20th Century, is definitely not going to amuse these neo-minds, sharpened by the technology. There needs to be a change in the pattern of Delivery Gospel to these little Minds. Gospel Puzzles, Brain Teasers or visual aids is just not enough; we need much more than that...
The Class sessions may include Technology as a part of its Scripture Curriculum. Customized “Sing Along” Software that can cheer up Kid’s Gospel Singing Sessions, a Biblical Gaming Product that can collectively let kids adventure through biblical times or Computer Based Tests built of easy, medium and hard levels, Role based play by Sunday school kids, Gospel case studies or Biblical project works....For now this is an idea! But maybe someday somewhere this dream for a dynamic Sunday school session, becomes true!!
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