With just 40 minutes for Sunday school it's been hard for me to squeeze in prayer time, but I want to take time to pray with the kids! What's worked for you in terms of timing and methods for praying together as a class? I have sixth graders this year. Please share your ideas!
How do you handle prayer time in Sunday school?
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Mary Schuurmans on September 30, 2014
I teach 4th/5th and I prefer to start with prayer to set the tone and clear our minds. If I think it's going to take too much time to cover each request individually, we share them as a group, and I cover all of them in one prayer (Lord, you know all of our concerns, both spoken and unspoken, etc.).
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John Zylstra on October 2, 2014
Prayer may be the best teaching moment of the whole class. If you think you are squeezing prayer in, that will send a subliminal message about the importance of prayer. So I would suggest that prayer is as much of a priority as anything, and therefore the rest of the class can fit around the prayer. Don't squeeze in the prayer; squeeze in the rest.
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Jolanda Howe on October 6, 2014
Thanks for the advice, Mary & John! Sounds like starting right off with prayer would be the best plan. Maybe I'll ask them to fill out a prayer request card as they walk in the door and place it in a bowl. Then we could draw the cards and pray for each other before we move into the story...
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