MULTI-LEVEL SABBATH SCHOOL
So, you're ready to go multi-level with your children's sabbath school? AWESOME! Let's get started!
Below is a checklist to help you organize the process:
and....GO!
WARM UP
- PRAY!
- _____Make an outline of the whole program—account for every minute (see the program outline in the example schedule)
CHURCH LOGISTICS
- _____Decide where your worship spaces will be
- _____Combined worship time: ______________________________
- _____Separate class worship time: _____________________________
- _____Get the "okay" from your pastor and church board if it is a space that isn't already being used by children's sabbath school
- _____Take stalk of your AV capabilities:
- _____TV or Projector with HDMI
- _____Screen or Wall (not needed with TV)
- _____Connect with your AV team to talk about and set up what you need
- _____Connect with your AV team to talk about and set up what you need
TEAM LOGISTICS
- _____Make a list of your teachers and volunteers (see the staff list in the example schedule)
- _____Add staff email and phone # if possible
- _____Make a preliminary schedule (see the program schedule in the example schedule)
- _____Fill yourself into the schedule.
- _____Fill in your teachers when they are currently teaching
- _____Fill in your volunteers when they are currently serving
- _____Connect with your teachers and plan a date to meet on a sabbath afternoon.
- _____Plan what you will discuss
- _____Schedule
- _____Program outline
- _____Divy team member responsibilities
- _____Curriculum planning
- _____Visioning for equipping parents
- _____Give all staff editing access to the google sheet example schedule.
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- Discuss:
_____Have the Sabbath School Meeting
PROGRAM LOGISTICS
- PRAY!
- _____Schedule
- _____Program outline
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_____SET A LAUNCH DATE
- date:_______________________________
- _____Curriculum planning (see team sabbath school checklist & children's sabbath school lesson checklist)
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_____Decide when to meet for lesson collaboration. (record details on curriculum colab in the example schedule)
- date:______________________________
ROLE LOGISTICS
_____Divy team member responsibilities
- _____Room decorator(s): ______________________________
- _____Powerpoint Creator: ______________________________ (see/download example power point to use as a template)
- _____Combined worship leader (can change every sabbath - see program schedule in the example schedule)
- _____Music options
- video / Musicians_________________________ (schedule in program schedule in the example schedule)
- Sources for music videos:
- Search youtube: SDA VBS (see example)
- Group Music Videos for purchase.
- video / Musicians_________________________ (schedule in program schedule in the example schedule)
SMALL GROUP LOGISTICS
_____Set dates for:
- _____Beginning quarter parent meeting to discuss theme of quarter and how to use the take home sabbath school material (this could be one of the social/spiritual get togethers)
- _____Monthly service project (see small group components in the example schedule)
- Host (can be a non-teacher parent)___________________________________
- date:_______________________________
- _____Monthly social/spiritual get togethers (see small group components in the example schedule)
- Host (can be a non-teacher parent)___________________________________
- date:_______________________________
- PRAY!
- Talk about new sabbath school structure in the main church service multiple times.
- _____Prepare
- _____AV set up
- _____Room décor set up
- _____Review Curriculum – collaboration
- _____Team is READY!
- PRAY!
- _____Execute Plan!
- PRAY!
- _____Debrief
- What worked?
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- Can we do even better?
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- What didn’t work?
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- What can we do differently?
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- What worked?
- _____Repeat!