For those of us who grew up in the church, Sunday school teachers hold a special and significant place in our memories. The wacky one, the serious one, the one that always wore jeans and the one that always wore a tie. There is often also one that made a difference in your life in one way or another.
Sunday school teachers are a valuable asset for the Church and we have a responsibility as a denomination to provide the resources they need to shape the young hearts they’ve been entrusted with.
Through The Vine Helpline, the PCC produces countless resources for our congregations in the areas of evangelism, congregational development, and children & youth ministry among others. One of the ways The Vine is able to this is through ecumenical partnerships through which we can pool our resources and produce quality products that would otherwise be beyond our means to create.
One of those partnerships, PREP – Presbyterian Reformed Education Partnership, came together to create an online training resource for Sunday school teachers called Opening Doors to Discipleship. The other member denominations of PREP are: The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The Moravian Church in America, Presbyterian Church (USA), and The Reformed Church in America.
Opening Doors to Discipleship is designed as a series of three courses with twelve sessions each. The courses are free of charge to members of the PREP denominations. Below is a video, produced by PREP, that explains the program in detail:
For more information or to get your login information, contact The Vine at thevine@presbyterian.ca. More detailed info about Opening Doors to Discipleship is available on the website at http://openingdoorstodiscipleship.com
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