A new series of live Web chats sponsored by TMC Youth
Monday, November 17, 2008, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
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At the heart of Sunday School there are three primary resources defined in the Church Manual by Mary Baker Eddy: the Bible, the weekly Bible Lesson and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy. But what is the best way to instruct students “according to their understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the divine Principle they are taught?” Many of today’s students find it helpful and inspiring to learn via a wide variety of media including video, graphics, audio, games, and interactive web media. Using these wisely in a lesson plan can make for a rich, engaging experience for everyone. So how can this media be used to introduce the ideas of “absolute Christian Science” and successfully lead students back to the Scriptures and “their textbook,” Science and Health? How can Sunday School teachers around the world share with each other when they create things that work really well in their classes?
Listeners to this chat are invited to send in questions live via computer. Susie Rynerson Jostyn and Chet Manchester of TMC Youth will provide answers based on their collective experience as students and teachers and will present a few new resources available on the Internet, on tmcyouth.com, and used in branch churches around the world.
The chat will be hosted live in English on www.tmcyouth.com. Everyone is also invited to stop by the Reading Room at 194 Massachusetts Ave. in Boston, MA to listen in with the public and a group of local Sunday School teachers.
If you can’t join the chat, you can post questions beforehand in the Sunday School Discussion Forum on the website and listen to the recorded chat afterwards.
A new series of live Web chats sponsored by TMC Youth
Sunday, September 21, 2008,
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT
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Please join us for our continuing series of live chats with Sunday School teachers and superintendents around the world. This month, we’ll explore a topic near and dear to the heart of anyone who loves Sunday School: Growing Sunday School.
The Christian Science Board of Directors has been giving a lot of thought and prayer to growth in our Church. How does this prayer include and embrace the growth of our Sunday Schools? What are some of the impositions on thought that would keep young people and families from the benefits of the Christian Science Sunday School? How can The Mother Church and its branches work and pray together about growth in accordance with the Church Manual?
Listeners to this chat are invited to send in questions live via computer.
Sunday School as defined by the Church Manual is vital, interesting, fun and appealing. Listen to four Sunday School teachers share some of the ideas they’ve cherished about Sunday School recently, and how that naturally resulted in the growth of their classes and entire Sunday Schools.
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Saul spent most of his life persecuting anyone that followed Jesus. In fact, he was on his way to Damascus to kill a group of them when he suddenly had an unexpected encounter. What happened to Saul that made him realize the error of his ways? Find out in this retelling of the famous Bible story as acted out by TMC Youth interns.
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Over 275 people from throughout California gathered in San Diego and San Jose to hear about how to better cater to young people in Sunday School. As TMC Youth’s Susie Rynerson Jostyn co-hosted these two workshops, she met people who felt invigorated about the possibilities of Sunday School in their local community.
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Watch a brief highlights video from workshops that took place in Australia in February 2008. TMC Youth’s Susie Rynerson Jostyn headed Down Under to visit three cities to co-host three different events that focused on the dynamic possibilities of creating a Sunday School for healers. Find out what Sunday School teachers from across the continent discussed as far as how to best reach out to young people.
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Have you ever heard “The Lord’s Prayer” sung? Here’s a beautiful version by Joy Tessman that you can listen to…and watch.
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God spoke to Jonah and told him to go to the city of Nineveh. Jonah didn’t want to go. Instead he went in the opposite direction to Tarshish. He hoped God wouldn’t find him there. He was wrong.
Listen in as some of this summer’s TMC Youth interns interpret this Biblical story. It’s a whale of a tale.
Did you hear the Jonah podcast? Now get a sense of what it took to make this epic story. See what took place behind the scenes when eight TMC Youth interns stepped into the recording studio to bring a fresh approach to the Bible story.
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TMC Youth’s Susie Rynerson Jostyn participates in a “Teaching Panel” at a Sunday School workshop in San Jose, CA. She and her fellow panelists, Genelle Austin-Lett and Olene Carroll, discuss Sunday School by-laws that relate to teaching the Scriptures, the first lessons, and the next lessons.
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TMC Youth’s Susie Rynerson Jostyn moderates a “Receiving and Attending Panel” at the Sunday School workshop in San Jose, CA. The panelists, Jan Holden, Shelly Richardson, and Karen Lee Manerino, discuss the Sunday School by-laws that relate to receiving and attending, growing a Sunday School, and the Order of Exercises.
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TMC Youth’s Susie Rynerson Jostyn traveled to South Africa in November 2007 to co-host Sunday School workshops with local churches in three cities. These churches flung their doors wide open and welcomed hundreds of attendees from the surrounding communities
A new series of live Web chats sponsored by TMC Youth
Sunday, March 30, 2008,
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT
Join us for our new series of live chats with Sunday School teachers and superintendents around the world.
This month, in part two, we’ll explore the fun and expansive opportunity to teach the very littlest children.
TMC Youth host, Susie Rynerson, will share news of her recent Sunday School workshops in Australia and California. She along with Shannon Hodgins, Superintendent and teacher for the Sunday School at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Victoria, BC, Canada, will take up your questions. Shannon has a degree in child and youth care focused on early childhood education, but has drawn most heavily on the Manual and weekly inspiration from the Bible Lesson to guide her as she has taught Sunday School for the littlest ones for over 20 years.
The chat will be hosted on this site live in English. Shannon and Susie will field questions sent in via computer during the hour. If you can’t join the chat, you can post questions beforehand here in the Sunday School Discussion Forums or listen to the recorded chat afterwards.
Part 3: Prayerful Preparation for Sunday School
With SR and Eberhard Lasche, CSB from Mexico City, Mexico
Sunday, May 25, 2008, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
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Song book for the littlest students about Bible stories: “My Song Book”
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Have you ever wanted to hear what Sunday School students think about their classes? TMC Youth’s Susie Rynerson Jostyn talked with a group of students from St. Louis. Hear them give the lowdown on what makes a good class and the importance of Sunday School in general.
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Ever wondered what quotes from the Bible or Science and Health resonate with Sunday School students?
Some students have attended a Christian Science Sunday School since they were born, while others may be attending one for the first time. This experience gap can be hard to manage both as a teacher and a student. But, one Sunday School teacher in Paris, France discovered how natural it was to conduct class no matter the background of her students or the size of her class.
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You may know the story of Samuel who heard the voice of God calling him. Wouldn’t that be cool if you could just pick up a telephone and talk to God? Well, maybe that isn’t too far-fetched. The prophet Jeremiah certainly heard the voice of God and was prompted to write down what He said. In this final podcast about Jeremiah, Elaine Follis talks about how God is always speaking, and maybe you’ll find new insights on how to listen.
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What do you think of when you think of the word prophet? Is it some old man with a beard who only lived during Bible times? Well, you may be surprised to find out that one of those Biblical characters, Jeremiah, was only a teenager when he first began his worthy work. Is it possible for you today to be a prophet?
Take a listen to this third episode about Jeremiah to find out what makes a modern-day prophet, and maybe you’ll discover that you already are one!
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A new series of live Web chats sponsored by TMC Youth
TMC Youth is hosting a fun and informative new series of live chats with Sunday School teachers and superintendents around the world.
In part one, we explored the role of Sunday School superintendents in Christian Science Sunday Schools. We talked about how superintendents around the world are thinking about:
TMC Youth host, Susie Rynerson, shared news of her recent Sunday School workshops in South Africa. She, along with Laurie Scott, Superintendent of The Mother Church Sunday School in Boston, took up listener questions sent in via computer. Laurie has taught Sunday School in 5 different branches in 3 countries. She also served as superintendent for a small branch where the Sunday School grew—in just one year—from having no students to five full classes.
The chat is in English. We invite you to listen to the recorded chat at your convenience.
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Sunday School students and their teacher briefly discuss together the Manual provision for questions and answers during class. They explain how they have created an environment that fosters the free exchange of ideas, and how they prefer to ask and respond to questions while exploring the deeper meanings of texts from the Bible and Science and Health.
