The introduction is a very important part of a Sunday School or other Bible class lesson. A four page worksheet available through the MinTools.com store, Out of the World and into the Word, suggests the necessity of the lesson introduction getting students’ attention so they step out of the world from which they came and into the Word.
As the worksheet says,
They come into class with a lot on their hearts and minds that can potentially distract and block them from hearing God’s Word.
Questions about Teachers and the Lesson Introduction
Given the purpose of a good beginning to a lesson, take time to determine if teachers understand its importance. Ask the following questions.
Do teachers …
- understand the importance of developing a good attention-getting intro to each lesson?
- realize that if time is short and they must cut something from the lesson, they should still provide a good introduction?
- feel free to adapt the introduction provided in their curriculum to their students, if necessary, to make it a better fit?
- understand how to start lessons in ways that connects with their students?
- know different means of capturing students’ attention?
- know that when writing their own Bible lessons, they should develop the introduction last as they should first know where they’re going in order to plan a good intro?
If you can’t answer positively for most of these questions, perhaps it’s time to provide some teacher training about the various parts of a lesson, like the introduction.
Teacher Training Resources: Attention Getting Part of the Bible Lesson
What a timely message! Gaitha is beginning a new study group this morning on Ps 119. Thanks for the insight!
You are most welcome. With lots of truth about the Word in Psalm 119, it should be a good study. I’ll stop and pray the group steps out of the world and into God’s Word and that they gain a renewed excitement about how it can make such a difference in their daily lives.