Bible Teaching Resources:
One of the biggest hindrances to creativity I found through the years when teaching in the Church was a lack of resources. I would come up with ideas for methods or visual aids and not personally have the materials needed and neither did the church. To follow through with the idea I would have to buy what was needed myself or search for someone who had it and would let me borrow it. Do your Bible teachers face this same hurdle? What can you do about it? Here are some ideas:
- Resource closet
- List of where they can get resources
- Funds to purchase resources (within reason, of course)
Bible Teaching Ideas:
Some of your teachers may need help with ideas. They might think the idea in the curriculum won’t work with their group size, available space, etc. but don’t know what to do instead. How can you help them?
This is where the training resources pages on the TrainBibleTeachers.com site can help. On many of these pages you will not only find teacher training helps on the different topics but also a list of resources to help with ideas. You would do well to add some of the books and resources listed to a resource area in your church accessible to your teachers. Also consider passing along the link to these pages to teachers should they want to order their own idea books but also to follow the links to other sites that freely provide ideas. You can use the buttons toward the bottom of these pages to pass on the link through e-mail or social media.
For example, do your teachers need help with …
game ideas? Check out: Games as Bible Learning Activities
crafts ideas? Check out: Crafts – Handwork as a Bible Learning Activity
ideas for designing bulletin boards? Check out: Bulletin Boards as a Bible Teaching Tool
object lesson ideas? Check out: Using Object Lessons in Bible Teaching