How to Teach Students about Serving the Lord - Teacher Training Resources
We share the love of God through serving. People will be more prone to want to serve when they tap into this core motivation. Consequently, Bible teachers need to get beyond simply teaching their students "how to" serve.
Use the seven-page Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Serving Worksheet to determine what constitutes spiritual maturity in relation to serving. It will guide you in thinking through where your own students appear to be with a view to helping them get to the next level in ministry.
(This worksheet can stand alone or be used in conjunction with the Teacher's Role in Discipling Students PowerPoint presentation as a break-out session or independent study.)
Teacher Training Resources to Help with Teaching About Serving
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Articles, Online:
Geared to Any Age:
- Do This, Don't Do That When Teaching About Serving
- Let's Get Practical about Serving
- Let's Get Real About Serving
- Objective: Help Students Want to Serve
- Teach About Serving
Geared to Children:
- 10 Ways Kids Can Serve
- How Can We Teach Children to Serve?
- How Kids Can Make a Difference With Service
- Service: Teaching Kids Spiritual Disciplines
- What about Children Using Spiritual Gifts?
Geared to Teens:
- 7 Ways for Teenagers to Serve Within the Church
- Unlocking the Heart of a Student (Teens) for Service
Resources:
- Book of Ideas: Unwrapping the Servant: Teaching Kids to Serve Jesus and Others
- Curriculum for Adults: Everybody Has A Part Adult Curriculum at Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Curriculum for Youth: The Word on Finding and Using Your Spiritual Gifts by Jim Burns
- Curriculum for Youth: Congratulations? You're Gifted! by Doug Fields
- Ideas: Service Projects Ideas
- Spiritual Gifts Survey for Children: Your Gifts for Children: Kid-Friendly Spiritual Gifts Adventure by Church Growth Team Ministry
- Spiritual Gifts Survey for Teens: Your Gifts for Teens: The Easy to Use, Self-Guided Spiritual Gifts Survey by Church Growth Team Ministry
- Spiritual Gifts Survey for Adults: Everybody Has a Part Spiritual Gifts Tests Resource by Ministry Tools Resource Center
Worksheets:
- The Teacher's Role in Discipling Students toward Serving by Ministry Tools Resource Center
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