First Church
of Christ, ScientistValley Park, MO(Christian Science services)
Tots thru Teens Join Us for Sunday School at 10:00
... Jesus said, “You must let little children come to me, and you must never stop them. The kingdom of Heaven belongs to little children like these!” ...
Matthew 19:14
The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips
Our Sunday school teaching is guided by these words by Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer of Christian Science:
Article XX Sunday School
The Sunday School. Section 1. Pupils may be received in the Sunday School classes of any Church of Christ, Scientist, up to the age of twenty years, and by transfer from another Church of Christ, Scientist, up to that age, but no pupil shall remain in the Sunday School of any Church of Christ, Scientist, after reaching the age of twenty. None except the officers, teachers, and pupils should attend the Sunday School exercises.
Teaching the Children. Sect. 2. The Sabbath School children shall be taught the Scriptures, and they shall be instructed according to their understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the divine Principle that they are taught.
Subject for Lessons. Sect. 3. The first lessons of the children should be the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20: 3–17), the Lord's Prayer (Matt. 6: 9–13), and its Spiritual Interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy, Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5: 3–12). The next lessons consist of such questions and answers as are adapted to a juvenile class, and may be found in the Christian Science Quarterly Lessons, read in Church services. The instruction given by the children's teachers must not deviate from the absolute Christian Science contained in their textbook.
From the Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, MA,
written by Mary Baker Eddy,
What's up in Sunday School
A student plays "Books of the Bible Scramble."
I lay out two header cards - Old Testament and New Testament. The names of the books of the Bible are written on small cards and placed in a random pile. The goal is for students to demonstrate their knowledge of which books are Old Testament and which are New Testament and their proper order. With a little practice, they get pretty quick.
Jo Ellen, her teacher
