There are times when we choose a method because it's the " groovy " thing to do . We want to look good, to be thought of as using the " latest " approach, even though the method we use does nothing to help the people in our particular setting learn. There are also times when we want to duplicate a particularly meaningful experience we have had and think that we can do this by using the exact same method. I see this happen with seminary students on a regular basis. They come to a particularly insightful learning through an experience in class and rush to duplicate it in their churches, generally to discover that it simply doesn't work that way. The setting, the people, the needs are not the same.
Doing something because it is familiar, because we are trying to impress, or because we want to duplicate an experience is not helpful for choosing the methods we use. The most important criterion for selecting a method is whether it helps the people with whom we work to learn.
Summary
The question of how we carry the ministry of Christian education in the church is foundational to this important work. The processes that we use and the methods that we select need our careful and thoughtful attention. It is my hope that the discussion and guidelines offered in this chapter provide some helpful clues that assist the readers in making appropriate decisions and choices about how they will educate in their congregations.
There are times when we choose a method because it's the " groovy " thing to do . We want to look good, to be thought of as using the " latest " approach, even though the method we use does nothing to help the people in our particular setting learn. There are also times when we want to duplicate a particularly meaningful experience we have had and think that we can do this by using the exact same method. I see this happen with seminary students on a regular basis. They come to a particularly insightful learning through an experience in class and rush to duplicate it in their churches, generally to discover that it simply doesn't work that way. The setting, the people, the needs are not the same. Doing something because it is familiar, because we are trying to impress, or because we want to duplicate an experience is not helpful for choosing the methods we use. The most important criterion for selecting a method is whether it helps the people with whom we work to learn. Summary The question of how we carry the ministry of Christian education in the church is foundational to this important work. The processes that we use and the methods that we select need our careful and thoughtful attention. It is my hope that the discussion and guidelines offered in this chapter provide some helpful clues that assist the readers in making appropriate decisions and choices about how they will educate in their congregations.
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