Sunday School at St. John's
Introduction to Rocky Railway
Our Youth Planning Team has selected the Rocky Railway VBS program to use for our upcoming Sunday School. It is a very interactive, engaging program geared to elementary school-aged children, with also a pre-school portion.
Click on the Rocky Railway image at the left to see a 3-minute video to get a great sense of the program.
Implementation of Rocky Railway at SJL
Yes, that video showed a VBS of probably 100 kids. Ours won't be that big! Bet we're hoping to have two elementary school "Crews" of 3 to 5 children, and one pre-school Crew. That's why it's so important that we set it up in a way that all interested children can attend.
Because it was designed for a half-day summer VBS program, we will need to make some adjustments to run as a shorter Sunday morning Sunday School - likely dropping one of the segments. The decision on what to drop or shorten will be made with those who are able to join the roster of leaders. How often we hold Sunday School (one of the survey questions) and the number of leaders we're able to recruit will determine how often each team of leaders is on "duty".
Discipline Experience for Rocky Road
If you're curious, here's a 2nd video - 5 minutes long - talking about how discipline isn't a problem with the way this program is designed.