Rotational
Sunday School
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Taylor Lutheran Church, Taylor, WI |
Rotational Sunday School in a Small Church
Apostle's Playhouse - A beginning supply
of puppets is in the shoe bag on the back of the
door, to be used by the students from behind the
yellow cloth-covered PUPPET THEATER. An outdoor
scene painted on the walls envisions the "path of
our Christian lives" beginning behind the hill at
the right of the window and going to the left and
down. It follows along the bottom of the wall and
picks up again at the foot of the archway which
includes the large framed picture of Jesus with the
children moving toward the narrow road leading to
"Our Eternal Life". Parables Corner - Transparencies and an
overhead projector were used to help us get the
sizes, shapes and heights of the palm trees. The
electrical outlet on the wall became less
noticeable by painting the tree trunk around it.
The windows are double-draped with a firm material
to spread out flat, and they are the exact color of
the sky. We placed the horizon even with the
bottoms of the window aprons. We painted a desert
scene into the corner on two of the walls in this
room, including an adobe hut and an oasis. Our Lord
richly blessed us and our efforts, and we get the
feeling of "being there" in this, our favorite
room. A frame was built for the "roof" of the tent
and fitted with an 8' x 6' sheer used drapery; 5
gallon pails and carpet tubes were used for tent
poles and covered with fabric to hide the sand,
pails and cardboard. Many willing working hands
went into this project. Creation Station - We placed a red, white
and blue "rug train" on the bulletin board at the
"Station" and painted each wall a different cheery
pastel color, in hopes of stimulating creativity in
the arts and crafts room as a part of each 6 week
lesson plan. Removable bulletin boards were covered
with cloth and installed over the badly worn
blackboards in 2 of the rooms. The palette and
brush were drawn on a transparency and centered on
the blue wall for interest and inspiration. A
beautiful framed picture of Jesus as a youth helps
the children to realize "He was once a child like
me". Faith Theater - For now our theater class
only has a small part of our dining area, because
we are short on rooms. We are hoping to remedy this
by September. Bible Skills and Games - The children use
our "all purpose room" that is also used for
confirmation, council and circle meetings. Here the
children learn the Bible Story by playing
games. Our congregation has been helping with
everything to make our rotational workshop
successful by making pillows for the children to
sit on, donating items for the creation station and
providing us with "Shepherds" that help the
teachers during our workshop sessions. We also have
some Bible Time Costumes for the children to wear
in the Apostle's Playhouse.
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