{"id":1194,"date":"2016-06-17T16:24:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T22:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wwv.group.com\/childrens-ministry\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2016-09-07T18:39:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:39:44","slug":"declaration-curriculum-independence-bill-sunday-school-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwv.group.com\/childrens-ministry\/blog\/sunday-school\/declaration-curriculum-independence-bill-sunday-school-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"The Declaration of Curriculum Independence: Bill of Sunday School Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Committing to a curriculum can oftentimes mean locking yourself into a particular schedule, class format, activity sequence, or teaching style. \u00a0Before you know it, pressure is coming from teachers and kids as the same ol\u2019 content and structure brings on boredom. Directors and teachers spend chunks of time rewriting lessons because to follow the written program would mean making sacrifices they shouldn\u2019t<\/a> or can\u2019t. You may be squirming a little in your seat right now. Or perhaps rolling your eyes, knowing that the lack of flexibility is nothing short of frustrating. But we often settle for being stuck!<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be nice to be NOT stuck? UN stuck. Stuck no more!<\/p>\n

In the spirit of independence day, I\u2019ve had freedom on the brain. It\u2019s in our nature to love freedom, fight for freedom, and celebrate freedom (Happy 4th<\/sup> yall!). Freedom can mean a lot of things: autonomy, mobility, and empowerment, to name a few. These are a handful of the reasons many churches are already flying the DIG IN flag high. DIG IN<\/a>, Group\u2019s newest curriculum, is ringing the liberty bell of children\u2019s ministry.<\/p>\n

Imagine there\u2019s been a constitution of Sunday school curriculum in place for all the years Sunday school has existed. That constitution might have notes of rigidity, stringency, and monotony. (For the sake of my clever play on the 4th<\/sup> of July, please stick with me.) I hereby present to you, the Bill of Sunday School Rights: 6 Amendments to the Constitution of Sunday School Curriculum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abolishment of inflexibility<\/strong> \u2013 First and foremost, DIG IN insists that you protect the liberty of flexibility. You are not locked in to anything other than Bible truth!<\/p>\n

Class format liberty<\/strong> \u2013 Whether you want your lesson to be age-graded, one room, or large group\/small group, DIG IN can accommodate.\u00a0 You are at liberty to create all the classrooms you need\u2026including multiple services and campuses…whatever makes sense to your ministry. (Which makes all the sense in the world if you ask me.)<\/p>\n

The right to bear your ministry philosophy and church culture<\/strong> \u2013 Asking you to change your teaching philosophy and church culture is a bit extreme. Who you are is already special, so we designed DIG IN to come alongside your ministry, simply complementing your best features. The transformation is happening in the hearts of your kiddos. Meanwhile, you stay true to who you are.<\/p>\n

The freedom of activity choice<\/strong> – There are 11 activity block options for each lesson. Use one of them. Use all of them. You reserve the right pick which activity blocks to use and what order to use them in. Whether your kids are word smart, picture smart, music smart, or something else, you can tap into all learning styles by selecting activity blocks that will most engage your kids.<\/p>\n