Planning For Christian Education Formation By Donald Grigg

Donald Griggs in his book Teaching Today’s Teachers to Teach, purports teaching must be given a high priority predominantly because it undergirds everything the church endeavors to accomplish for God. He further states teaching is both intentional in formal settings and unintentionally in everyday settings when interaction takes place with each other. One of our ministry's weak areas is in shaping the faith of our congregation from an internal "me" oriented faith into becoming a community of faith. Decisions for ministry opportunities the church will engage in are relegated to a few people. We do not have a community focus. This is primarily why the congregation is not growing spiritually and numerically. Our church needs to redefine how we view and implement Christian Education.
The intense call to action I sensed compelled me to propose to my pastor that we develop a Christian Education Leadership Team. He was not resistant to the idea and of course, with me having proposed the idea, he said "Sounds good. Give me a proposal." God's always sets things in order and is always timely. Consequently, my proposal is to develop a Carolina Church Christian Education Leadership Team who will plan, coordinate and evaluate and oversee the Carolina Church Christian Education program and endeavor to integrate, community oriented strategies on the church's annual calendar. It is both an exciting and daunting endeavor. However, it is much needed if we are to be the church God is calling us to be in these quickly changing