Sunday School Short Meeting

Agenda: Information and discussion

Rebuilding and Renewal and

Restructuring of IFSSRestructuring of IFSS

IN LINE WITH IF 2012 VISION AND THEME

2012: The Year of Renewal, Rebuilding, 2012: The Year of Renewal, Rebuilding, and Restoration

“It’s a year long process”

From August 2011-July 2012From August 2011-July 2012

Key changes:

• Creation of MANUALS (IFSS Manual, Teachers Manual and Running a Sunday

school Manual)

• Mission statement, core values, Aims, Philosophy and Goals of IFSSPhilosophy and Goals of IFSS

• Change in the academic calendar year

• Streamlining and restructuring of the IFSS

• Need of a full time worker

• Clear policy as admission, training, running the IFSS

Leaders’ Meeting

•Innovation•Innovation

•AMI

•To prioritize prayer within each other.

•To expedite the creation of the Sunday School Manual, Teachers Manual and Training documents for new teachers.

•To streamline and re-group the workers and

SHORT TERM GOALS

•To streamline and re-group the workers and servants base on the three new SS Teams and the needs of the Sunday School.

•To invite new teachers (especially those who have undergone Lakbay) and train them for the new Academic calendar that will start in August 2012

•To provide orientation to parents, children to the new policy that will be implemented starting in August 2012.

•To print manuals and training materials.

•To improve communication through the use of Sunday School site, emails, text and social media site like Facebook. media site like Facebook.

•To start planning, sharing and using the Sunday School calendar.

•To plan in advance different activities for Sunday school especially Christmas and others.

•To organize in a much better way the documentation needed by the Sunday school.

•Continue assessing the SS and Teachers manual to adopt possible changes.

•Anticipate changes (like revolving door) and continue encouraging and training new

LONG TERM GOALS

and continue encouraging and training new teachers and parents to participate with SS ministry

•To create vibrant, variety of activities to SS students and teachers including summer camps, annual retreat, graduation etc.

•To create vibrant, variety of activities to SS students and teachers including summer camps, annual retreat, graduation etc.

•To promote the importance of Sunday school and to partner with parents (as the prime caretaker of spiritual need of their

LONG TERM GOALS

school and to partner with parents (as the prime caretaker of spiritual need of their children) in helping each child inculcate the values and mission of the Sunday school.

•To ask a greater participation of parents in the area of guest teaching, worship leading and other activities.

SS Ministry Planning Team. This team will be in charge of Sunday school planning activities and program of the Sunday

school.

SS Admin Team. In charge of the weekly

MINISTRY TEAM

SS Admin Team. In charge of the weekly needs of Sunday school including

communications and documentations.

SS Teaching Team. In charge of the curriculum, regular weekly teaching and

activities.