Part 11 (2/2)

Superintendent[a]

Executive

Sunday School Life

Church Life

Inter-Cla.s.s Inter-Church Life Superintendent [b]

a.s.sistant Superintendent[b]

------------- ------------- Treasurer [b]

Advisory Superintendent[c]

Feast General Wors.h.i.+p General

Days Interest Church

Life DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY

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SUNDAY SESSIONS Ma.s.s WEEK MEETINGS

(Occasional when there is a motive) Opening Service Cla.s.s Hour Department Affairs Closing Services

[a] Supervisory [b] Older Boy [c] Adult

Prepared by John L. Alexander, Superintendent Secondary Division International Sunday School a.s.sociation

POINTS OF CAUTION!

The promoters of a Boys' Department in the Sunday school should not be too hasty in pus.h.i.+ng the organization. There are certain facts to be kept in mind in effecting a workable, durable department.

1. The Boys' Department is merely one of the departments of the school, and nothing must be done that will cripple or weaken the remainder of the school. Where possible it is best to promote separate departments for teen age boys and girls at the same time. This will reduce opposition and achieve efficiency.

2. There is no use in trying to organize a Boys' Department, where there is no adequate meeting place. The value of a Boys' Department lies almost entirely in the unity produced by the wors.h.i.+p of the opening and closing services and the discussion of departmental common affairs.

3. The Department cannot take the place of the Organized Cla.s.s. Where it does, it is temporary, hurrah-in-character, inefficient and harmful.

The Sunday school is educational in purpose. The Boys' Department must be likewise.

4. Nothing should be advocated or promoted in the Boys' Department that is not in accord with the Sunday school and Denominational policy. The Boys' Department is part of the Church.

_Cla.s.s Organization_

The cla.s.ses of the teen years should all be organized before any scheme for department organization is put in use. The Organized Cla.s.s is based on the so-called ”gang instinct,” and is the unit of all organization.

_Departmental Progressive Steps_

The steps in organizing a Teen Age Boys' or Secondary Division Department should be:

1. Appointment of Teen Age Superintendent.

2. Every cla.s.s organized according to Denominational and International Standard.

3. Two-session-a-week cla.s.ses--Sunday and week-day.

4. Trained teachers.

5. Departmental organization.

=Departmental Equipment=

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