PDFs on Serving in
Your Local Church
* 23 Categories
- 1. THE TEACHER, 15 pdfs
- 5 most common mistakes
- 9 Communication Keys of Jesus’ & Paul’s Teaching
- How You Make Them Forget 90% Every Week
- I’ll Go Find Kids for My Own Class
- James 3:1 is Scary!
- Much to Learn
- Pre-determined Dedication
- Pre-determined Dedication
- Survey, Average SS Teacher in America
- Saturday’s Phone Call
- Sometimes the Teacher is Wrong
- Teacher, What Are Your Strengths?
- The Terrible 10 for Teachers
- Transparency as a Teacher. . .Scary.
- Care & Feeding of Sunday School Teachers, an excerpt for Superintendents
2. TEACHING METHODS, 29 pdfs
- $2 Taped on the Ceiling
- 6 Hands for Spiritual Growth
- 7 Modes of Learning
- 24 Ways to Communicate Your BIG IDEA in Class
- 94 Teaching Methods * = High Involvement
- Agree or Disagree, How to Find Out
- Assignments & Homework Are BEST for. . . ?
- Skeptics’ Forum: enticing unbelievers to a Bible study
- Brainstorming: a Problem-Solving Teaching Method
- Buzz Groups & Neighbor Nudges Get Them Talking
- Choose Your Method After You Choose Your Objective
- Debate Once in a While
- Discussion: Very Much Abused & Misused, You Can Do Better
- Inductive Bible: Don’t Spoon-feed Them, Hand Them a Shovel
- Law of Review [You do review each week, don’t you?]
- Listening Teams Ramp Up Their Observation Skills
- Object Lessons, Jesus Used Them!
- Preparing Them for Next Class [the power of anticipation]
- Preview Brings ‘Em Back
- Q & A Sessions: Don’t Shoot from the Hip, Prepare
- Role Play & Case Studies
- Skits
- Drama
- Sword Drills: finding verses very fast
- Visualize or Fossilize
- “Your Turn” box
- Objectives & Verbs of Action
- Small Group Focus
- Methods Are Chosen to Enhance the Purpose of Your Lesson
3. RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, 5 pdfs
- It Started in the Hallway
- Paul’s 26+ Traveling Companions
- Recruiting, Employing, and Commissioning Volunteers
- Recruiting Volunteer Workers in 5 Time-Consuming Steps
- Child Protection Policy, sample
4. TRAINING LEADERS, TEACHERS, & STAFF, 4 pdfs
- Covenant for Teachers & Leaders
- “Selfie” of Yourself Teaching
- Bible Teachers’ Workshop, manual
- Host a Bible Teachers’ Workshop or Supt Gathering in your area
5. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, 10 pdfs
- 15 Ways to Crawl Inside Their Brains
- 90 Kids in a Playground Bible Club
- 100 Perceptive Questions to Ask
- 3 Kinds of Learners in Proverbs [and in your class, too]
- Elbert
- How does He View Himself in Your Class?
- I Was #11 in That Class
- 30 Seconds with His SS Teacher
- Law of “Eyeball to Eyeball”
- She Entered My Space, Dug Her Claws in Me, Changed My Life
6. EVANGELISM, 23 pdfs
- If Christians Only Knew Where Their Friends Were Stuck
- How I Use the Heaven Test
- 6 Salvation Illustrations
- 10 Questions to Open a Conversation
- Witnessing to Those Who Intimidate You Most
- Chuckie’s Mormon cousin
- Heaven Test
- Heaven Test, KJV
- Heaven Test, kids’
- Heaven Test, Kids, Spanish
- Heaven Test, Kids, black
- Heaven Test, Kids, girl
- Tract: If Somebody Says, “But Faith Without Works is Dead!”
- How to Lead Child to Christ
- Is the Kid Saved or Not?
- How Much Good Works Would It Take to be Saved?
- Passing on a Passion to Reach an MUF!
- How NOT to Give a Public Invitation for Salvation for Children
- Using “Scales” for a Muslim Friend
- Set-Up Technique: how I used 6 questions to build a trap
- “Sin” on My Cheek
- What Do You Think of Jesus: for my Muslim friends
- Witness by Just Quoting Verses
7. SALVATION, 5 pdfs
- 3 Doctrinal Issues in Children’s Work
- Age of Accountability
- God’s 2 Favorite Salvation Words
- Praying to Receive Christ? Huh? [the “sinner’s prayer”]
- Saved at Age 5, my testimony
8. MEMORIZATION OF SCRIPTURE, 4 pdfs
- Your First 117 Verses to Memorize
- How to Teach Kids [& people] to Memorize Scripture
- Handouts for Memory Verses
- Scripture Memorization Program for Your Church [or a family]
9. CURRICULA, 1 pdf
10. PRAYING FOR YOUR MINISTRY, 1 pdf
11. HIRING & JOB DESCRIPTION, YOUTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR, 5 pdfs
- 29 Questions a Youth Pastor Should Ask Before Saying, “I’ll come!”
- Don’t Get Too Busy
- Developing an Annual Rhythm for Youth Events
- Youth Director [pastor?] Job Description
- Prioritize Your Ministry Day [and time]
12. YOUTH MINISTRY, 15 pdfs
- Ya Gotta Bring a Pagan
- 7 Vital Elements in Youth Ministry
- 11 Committees Teens Can Learn to Run
- 25 Genes No Evolutionist Can Explain
- 30 Reasons Kids Lie
- A Neat Prayer List
- 10 Years from Now. . .I Predict You Will Be. . .
- Your Next 6 Books to Read
- Ice Breaker: Walk Thru a Sheet of Paper
- Kids With Low Esteem
- Make a Plan to Reach Every Kid in Your Circle-of-Influence in Your High School
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People
- Virginity, a Frank Discussion About Your Decision
- God’s Library, 66 Books
- Training Your Youth Ministry Staff, an excerpt
13. SO WHAT? WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?, 1 pdf
14. HOW TO [for children’s workers]. . ., 8 pdfs
- 15 Motivational Buttons: how to get almost anybody to do almost anything
- 8 Jobs in Large Children’s Class
- How to Correct Bad Behavior
- How NOT to Lead Songs for Kids
- How to Lead Games for Most Ages
- How to Mentor Kids and Teens
- How to Teach Thankfulness 100 Ways
- How to Tell a Terrific Bible Story
15. ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL & SMALL GROUPS, 8 pdfs
- 25 Assignments from My Creative Bible Teaching Class
- Creative Professors & Pastors
- Filthy-Mouthed Women
- Homework for Friends
- Adult Participation During Class
- Preparing Them for Next Class
- Singles
- Methods for Involving Adults
16. TEACHING WITH or WITHOUT THE GIFT OF TEACHING, 4 pdfs
- “Gift” of Teaching & “Ministry” of Teaching – 2 flavors
- Spiritual Gifts: [teens poster]
- Spiritual Gift: using it even if you can’t name it
- Phil’s Official List of 45 Spir Gifts NOT Mentioned in Bible
17. CHURCH LIBRARY, 1 pdf
18. POETRY, 5 pdfs
- poem, Good Enough
- poem, In Teaching I Am Taught
- poem, Mark Hopkins
- poem, A Teacher’s Prayer
- poem, Lord, Who Am I? poem, Lord, who am I, to
19. STORIES & ILLUSTRATIONS by Phil Myers, 7 pdfs
- 3 Stone Masons
- Bill & Dad in a Race
- Carol Burnett & Rapt Attention
- Jason’s Gift
- Hasty Words May Last Forever
- Mike & Steve & the Bullet
- Still Teaching Jr Hi at 85
20. EXCERPTS from Phil’s books: Sunday School teachers, 2 pdfs
21. COMMUNICATION, 1 pdf
22. MISSIONS & CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY, 4 pdfs
- 15 Questions to Ask a Visiting Missionary in Your Class
- Dragging 6 Kids to El Salvador for a Summer
- How to Emphasize Missions in a Children’s Class
- What I Learned My First Term in Indonesia
23. POTPOURRI, 6 pdfs