Sunday school is still 90% teacher. The following suggestions will help you as teacher in holding new mem bers as well as reaching and bring ing back the absentee. 1. Show personal interest in each new class member and visitor. 2. Help each newcomer to get ac quainted. It will help him to feel a part of the class and school. 3. Involve other class or depart mental members in making the new comer welcome. 4. Make the class time so worth while that all students will want to return. In other words, if they do not come each Sunday, they will miss something real and worth-while. 5. Get the newcomer involved in other church activities. 6. Get acquainted with other fam ily members of the newcomer and seek to involve them as well. 7. PRAY — PRAY — PRAY. These suggestions will not only help the newcomer, but also will help all class members to work for bet ter class attendance. Q. So many of our Sunday school teachers come late each Sunday. What can be done to improve the condition? A. Someone has said: “ The most important minutes of the week for a Sunday school teacher are the 10 minutes before it begins each Sun day.” The importance of these min utes are listed as follows: 1. Most of the fruitful contacts and insights into a student’s background come from the casual — off-guard moments before Sunday school be gins. 2. Teachers need at least 10 min utes for necessary poise and class room preparation. 3. Being 10 minutes early is a habit that can be cultivated as sure ly as being late. It will have its effect upon the entire class. 4. Being early is one of the best testimonies you can give as to your personal scale of priority. If God’s Word and work are important, they should be treated that way. 5. Punctual teachers have always been known to be the best-prepared teachers. 6. Being early will always enable you to greet visitors and newcomers. The extra minutes will amplify your teaching, help you in answering questions, and provide an atmosphere of confidence without which real Christian teaching is impossible. 7. Ten minutes early will give every teacher opportunities that can never be found anywhere else. Don’t miss these opportunities in your teaching.
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