1. Committee on pre-school children. 2. Committee on the grade school years. 3. Committee on the older years. 4. Committee on organization (grad ing). 5. Committee on time schedule. These committees should consist of Sunday school workers and partly of persons not in the Sunday school. Then a second period should be de voted to the study of how proper facilities can be developed for meet ing the needs outlined in the first. Mr. Scotford suggests committees such as: 1. Committee on the use of Site. 2. Committee on ways of building. 3. Committee on sound control. 4. Committee on physical comforts. 5. Committee on storage. After these reports are available, a small building committee should be put in charge and an architect engaged. Q. Must a church continue building in order to grow? A . This question was answered in a magazine article entitled, “When You’re Through Building, You’re Through!” This article traced the pattern of growth in the ten largest Sunday schools of the Southern Bap tist Convention. Among the observa tions were: 1. There was little growth in Sun day school enrollment until a ma jor building program provided space for an enlarged Sunday school organization. 2. One of the greatest periods of advance in Sunday school enroll ment came about with the depart mentalization of the organization and the construction of buildings that accommodated this type of program. 3. Refinements were introduced into the Sunday school program in that age grading was begun, and space was planned, constructed and equipped with this in mind, thereby providing for every mem ber of the family. 4. Within three to five years after these building programs were fin ished, the building reached the saturation point in Sunday school size and enrollment. Average at tendance reached a standstill. 5. Two other major items increased immediately following a major building program, namely, bap tisms and financial income. It is true that a church will never grow to need the facilities its fails to provide.
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