Sharon Ely Pearson

The Episcopal Christian Educator's Handbook Sharon Ely Pearson

Marc Notes: 'The Episcopal Christian Educator's Handbook' builds upon the success of 'The Episcopal Handbook' and taps into and expands on the most accessed pages of Building Faith's online resource room. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Christian Ed Stuff -- What Is Christian Formation? -- Spiritual Formation vs. Education -- What Is a Christian Educator? -- The Call to Be a Christian Educator -- Director of Christian Education -- Director of Youth Ministries -- You've Got the Job! -- New Girl (or Guy) in Town -- The 911 -- How to Create a Dream Team -- Many Parts, but One Body -- But We Always Had Sunday School! -- Needs vs. Wants -- Explicit and Implicit -- What Is The Curriculum? -- Types of Curriculum -- How to Plan the Year -- The Church School Teacher -- Rethinking Recruitment -- How to Call Volunteers -- How to Nurture Those in the Trenches -- We Need S'more Teachers -- How to Evaluate a Resource -- How to Assess Your Space -- How to Assess Your Equipment -- How to Manage a Crowd -- A Successful Teachers' (or Any) Meeting -- Agenda: Formation Style -- The Two-Adult Rule -- Why Background Checks? -- The Church Nursery -- Fee or Free? -- Don't Hide It Under a Bushel -- When's a Youth Not a Youth? -- What Do You Mean, Cradle to Grave? -- How is Stewardship Formational? -- How to Include Service and Mission -- Tourist, Missionary, or Pilgrim? -- Soccer, Band, Hockey, and the Debate Team -- How to Be Best Friends with the Altar Guild -- How to Welcome Children in Worship -- How to Give a Children's Sermon -- When the Acolyte's Hair Catches Fire -- How to Lead Children's Chapel -- How to Build Faith at Home -- How to Covet Dedicated Space -- The Classroom of the Future -- How to Use Technology -- Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You? -- The Three-Legged Stool of Evaluation -- Teaching Tips -- How to Have a Successful Class -- How to Tell The Story -- Johnny's On the Ceiling -- When Snakes Show Up -- How We Learn -- The Brain Created by God -- An Inclusive Classroom -- Who Am I? A Preschooler! -- Who Am I? I'm Six Going on Eight -- Who Am I? I'm the Big Kid -- Who Am I? I Really Don't Know -- Who Am I? I'm Working on It -- A Roomful of Homer Simpsons -- Noah Gathered Them Two by Two -- Prayers To and For Children -- What to Say When Grandma or Fido Dies -- How to Get Paint Out of an Easter Dress -- What Should Be in Your Classroom? -- How to Minister to Bullies -- How to Lead Quick Games -- I Have to Lead an Adult Study? -- What Adults Should Be Talking About -- Partiers, Bible Thumpers, or Do-Gooders? -- Is This the Right Question? -- How to Lead a Book Discussion Group -- Derailments and Dominators -- Paperwork and Checklists -- An Invitation to Serve -- A Covenant with Teachers and Leaders -- Recipe for a Church School Lesson -- Lesson Plan Template -- The Supply Closet -- Checklist of Necessary Nursery Supplies -- An Emergency Plan -- Where to Put the First Aid Kit -- A Sandwich Evaluation -- Curriculum Evaluation Worksheet -- How to Get Input from Teachers -- How to Get Input from Parents -- Registration Forms -- The Dreaded Permission Slip -- Media Release -- A Covenant for a Mission Trip -- The Budget -- The Annual Report -- Prayers to Begin Meetings or the Consumption of Food -- Episcopal Stuff -- What Is the Episcopal Church? -- What Is the Anglican Communion? -- Provinces of the Episcopal Church -- How to Use Three-Legged Stools -- What is the Book of Common Prayer? -- How Many Hymnals Are There? -- Popular Hymns for Children -- What is the Lectionary? -- Days and Seasons of the Church Year -- How to Teach about Sacraments -- Sprinkling, Pouring, or Immersion? -- Holy Communion, Mass, or Eucharist? -- What Are We Confirming? -- How to Make a Secret Signal -- What to Do When the Bishop Shows Up -- Do Episcopalians Believe in Saints? -- Fifteen Famous Episcopal Christian Educators -- Your Sanity -- Stress? What Stress? -- How to Take Care of Yourself -- Time Bandits -- Two Heads are Better Than One -- How Not to Work for Free -- How to Be the Real Boss: Pray -- How to Locate Toilet Paper -- How to Untangle the Triangle -- E-mail Complaints -- Spiritual Direction -- How to Forgive Someone -- How to Choose the Right Virgin Mary -- How to Console Others -- How to Cope with Grief and Loss -- How to Bless a Child (or Anyone Else) -- How to Draw the Line -- How to Avoid Easter Egg Catastrophes -- Bible Stuff -- Who Wrote the Bible? -- A Guide to Popular Bible Translations -- How to Choose a Bible -- How to Present a Bible -- How Episcopalians Read the Bible (and Why More Should) -- But No One Shows Up for Bible Study! -- The Seven Funniest Bible Stories -- The Top 10 Bible Miracles (and What They Mean) -- Four Inspiring Women of the Bible -- Called Up to the Majors (Prophets, That Is) -- The Top 10 Bible Villains -- The Top 10 Bible Heroes -- Five Gross Bible Stories for Boys (and Girls) -- Jesus' Fourteen Apostles -- The Three Most Rebellious Things Jesus Did -- Maps, Diagrams, and Charts -- The Exodus -- The Ark of the Covenant -- Jerusalem in Jesus' Time -- The Passion and Crucifixion -- Family Tree of Christianity -- EpiscoSpeak -- Extra Important Stuff -- The Lord's Prayer -- The Ten Commandments -- The Baptismal Covenant -- An Outline of the Faith -- A Children's Charter for the Church -- The Charter for Lifelong Christian Formation -- The Five Marks of Mission -- What Are the Millennium Development Goals? -- Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families -- Compline -- Must-Haves for the Christian Educator's Shelf.