Sunday School

[staffslad]

Re: Sunday School

Regarding the kids attending the Messy Church closest to us; they are all probably mostly pre-teens, a few in their early teens, but none older. Like many churches, they have trouble holding onto them once they hit their early-teens.

[marc]

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The chapel I went to, Sunday School was in the afternoon. I can't remember the time it started, but we would go there for normal service then after the first hymn and prayer we would go downstairs to be taught about the Bible. Has we got a little older, we went into groups with a "teacher" and read verses from the Bible. Then when we were regarded has old enough, we would just attend the full service. Attendances at Sunday Schools fell dramatically towards the beginning of the 1980s.

Has a footnote, I have an interest in Industrial and Social history. When I'm out on one of my walkabouts "exploring the town", I occasionally come across a church or chapel with a building next to it. On a rare occasion, there is sometimes an inscription on the stonework reading Sunday School. Most of these buildings are now used has storerooms, if the church/chapel is still going, or more likely converted to something else. I stand back for a moment and wonder about the children that attended Sunday School in years gone by, what become of them? And what would their memories be?

[darren]

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When did the messy church start.

Is this why they have the messy church to try t hold onto kids for longer.

regarding the kids attending the messy church closest to us; they are all probably mostly pre-teens, a few in their early teens, but none older. Like many churches, they have trouble holding onto them once they hit their early-teens.

[Arran]

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Regarding the kids attending the Messy Church closest to us; they are all probably mostly pre-teens, a few in their early teens, but none older. Like many churches, they have trouble holding onto them once they hit their early-teens.

Various people I know say that they don't know whether to laugh or cry that churches have had to resort to holding Messy Church sessions in order to attract kids.

It's noteworthy that more Muslim kids in Britain now attend religious Sunday schools than Christian kids do.