What are the joys and challenges of the learning model and available resources in our congregation? This is the central question addressed in this section of Online Training for Sunday School Teachers.

1. Make a plan to assess your current Sunday school ministry. Begin by asking volunteers to e-mail their responses to the questions in Online Reflection: Your Rose Colored Glasses.

2. Use your compilation of responses to begin a conversation focusing on learning in your church.

• What have you identified as the primary learning goals?
• What are the "givens" about space, time, and resource selection?
• Which model and resources would best help you meet your goals?

3. The word school in Sunday school implies a knowledge-based learning setting. What name would you give a learning model that would not include the word school?

4. Think about the people in your congregation and the creative ways they might share their skills, talents, hobbies, or abilities with your Sunday school ministry. What could a defense lawyer offer? A woodworker? A chef? An auto mechanic? Offer to help teachers match people with their needs.