The Boy and the Sunday School: A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age BoysAlexander, John L.
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The Boy and the Sunday School: A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age Boys
Alexander, John L.
Sunday schools
Get interested in the boy life of the community.
Help boys to find employment.
Help enforce minor laws.
Take an interest in the delinquent boy.
_Mental Service._--
Secure speakers for practical talks.
Secure speakers for life-work talks.
Lead in some mental activity.
Promote an educational trip.
Teach elementary arts and crafts.
Conduct discussion of practical citizenship.
Lead discussion of current topics.
Lead younger boys as suggested under class activities--Mental.
Teach English to foreign-speaking boys.
Help wage-earning boys in elementary subjects, arithmetic, geography,
etc.
Encourage grade boys to stay at school by coaching them in studies.
Organize civic nights.
Organize debates.
Organize camera trips and photo study.
Organize Around-the-Fire and story nights.
Lend books and guide the reading of boys.
Edit class or school paper.
Be foreman in printing room of above paper.
Lead observation trips.
_Spiritual Service._--
Lead a Boys' Bible Class.
Take part in Boys' Conferences.
Lead Boys' Meetings.
Teach in extension Sunday school.
Serve on Sunday school Committees.
Serve on Church Committees.
Take an interest in every church organization.
Promote systematic giving among boys.
Lead a Mission Biography group.
Lead an inner circle for prayer and Bible study.
Promote a census of non-church boys.
Visit homes to invite fellows to church services.
Join a training class.
Lead campaign to increase Sunday school membership.
Promote inter-class relationships.
Lead prayer groups or circles.
Help in Home Department.
Serve on Reception Committee at Church or Sunday school.
Visit teen age Shut-ins.
Visit prisoners in jails.
Do chores for sick folks.
Help the aged to and from church services.
Support a bed in a hospital.
The Organized Class, its officers, teacher and committees ought to find
enough to do in the above long list. The service activities have been
listed without any idea of order or grading. They are also for
individuals and the class as a whole. They are merely suggestive. The
class and the teacher should do things as a real part of the class life.
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ORGANIZED CLASS ACTIVITIES
BOYS' BIBLE CLASSES
JOHN L. ALEXANDER,
Secondary Division Superintendent, International Sunday School
Association.
BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THROUGH-THE-WEEK ACTIVITIES
Adams.--Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys ($1.75).
Alexander.--Opportunity for Extension of Boys' Work to a Summer Camp
Headquarters (_American Youth_, June, 1911), (.20).
--Using Nature's Equipment--God's Out-of-Doors (_American Youth_,
August, 1911). Single copies out of print, but bound volume for 1911 may
be obtained for $1.50.
Baker.--Indoor Games and Socials for Boys (.75).
Bond.--Scientific American Boy at School ($2.00).
Boys' Handbook. (Boy Scouts of America) (.30).
Brunner.--Tracks and Tracking (.70).
Burr.--Around the Fire (.75).
Camp.--Fishing Kits and Equipment ($1.00).
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