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...most popular Sunday-school innovations is the Workshop Rotation Model, started in the early 1990s by Presbyterian churches in the Chicago area. Instead of teaching a new Bible story every week, this method investigates one lesson over a longer period and, adapting Harvard professor Howard Gardner's "theory of multiple intelligence," incorporates various learning methods through different media. The Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Ariz., used this approach to teach about Jonah last month. One group of students found the relevant Bible verses on the Internet. A second group, using "bang and clang instruments," dramatized the storm that nearly...
...rotation say the system makes it easier for children to learn in whichever medium they understand best. It also helps when it comes to recruiting teachers, as the instructors don't have to learn a new lesson every week and can specialize in what they do best. At First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, Ill., adult "shepherds" recently guided teams of children to five stations that taught the lesson of David and Goliath: Mary's and Martha's Bed & Breakfast had storytelling on a Persian-style rug; Creation Station was an activity corner with art projects; Acts of Faith Theater...
...fact that Presbyterian Church in America churches do not allow homosexuals to serve as elders or as ministers, yet allow such individuals to be members, does not indicate that the church is “deeply divided” (Notebook, “Homophobia in God’s Name,” Dec. 12). The principle is that all people are free to join the church, but none who openly sin may be a part of church leadership...
...writer is a graduate student in the department of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a member of a Presbyterian Church in America congregation...
...Presbyterian Church is deeply divided on the issue, currently allowing gays as members but not as elders or ministers. There have been several dramatic instances of church leaders being forced to resign their positions after it was discovered that they were homosexuals...