Dear Ones, how would you answer this question concerning Sunday School attendance if posed to you personally? I attend Sunday School regularly, sometimes; not at all. It is the “sometimes” and “not at all” segments of our Church family that I address this appeal.
Let me begin with a startling statistic. Here at Friendship, only eleven percent of our members attend Sunday School on a regular basis. That we may know Him! That is the very essence of the Sunday School:
- That we have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus.
- That we know the exceeding greatness of God’s power toward the believers when He raised Christ from the dead.
- We need to know that if we suffer with Christ, we shall also reign with Him.
The Sunday School is an important component of the overall worship experience. If you are not attending Sunday School on a regular basis, there is a void in your spiritual growth. God’s eternal, unfailing purpose for each of us is that we be conformed to the image of His dear Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren.
The Sunday School helps us to achieve God’s purpose for our lives, thereby, allowing us to fulfill our purpose in life. “But, ‘Brother Pastor,’ “how do I move from “sometimes” or “not at all”, to a Sunday School disciple?” you ask. It is a matter of your will. If you really want to come to Sunday School, it requires an act of your will. To make it happen, you have to will it to happen. My question to the eighty-nine percent of the membership that do not attend Sunday School on a regular basis “Wilt thou come to Sunday School?”
Pastor J. Amos Jones
