Will you help teach Sunday School?

James 3:1 “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”

Isn’t that a great way to start out the Sunday school year? “Thank you for volunteering your time to be the spiritual leader’s of our youth and by the way … watch out!”

“Don’t you know, pastor, that it is hard to find people willing to teach. You can’t afford to scare them away and be careful how much you ask of them because they can and will just quit. ”

There is some possible truth to that worry. We are all very busy people. The last thing we need is grief and guilt about the things we volunteer for. But I also think that we tend to underestimate people. I do believe that God calls us to service and we both can and will rise to the level of expectation God has for us. Teaching is an important job. We are planting the seeds and defining the image of God for people that they will have for a lifetime.