Are you ready to accelerate life-change through your Sunday School?

Unlike any other event you've ever attended, the National Sunday School Director Seminar is totally devoted to the Sunday School Director! This two-day seminar focuses on the role of the Sunday School Director and how he or she carries out that role. Sunday School Directors gain a new understanding about the importance of the role, how to build a strong Sunday School team, growing the Sunday School, reaching people for Christ, developing life-transforming teaching, and building a strategy for the Sunday School.

• Sunday School Directors
• Division and Department Directors
• Pastors and Ministers of Education

A variety of conference leaders provide training through 5 intensive general sessions and 20-30 targeted special interest conferences focusing on all aspects of the work of the Sunday School Director. And beginning this year, participants can choose between basic and advanced tracks at some locations.

What will NSSDS do for you?

• EQUIP Sunday School Directors to serve effectively in all areas of Sunday School work
• DELIVER practical tools for all aspects of Sunday School work
• FACILITATE opportunities to network with other Sunday School directors
• BUILD team spirit among the Sunday School director, minister of education, pastor, and division and department directors

National Sunday School Director Seminars are specifically designed for Sunday School Directors, but are valuable in equipping pastors and ministers of education with skills in building a strategy for their Sunday School and strengthening their work with their Sunday School Directors. Additionally, NSSDS in Haughton, LA, features a focus on churches with 150 or less in Sunday School.

Your registration fee includes:

• 13 hours of training
• Four elective conferences (choose from 20-30 topics)
• Three books:
  • The 3-D Sunday School, A Three-Dimensional Strategy to Help Members and Leaders Fulfill the Great Commission
  • 5-Step Formula for Sunday School Growth
  • Invite I-6: A Six-Lane Strategy Toward an Inviting Sunday School
• Friday lunch and Saturday breakfast
• Participation in the National Sunday School Director Seminar follow-up Webcast

What participants say about their NSSDS experience:

• “NSSDS was absolutely fantastic. The materials and approach are relevant to many styles of learners.” — Montgomery, AL
• “Great information last week! I have already put some of it into action.” — Kansas City, KS
• “I will strongly recommend the seminar to anyone. We will meet this week to determine our next steps so we can put into practice   what I learned.” — Brentwood, TN

NSSDS GENERAL SESSIONS

1. The Purpose of the Sunday School
2. My Role in Leading Effective Sunday School Work
3. Blueprint for Growing Your Sunday School
4. Developing Life-Changing Bible Teaching
5. Building a Strategy for My Sunday School (both tracks)

NSSDS SAMPLE ELECTIVE TOPICS

• Tips for the New Sunday School Director
• Essential Skills for an Effective Sunday School Director
• Establishing a New Sense of Purpose for Your Sunday School
• Ways to Build Your Leadership Team
• Pastor and Sunday School Director Working Together
• Building an Evangelistic Atmosphere Through Sunday School
• Starting New Bible Study Groups Effectively
• Discovering Sunday School Prospects and Developing a Prospect System
  • How To Instill a Vision for Your Sunday School’s Future
  • Training: How Do I Provide It and How Do I Involve All My Leaders?
  • Developing an Effective Sunday School Planning Team
  • Teaching Can Be Evangelistic
  • Developing a Strong, Functioning Sunday School Organization
  • Assimilating New People Through the Sunday School
  • Preventing Drop-Outs and Recovering Chronic Absentees
  • Curriculum: What Is the Best Fit for My Church?
• Finding and Developing Leaders in the Smaller Church
• Leading the Sunday School in a Smaller Church
• Starting or Strengthening Leadership Meetings
• Tools for Building an Evangelistic Sunday School
• Your Sunday School Reaching People for Christ
• “Map” the Work of Your Church
• How Can My Sunday School Better Connect with the Community?
• Safety and Security Issues and Your Sunday School
• Eight Essential Elements of Effective Sunday School Outreach
  • Providing Effective Teaching for Middle Schoolers
  • Resources for Training and Equipping Your Leaders
  • Effective Preschool: A Key to Reaching Preschoolers and Their Families
  • Developing Effective Preschool Teachers
  • Developing Effective Children’s Teachers
  • Reaching and Teaching Middle Schoolers
  • Key Strategies for Reaching Youth Through Your Sunday School
  • Ministering to Youth Through the Sunday School
  • Developing Effective Youth/Student Teachers
  • Making Sunday School Youth Friendly