SUNDAY SCHOOL SECONDARY DIVISION
THE TEEN AGE BOYS' DEPARTMENT
|(Every class organized)
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ORGANIZATION
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OFFICERS | COMMITTEES
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Church Board[a] | -------+---------+----------+-------
Sunday School Board[a] | | | | | |
Sunday School Superintendent[a] | Executive | Sunday School Life | Church
| | Inter-Class Inter-Church Life
Superintendent | | Life
Assistant Superintendent | ------+----- -----+--------
Treasurer | | | | |
Advisory Superintendent[c] | Feast General Worship General
| Days Interest Church
| Life
DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY
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SUNDAY SESSIONS MASS WEEK MEETINGS
| (Occasional when there is a motive)
Opening Service
Class Hour
Department Affairs
Closing Services
[a] Supervisory Older Boy [c] Adult
Prepared by John L. Alexander, Superintendent Secondary Division International Sunday School Association
POINTS OF CAUTION!
The promoters of a Boys' Department in the Sunday school should not be too hasty in pushing the organization. There are certain facts to be kept in mind in effecting a workable, durable department.
1. The Boys' Department is merely one of the departments of the school, and nothing must be done that will cripple or weaken the remainder of the school. Where possible it is best to promote separate departments for teen age boys and girls at the same time. This will reduce opposition and achieve efficiency.
2. There is no use in trying to organize a Boys' Department, where there is no adequate meeting place. The value of a Boys' Department lies almost entirely in the unity produced by the worship of the opening and closing services and the discussion of departmental common affairs.
3. The Department cannot take the place of the Organized Class. Where it does, it is temporary, hurrah-in-character, inefficient and harmful. The Sunday school is educational in purpose. The Boys' Department must be likewise.
4. Nothing should be advocated or promoted in the Boys' Department that is not in accord with the Sunday school and Denominational policy. The Boys' Department is part of the Church.