Church School, 1940-1963.

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Augustana Lutheran Church Women. Church School, 1940-1963.

Church School, 1940-1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49884245

This series consists of program packets created from 1940-1963 by the Committee on Missionary Education of the Women's Missionary Society/Augustana Lutheran Church Women and used for Mission Sundays in Sunday Church School by children ages 3-14. These program packets are similar to the program packets created for children to use at their weekly missionary society meetings. Packets include a general program booklet outlining the worship services to be used on Mission Sunday in Sunday School classes, promotional pamphlets highlighting the mission work of the Women's Missionary Society/Augustana Lutheran Church Women and other divisions of the church, devotional booklets, practical work information, as well as supplemental material such as maps, charts, picture books, and information on obtaining additional material through catalogs, price lists, book lists, and audio-visual lists. Younger children were introduced to mission topics through the use of picture books, flannelgraph stories, and simple games and exercises designed to teach children respect and appreciation of the differences between themselves and children of different lands. Older children were introduced to more specific mission topics pertaining to the mission work of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. The early 1950s saw the development of specific series curricula for Mission Sunday worship services in church school. God's Children Everywhere is a picture-story set for children of kindergarten and primary age. Christian Growth Through Sharing was developed for children in the Junior (age) and Intermediate (age). In addition to these, the series also contains "All-in-One" packets. These are complete sets of worship services for Mission Sunday in the Church School for kindergarten, primary, junior, and intermediate units. All-in-One packets contain a book of programs for each department, poster-size pictures for use with programs, flannelgraph sets, and other supplementary materials. All-in-One Packets for 1961-1963 also include filmstrips containing images from missionary projects referred to in the worship service. This series does not appear to be missing any years, though some packets may be incomplete, especially the earlier ones. As with other series in this collection, large items such as maps and charts were removed and placed in oversized folders. A notation to this effect is made on the folder from which the material was removed. Duplicates were removed. Records are arranged chronologically.

3 boxes.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library