The Hope Now Bible School in Cherkassy has opened new classes for Sunday school teachers. Vitally Kozak was one of the first to take this course and shares his impressions with us.
I was very excited to be asked to attend the three day seminar designed to help Sunday school teachers.
I have the honor to teach the Word of God to 12-13 year old "troublemakers" and because I have little experience in teaching children, I needed some teaching and advice on how to do it correctly. This seminar was an answer to my prayers. I needed to know how to help these young kids before they are completely corrupted by this cruel and cunning world.
I understood that everything I taught in my Sunday school class was very important and necessary but it needed strengthening with good management, method improvement, new vision and a new approach. Teaching in general is not a simple thing, but teaching the Bible truth in a Sunday school class to young people whose attitude to studying is superficial and light, is even more difficult.
Put on the Armor of God
That's why the three day seminar "Following the Great Teacher" gave me answers to my many questions, changed my attitude to this ministry and put it on a Biblical foundation. I looked at Jesus in a different way - He is not just the Teacher of the Truth, but He is the Great Teacher who has also a "Sunday school class" with such different and sometimes difficult students.
I understood that the Great Teacher taught others by His own example, developing personal relationships with disciples, using understandable examples for them and motivating them to actions.
In full measure, I understood the value of children to the Lord, the ability of children to conceive the Word of God and most importantly I realized that kids can be changed according to the will of God.
I was impressed by the course structure, interesting, dynamic, friendly communication style of teachers and participants; new technical approaches; principles of the lesson structure and Bible story analyses.
Vitally intent on learning
I returned home with my Certificate, computer disc with 22 seminars and with a great desire to improve my teaching skills. I was ready to apply the new approaches and knowledge I got during my three day seminar. From the very core of my heart, I am very thankful to my brothers and sisters in Christ who organized, developed and sponsored the seminar which is a great and real blessing to me personally and to all participants.
We had, at the Hope Now Bible School, a very rich graduation service of
sermons, testimonies, poems and songs. Everyone serves the Lord, as he
is able. The Lord blesses, He uses His clay vessels as He wants.
On May 15, students will gather with their teachers and guests to
celebrate graduation. It is thrilling to know that these men will spread
far and wide to be pastors and church planters.
Greetings to you dear brothers and sisters, and peace be to you. God has blessed me with a ministry in a Christian church called
"Calvary". I am an administrator of the church. As a part of my job, I
often visit city administrators, governor's committees and meet with
secular people.
