| If you are looking for a way to increase your church | | | | to carry the lessons on longer. Filling a summer camp |
| membership, then you should first look more closely at | | | | with great bible study lessons and activities can |
| your youth bible studies as part of your church | | | | increase membership by bringing new people into the |
| membership retention plan. In this article we will discuss | | | | church. Children can bring their friends to summer |
| how you can accomplish this successfully. | | | | camp and when the friends have fun and want to |
| Many children find traditional youth bible studies to be | | | | return, they will return with their families. |
| boring lectures and filled with unnecessary | | | | Youth bible studies do not have the same demands as |
| memorization. The act of going to Sunday school or | | | | standard schools so it is easy to enroll kids who have |
| Wednesday night church meetings has never been a | | | | special needs into classes. Special needs children can |
| thing children look forward to. After all who wants to | | | | work at their own pace with bible studies classes but |
| spend more time in school? | | | | still be taught by the same teacher. Bible studies |
| Youth bible studies are becoming modern and moving | | | | teachers are usually not under the same government |
| away from the strict traditional lessons used for many | | | | regulations that traditional teachers must adhere to. |
| years. Many church organizations are slowly | | | | This mean that with the help and understanding of the |
| recognizing that children learn better by playing games | | | | church organization, special needs can be met and |
| and being active then children do when being forced to | | | | addressed while allowing special needs children to be |
| sit in a chair. The churches are slowly incorporating | | | | taught alongside other children. Teaching special needs |
| play activities and games based on Bible stores into | | | | children in a standard modern bible studies class will |
| their bible study lesson plans. | | | | also help the other children learn about tolerance and |
| Modern youth bible studies classes are now | | | | acceptance. What better lessons can a child learn |
| memorable and enjoyable for children. Many children | | | | from church? |
| want to go to church all for the joy of taking part in | | | | If you currently attend a church that is experiencing a |
| their bible studies class. No longer do children wine | | | | decline in membership, you may want to suggest to |
| about having to go to church; they actually look | | | | your church leaders that they reevaluate their church |
| forward to Sunday. Congregations are exploding with | | | | membership retention plan and look closely at the |
| new families because their children want to take part | | | | youth bible studies. By modernizing their bible study |
| in the bible study lessons. | | | | lessons, your church may be able to bring in more |
| Church organizations can take advantage of this new | | | | sheep into your congregation. |
| found love for bible studies by holding a summer camp | | | | |