2016 Wesleyan Discipline:C. District Sunday School Committee

C. District Sunday School Committee

1468. Function. The district Sunday school committee is responsible for those phases of Christian education within the bounds of the district as assigned to the Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2306, with particular emphasis on the Sunday school work and leadership training.

1471. Membership. Each district may have a district Sunday school committee which shall be composed of the district Sunday school director as chair (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1483), the district director of leadership training (if any, 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1486), and from one to three additional members-at-large as decided upon and elected by the district board of administration (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1209:3; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:20; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1455:8). Whenever the duties of either the district director of leadership training or the district Sunday school director are assigned to the district director of spiritual formation (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1463:3), the district director of spiritual formation shall be an ex officio member of the Sunday school committee. General regulations for the members of the Sunday school committee are set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275-1292.

1474. Organization. The district Sunday school director shall be the chair, and the committee shall elect a recording secretary who shall record the proceedings of committee meetings (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1332:7) and keep a permanent file of records and reports. The committee may also elect a vice-chair and a treasurer, if deemed necessary.

1477. Amenability. The district Sunday school committee shall be amenable to the district spiritual formation leadership team and through that board to the district board of administration, in all matters of district organization and program. All committee plans shall be submitted to the district spiritual formation leadership team for review and coordination, and subsequently to the district board of administration for approval (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1452). In matters pertaining to Sunday school organization, philosophy, curriculum, and objectives the committee shall carry out their work in accord with The Discipline and the directives of the Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division.

1480. Duties. The duties of the district Sunday school committee are:

(1) To promote and encourage the Sunday school work of the district, seeking to carry out the objectives of The Wesleyan Church for spiritual formation as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2305 (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1468).

(2) To emphasize evangelism and soul-winning in the Sunday schools, seeking the conversion of every scholar and their enrollment in the church and promoting outreach through the establishing of branch Sunday schools.

(3) To implement the plans and policies of the Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division and to assist pastors and Sunday school superintendents in doing the same.

(4) To make recommendations to the district spiritual formation leadership team for a more efficient administration, correlation, and advancement of Sunday school work (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1468).

(5) To see that a Sunday school has been organized in each church, and to assist each Sunday school to meet the approved standard of achievement.

(6) To plan for Sunday school and leadership training rallies, conventions, institutes or workshops on a district, zone or local level; to arrange for special services or promotional displays at zone or district meetings; submitting all such plans to the district spiritual formation leadership team for review and coordination, and subsequently to the district board of administration for approval (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1452).

(7) To assist pastors and local Sunday school officers in the organization of leadership training classes and programs.

(8) To submit recommendations for Sunday school work, including the financial plans for Sunday school promotion, to the district spiritual formation leadership team for review and coordination, and subsequently to the district board of administration for approval (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1452).

(9) To encourage the use of The Wesleyan Church curriculum materials.

(10) To perform other duties in harmony with its responsibility as may be assigned to it by the district conference, the district board of administration or the district spiritual formation leadership team.