Sunday School

[MacVittie]

Who here went to Sunday School? Did it happen during church or after? Did you enjoy any part of it?

In the beginning a kinda liked Sunday school. There were snacks, there was never any homework, and most of the kids in it were my friends. It took place after church in a trailer next to the church parking lot before they were able to build a parish center. Now I think they do Sunday school during the gospel reading and the homily. The whole thing got progressively lamer as I aged, especially during adolescent years when it started being called "youth group" and meeting on Sunday nights. By then, the kid who were still involved were pretty lame and it meant missing the good Sunday night Fox shows. I begged my parents not to make me go, and they obliged.

[drjoek]

12 years of Catholic education so I never had to attend Sunday School

[CuntagiousChris]

i walked in on one of my friends suckin his girlfriends little misquito bite tits in between sunday school and the church service at the age of 14 best religious experience of my life

[Fallon]

I went to catholic school, Sunday school and was also an alter boy.

Now I don't follow any religions. Guess it didn't stick.

[weekapaugjz]

I went for a couple of years when I was young and went to pre school at the local methodist church. I didn't hate going but I didn't particularly enjoy it. By age 7 I was playing travel hockey and usually had games out of town on Sundays. I did not miss going to Sunday school.

[biozombie]

Yep, right up to confirmation. It was on Sunday morning, before the Noon mass. How's a young boy supposed to learn about Jesus or whatever with a hangover? I seem to remember it being only during the school year, so all summer long me & my brother would ditch church & get some smokes and Yoohoo with the money we were supposed to put in the collection plate (We weren't nearly as ballsy as Mr. B going to Our Lady Of Dunkin' Donuts)

Today, I take pride that I've attended mass just once in the past 15 years or so.

[SatCam]

i had to go every saturday during the school year until I was in 5th grade and thats when i quit

[Mullenax]

Who here went to Sunday School? Did it happen during church or after? Did you enjoy any part of it?

In the beginning a kinda liked Sunday school. There were snacks, there was never any homework, and most of the kids in it were my friends. It took place after church in a trailer next to the church parking lot before they were able to build a parish center. Now I think they do Sunday school during the gospel reading and the homily. The whole thing got progressively lamer as I aged, especially during adolescent years when it started being called "youth group" and meeting on Sunday nights. By then, the kid who were still involved were pretty lame and it meant missing the good Sunday night Fox shows. I begged my parents not to make me go, and they obliged.

X2 Sunday School ok, Youth Group sunday night sucked but it meant free snowboarding and Kings Island. Mom thought it would get me the chuch scholarship. She was right. $500/semester.

[drjoek]

I went to catholic school, Sunday school and was also an alter boy.

Now I don't follow any religions. Guess it didn't stick.

If you went to Catholic School why would you have to go to Sunday School?
That was for the heathens who went to public school

[landarch]

Went every Sunday, and hated every minute of it. The kids there went to the other school in town, so they weren't my friends--they were always nice to me, but I didn't know them--It was one hour of boredom with my peers to be followed by another hour of boredom that everyone joined in for. I can remember one day being in the car on the way home and thinking to myself "OK, I'm ten now, so in eight years I'll be 18 and can move out of here and never have to endure this again" Then commenced to doing the math in my head as to how many hours/days/weeks I would have to spend in that building. Needless to say, I don't go now.

[Coach_Mac]

I have all my life and still do...went this morning. The purpose of Sunday School is to get a more in depth bible study that you don't usually get during church service. I enjoy it because it's where my wife and I meet a lot of friends.

[jennysmurf]

I've gone to Sunday school as long as I can remember. I didn't go for several years in college and after, but I teach it now. Ours is the hour before worship services. It's where the kids get Bible teaching focused on them at their level.

[Bossanova]

Went to sunday school for 5 years. Now I'm an alcoholic and hate god.

[Fallon]

If you went to Catholic School why would you have to go to Sunday School?
That was for the heathens who went to public school

My parents had me go in the summer.

[Kris10]

I only did the CCD thing, once a week till 7th grade i think. Communication, Confirmation, then I was good to go. See ya for funerals and weddings!

[Stuft]

Went to sunday school for 5 years. Now I'm an alcoholic and hate god.

There's always room for progress!:thumbup:

I went to Christian school my whole k-12 academic career, never really was a regular for sunday school, tho. I did enjoy the youth group that someone mentioned earlier, except we did it on wednesdays and it revolved around sports and boys - was fun for a midweek activity.

[sailor]

our catholic church did not, but when we visited my dad's family, they had it at their methodist church. it was during mass and was really for the younger kids (run by older kids) who got more out of that than they would have gotten out of the regular mass anyways. it was kinda fun comparatively.

[boosterp]

Baptized and confirmed Lutheran. The Sunday School/youth activities were nice socially but I quit it all around the 9th or 10th grade.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Baptized and confirmed Lutheran. The Sunday School/youth activities were nice socially but I quit it all around the 9th or 10th grade.
Ha ha, me too. When I was a kid we were there practically every time the doors were un locked. Parents sang in the choir and I had to sit on the front row so they could see me when I wasn't an acolite. Went to Sunday school every Sunday before church. Every minute of it was a drag as far as I could remember. Even taught an adult Sunday school for a while few yrs back. I must be having a mid-life crisis because I don't even go anymore and am really questioning what I really believe anyway. But back to the topic, I have no idea how you could not make it a bore for kids. It's just not anything that any kid wants to do at that age.

[beachbum]

We used to have a youth group that met on Wednesday nights.Tammy..... let us see her bush while playing capture the flag.i saw Jesus in her vag.

[hatonmyhead]

I only did the CCD thing, once a week till 7th grade i think. Communication, Confirmation, then I was good to go. See ya for funerals and weddings!

I did CCD too. We used to call it Central City Dump. We were such witty little kids...

[biggirl]

I did not grow up with Sunday School, however, in 6th grade they had "Tuesday School". The last hour of the day every kid went to their church for more religious education. I begged my mom to send me to Tuesday school so I wouldn't be one of the outcasts stuck back at school for the last hour of the day with the mean lunch ladies watching over us.

I loved it. We read from the book of John. I was the only student who actively participated in discussion of the verses. The other kids probably thought I was a nerd, but I just wanted to be like every other family who went to church and Sunday School.

When I started dating Rhino I went to church with him. I ended up getting baptized at his church and became a member. I have taught Sunday School for the junior high (totally sucked) and also for the preschoolers(much easier).

I enjoy going to church, and I wish I attended more.

[Dude!]

my parents are agnostic
so we went to the
non-religious Unitarian "Church"

it was too small a group
to have an actual church
so we met in the local YWCA
each Sunday

after the "service"
the kids would go swimming
in the YWCA pool

that was Sunday School

my dad always says we were raised
according to the doctrines of
St. Chlorine

[underdog]

I went to Sunday School, then CCD up until my first communion. I got enough money that day to buy a Nintendo, so then I quit going.

[Thebazile78]

Not exactly.

I went to Catholic grammar school (Pre-K through 8th grade)

When I was a very little kid, my parents taught CCD (I think they taught middle school kids) and would bring me to class every now and again.

Until I was 7, my mother ran Vacation Bible School for a week every summer. (After that, we went to the Baptist church for VBS. Theirs was a lot of fun, actually!)

In preparation for my Confirmation (Sophomore year of high school), I had Catechism classes on Sunday evenings at the home of a volunteer parishoner for 4 sessions in the fall and 4 sessions in the spring during Freshman and Sophomore years of high school.

We also had a Youth Group, which was "connected" to the Confirmation Catechism - you automatically had membership in the Youth Group if you were enrolled in Catechism, but you could continue after you'd made your Confirmation if you wanted to pay the (nominal) membership dues.

We also met on Wednesday evenings.

During my Sophomore year, I served as a "Youth Minister" - one of the high school-aged group leaders. I helped run Youth Group meetings and retreats ... and honestly had a lot of fun doing it. It was a good experience for me socially, because it allowed me to continue socializing with grammar school friends who ended up going to Catholic high school, meet new people I hadn't met before because of my Catholic grammar school experiences, and just enjoy being around a lot of people. (Needless to say, that's changed a lot since I was in high school. I loathe crowds now!)

During college, I came back to help run a couple of retreats, but the last retreat team I served on was my sister's Antioch weekend - the last retreat before Confirmation.

The biggest thing I miss is working with high school kids. They're some of the most interesting and frustrating people on the planet ... but getting them to speak honestly and openly about a lot of things they maybe haven't thought about before is simply wonderful!

No, I don't currently attend church services, but that doesn't really bother me so much.

[TomS59]

I grew up Catholic, yet we hardly attended church as that there was always work that needed to be done even while I was a child.

I wish I could have been in Sunday school because it is a great place to socialize with other
child in a safe wholesome environment with people you can trust.

After being married, my wife showed me how important it is to attend as frequently as possible.

Now my kids have all gone through Sunday school and are in the process of receiving all their sacraments.
It is important that they under my roof they have received all their sacraments. If they choose they no longer want to follow the way of the Lord once they move out, then I suppose that is a whole different situation. I just feel it is important to start them out right.

[yojimbo7248]

our church had an adult bible study during the Sunday school hours. The church brought in a professor from a Christian College to teach. The guy was so good that most parents let their high school age kids go. He taught us how badly translated the King James bible is, how the creation story and most of Old Testament should be read metaphorically rather than literally, how concepts like the Trinity and deification of Jesus came later in church history, and how both testaments are so riddled with contradictions that you need to take it all with a huge grain of salt.

[TomS59]

our church had an adult bible study during the Sunday school hours. The church brought in a professor from a Christian College to teach. The guy was so good that most parents let their high school age kids go. He taught us how badly translated the King James bible is, how the creation story and most of Old Testament should be read metaphorically rather than literally, how concepts like the Trinity and deification of Jesus came later in church history, and how both testaments are so riddled with contradictions that you need to take it all with a huge grain of salt.

One thing to always keep in mind is that all history whether neolithic, Biblical, modern, scientific and furthermore, are always working. As in still being changed. More of history is undiscovered than is discovered. Much of it can contradict due to interpretations. Try translating the word jack ass into Spanish and then a literal translation back....even that will come out a little silly. Now think of the transcript from not only another language but another time period.
It can be more complicated than saying stories do not match up.
I am not trying to disagree with you. I am just trying to throw a point out there to think about.