Rotation.org went online in the Fall of 1997 to freely share information about the Workshop Rotation Model for Sunday School.  The first resource was a free manual and some lesson plans written by Neil MacQueen and Melissa Hansche. Neil and Melissa were two of the originators of the Rotation Model and the first to begin teaching other churches about it back in the early 90's while they served on staff together at the Presbyterian Church of Barrington Illinois. The manual was later extensively updated and revised and published by Geneva Press under the title, "Workshop Rotation ~ a new model for Sunday School." A large excerpt of the book is still available at this website. Neil continued to write articles about specific Rotation topics -many of which are posted in the Articles database of this website.

Neil left Barrington in 1996 to start a Christian education computer software ministry. He started working on Rotation.org as a volunteer project, was a founding member of its Board of Directors, and still volunteers as the site's "webmaster."

Rotation.org is an incorporated 501-3c non-profit organization overseen by a Board of Directors, and staffed by a part-time paid coordinator. The site averages over a quarter million "hits" per month, and has over 15000 registered users of the Lesson Exchange. Registration is free. Guests can view most of the content. Registered members can view most content and post content. Supporting Members who pay an annual membership fee can access special content and features. The Supporting Member fee is the major way Rotation.org pays its bills.  Go to www.rotation.org/member to learn more.

Generally speaking, our Board members, volunteers and registered members come from the broad middle of the Protestant theology and tradition. Volunteer moderators regularly troll the boards helping visitors and members find what they need. We began collecting volunteer created lesson plans at the website in 1997. Now there are several thousand of them. Our volunteers and coordinators read all the posts and lessons, and occasionally edit for clarity -or move them to a different location. Another volunteer group called "The Writing Team" works virtually together to produce top-notch Rotation lesson sets --which are free to Supporting Members. These sets are professionally edited by our paid coordinator.

Very early on many of us believed Rotation Model was not only a different way to do Sunday School, but a new paradigm for sharing lesson materials and supporting each other across geographic and denominational boundaries.

Rotation.org is ecumenical and volunteer supported. There is no 'sugar-daddy' contributor or denominational/foundation lurking in our background. 95% of contributions come from congregations.

Rotation.org is not affiliated with any denomination.

Rotation.org is not sponsored by or affiliated in any way with various Rotation-related organizations, such as, Cornerstones, Potters Workshops, Children's Ministries of America, or the Gilmour's printed WoRM newsletter. Though on friendly terms with these ministries, Rotation.org is independent.

Rotation.org is not sponsored by or connected to Sunday Software (Neil's ministry).

Email addresses collected for the email newsletter are not given to any other organization or individual. They are confidential.

Rotation.org is run by an elected group of volunteer directors who make decisions by consensus.
Rotation.org is supported by and exists for those who want to support it and keep it in existence.
Rotation.org Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.
Information posted at this website is the property of its authors, not Rotation.org.