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Rotation.org's Newsletter
January 2016
www.rotation.org
Recent Lesson and Resource Posts
- Jesus in the Temple as a boy. Game and Art lesson plans from Kristin Engel.
- Gideon's Trumpet project, Gideon video outline and study questions
- Paper Bag Pageant plan and script (Christmas) from Jaymie Derden
- New younger children's video about Temptations/Jesus in the Wilderness
- Blind Bartimaeus lesson ideas that use the five senses
- Prodigal Son game
- Garden of Gethsemane (CreativeCarol has been working in here, adding/improving)
- Misc Lent, Ash Wednesday Ideas --read others, add yours!
New from the Writing Team!
Palm Sunday ~ Jesus is the One!
This all-new Palm Sunday set has 8 different workshops, including:
♦ Hearts of Palm (Cooking)
♦ Stones will Shout (Story with art)
♦ "Psalm" Sunday (Drama using Ps 118)
♦ Palm paper-making (Art)
♦ Jesus cries for real peace (Computer)
Also recently revised: Jesus Calls the Disciples (and you!)
Writing Team Improvement Schedule:
♥ Pentecost (by February 15)
♥ Paul and the Bright Light (March 15)
In addition to our thousands of publicly available ideas and lessons, all 34 of our special "Writing Team" lesson sets are being revised and improved. "WT" Bible Backgrounds and Lesson Summaries are viewable by all. The WT lessons themselves are only open to our Supporting Members.
Look for the "Improved & Updated" logo in the Writing Team Lesson Menu
Ever made your own olive oil by crushing olives?
Lesson writers Carol and Neil are working on a lesson for the Garden of Gethsemane and need your help. "Gethsemane" means, "Place of the Olive Press."
Website Update
The recent roll-out of our all new code-base has gone well. Our software provider and webmasters continue to make tweaks and improvements. If you got a new TABLET computer for Christmas, the code improvements are especially helpful.
Learn "why" we overhauled our site code, and how new features work.
Report bad links on our Feedback page.
We hope Rotation.org is a blessing to your teaching ministry. If you have not already taken the leap, we ask that you consider becoming a supporting member. $30 a year gets you access to the all the Writing Team lesson sets, in addition to all the public forums. Supporting Members also get to use the handy "search" feature, and create their own favorites list using the Bookmark feature.
Founded in 1997, Rotation.org is an independent, ecumenical, 501(c)3 non-profit ministry supporting Sunday School. Originally created to support those of us using the Rotation Model for Sunday School, we are a resource to all sizes and types of Sunday School around the world.
