Regarding adding an "Outreach" or "At-Home" Workshop

Regarding Neil's suggestion about adding an at-home online "Outreach Workshop" that doesn't take place in a classroom --I think it is an excellent idea.

Front porch meals, Zoom classes, letters mailed to children, and many more creative lesson enhancers and extenders in the home will strengthen a church's discipleship program. We learned a lot of things during the pandemic, including how to creatively reach out.

Taking a Day to Visit Those Not Showing Up

I did not hear all of this On Point broadcast about rethinking education this morning,  but I imagine some of the discussion there can be applied to Christian education.  However, I did hear this very touching segment from a middle school teacher who talked about how he took a day and made home visits to students who were not "showing up" (or arriving late) for online school. That personal connection makes a difference. His presence showed his students that he cared about them, not just about their schoolwork.

Here it is:

Our churches need to be having conversations about how best to build relationships with the children in our congregation as well as how to disciple children -- and help parents with their job of discipling their children by providing at-home resources. We need to show those children that we love them and care enough to be present for them.

More Suggestions:

There are some good "outreach and online" ideas in this in this conversation here at rotation.org. It includes this post from Neil with a specific example of what one church did to visit kids during the pandemic. Pandemic or no pandemic, the ideas work!

Also, read Rotation.org's "Connecting and Caring Beyond the Classroom"
This one-page PDF shares 13 ideas for teachers and leader about reaching out to students beyond the classroom.