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How My Church Revived Our Sunday School

October 8, 2026 · 1 min read

Sunday school was nearly empty. Our teachers prepared lessons every week and announced them in the church newsletter. Yet three years after the pandemic, adult attendance averaged about 15 in a church with over 300 members. And sometimes, there were no children. “Zero kids?” I asked the children’s minister. “How often does that happen?” She Read more...

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Павел Соколов

In Munich, after Covid, it was also empty on Sundays, especially with children. They began to simply invite parents and their children to a general tea after the liturgy, without any announcements in the mailing list, and gradually the people returned. I wonder what exactly did your church do to make children appear again?

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