Comments on: Attendence Books http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/04/attendence-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attendence-books A humor site dedicated to Independent Fundamental Baptists, their standards, their beliefs, and their craziness. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Macushlalondra http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/04/attendence-books/comment-page-1/#comment-101199 Macushlalondra Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:04:17 +0000 http://www.stufffundieslike.com/?p=948#comment-101199 I hate hate hate opening assemblies. They do nothing but cut into your teaching time. You can have a helper take attendance but I always did it myself because there was more than the attendance. Since you were always having some kind of program at the end of which there would be a winner, you had to find out if they had memorized their verse for the week. Did they bring any visitors? Did they bring any offering? In one church they got points if they were dressed "correctly" (meaning in a skirt or dress). All of this eats away at your teaching time. Unlike the pastor who could go on and on and on and seemed to have no exact time to hit a landing strip, we teachers HAD to finish up at a certain time. :sad: I remember those award pins from when I was a kid but it was the Church of Christ, not the IFB. I had one and yeah the next year you got something to add to it, etc. My mother made me wear it every Sunday. :roll: I hate hate hate opening assemblies. They do nothing but cut into your teaching time. You can have a helper take attendance but I always did it myself because there was more than the attendance. Since you were always having some kind of program at the end of which there would be a winner, you had to find out if they had memorized their verse for the week. Did they bring any visitors? Did they bring any offering? In one church they got points if they were dressed “correctly” (meaning in a skirt or dress). All of this eats away at your teaching time. Unlike the pastor who could go on and on and on and seemed to have no exact time to hit a landing strip, we teachers HAD to finish up at a certain time. :sad:

I remember those award pins from when I was a kid but it was the Church of Christ, not the IFB. I had one and yeah the next year you got something to add to it, etc. My mother made me wear it every Sunday. :roll:

]]> By: grace2live http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/04/attendence-books/comment-page-1/#comment-32752 grace2live Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:21:55 +0000 http://www.stufffundieslike.com/?p=948#comment-32752 How about attendance for the adults? I taught in a church school where the deacons would stand at the door with a clipboard in hand, marking off the teachers as they came in to each service. I also visited a church one time that had clipboards at the end of each pew. The "regulars" were expected to write down their name on the clipboard as a way of logging their attendance for the week. How about attendance for the adults? I taught in a church school where the deacons would stand at the door with a clipboard in hand, marking off the teachers as they came in to each service. I also visited a church one time that had clipboards at the end of each pew. The “regulars” were expected to write down their name on the clipboard as a way of logging their attendance for the week.

]]> By: Jenni http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/04/attendence-books/comment-page-1/#comment-21890 Jenni Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:21:54 +0000 http://www.stufffundieslike.com/?p=948#comment-21890 Did anyone else attend a church that gave out awards for perfect attendance in Sunday School? I remember the first time I went to a church like that - this kid in my SS class was wearing his pin - it was a "first year" pin with little hooks on the bottom so you could add each successive year. His pin was on to year 13 or something, so they must have counted nursery for him, too. Did anyone else attend a church that gave out awards for perfect attendance in Sunday School? I remember the first time I went to a church like that – this kid in my SS class was wearing his pin – it was a “first year” pin with little hooks on the bottom so you could add each successive year. His pin was on to year 13 or something, so they must have counted nursery for him, too.

]]> By: Kate http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/04/attendence-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Kate Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:00:40 +0000 http://www.stufffundieslike.com/?p=948#comment-3265 Same here, Nathan. As a school teacher...regular school with tests and homework and grades... it's a no-brainer. But when I get my little 45 minute SS class, I want every minute to teach the little critters and do a good job of it. 45 minutes, that is, unless there is the Sunday School Closing where all are herded into the auditorium for another song and another lesson...as if what was on the docket for the day wasn't good enough. That leaves me 30 minutes for my class...arrgh! Then, the guilt trip--you note a consistent no-show and woe be to the teacher who does not go visit. I guess the attendance books give the bean counters something to do in service for the Lord. Same here, Nathan. As a school teacher…regular school with tests and homework and grades… it’s a no-brainer. But when I get my little 45 minute SS class, I want every minute to teach the little critters and do a good job of it. 45 minutes, that is, unless there is the Sunday School Closing where all are herded into the auditorium for another song and another lesson…as if what was on the docket for the day wasn’t good enough. That leaves me 30 minutes for my class…arrgh! Then, the guilt trip–you note a consistent no-show and woe be to the teacher who does not go visit. I guess the attendance books give the bean counters something to do in service for the Lord.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2009/04/attendence-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Nathan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:12:56 +0000 http://www.stufffundieslike.com/?p=948#comment-1939 I've NEVER understood the point of these things...even to this day. I’ve NEVER understood the point of these things…even to this day.

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