English 
Chinese 
Dutch 
Arabic 
Spanish 
Portuguese 
Russian 
French 
Italian 
German 
Japanese 
Continue reading with a subscription
Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.
Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.
Summary
- Opening prayers for children’s classes include a repeat-after-me prayer and prayers for a restless class and a new child.
- Adult-class prayers cover a Bible lesson, prayer requests and honest discussion, with Psalm 119:18 and Psalm 19:14 as one-line openings.
- Traditional prayers before a lesson come from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (the Second Sunday in Advent collect and “For Religious Education”) and the 1888 Catholic Manual of Prayers (“A Prayer before Study or Instructions”).
- Prayers and prayer points cover Sunday school teachers and the ministry as a whole; James 3:1 warns that teachers carry greater responsibility.
- Closing prayers include the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24–26, with short prayers for a Christian school assembly and the first day of Vacation Bible School.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Numbers 6:24–26; Psalm 19:14; 119:18; Matthew 6:9–13; Mark 10:14; Luke 11:2–4; 24:45; Galatians 6:9; 2 Timothy 3:15; James 3:1). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Second Sunday in Advent, The Collect, p. 92; Prayers, “For Religious Education,” p. 42. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. Occasional Prayers, “A Prayer before Study or Instructions,” pp. 171–172. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
