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When you have chosen a time for training, then you are ready to start. The best time in my opinion for training is the Wednesday evening teachers/workers training meeting.

 Priorities will have to be established by the pastor and church leadership. Is the music, the pastor's message or the growth of the church the most important thing the church does? What is the Priority?

 G. B. Vick pastored Detroit Baptist Temple. At one time it was the second largest church in America. Dr. Vick understood the importance of everything revolving around Sunday School; so he, like most of the growing churches today, gave most of the Wednesday night service to the training of the hundreds of workers in that great church.

  Keep in mind, the number one cause for failure is found in this statement:

"When a man's desire is to stay the way he is, he will never be what he can be." Once again, establish the priority. If change is not possible in your church, then you may have wasted your money buying the material. Ron Schaffer states the need very well:

 1. You must set up a systematic system of teacher training in your church. If you do not do this, you set yourself up for discouragement, confusion, burnout, etc.

 2. Have a Friday night and Saturday training program and bring in a good Sunday School person to do the training. Do this annually or even semi-annually. Bringing in an outsider is very effective as he will deal with the total program without fear of offending. There is also the effect of him being better received because he is portrayed as a Sunday School expert.

3. Have a worker's retreat at a nearby camp.

 4. Attend Sunday School conferences. It is worth a four-hour drive and a $100.00 fee, if you get excited about your Sunday School and its potential.

 5. Trained workers get excited about their jobs. They find joy in teaching. They accomplish more.