SABBATH SCHOOL ACTION UNITS A Plan Introduced To The

sabbath school action units. a plan introduced to the sabbath school in 1990. the goal of the action units is total involvement of the sabbat

SABBATH SCHOOL ACTION UNITS. A plan introduced to the Sabbath school
in 1990. The goal of the Action Units is total involvement of the
Sabbath school membership in the outreach program of the church as
well as increased fellowship and spiritual nurture.
There are 10 key elements that make up a Sabbath School Action Unit:
(1) class of six to eight; (2) care coordinator; (3) outreach plans;
(4) one-hour class time; (5) weekly caring for missing members during
first five minutes; (6) 20 minutes led by care coordinator to promote
class outreach plans and goals; (7) 35-minute lesson discussion and
application led by discussion group leader; (8) leader consultations;
(9) monthly corporate sharing; (10) monthly home fellowship and
evaluation.
The three officers of the Action Unit are discussion group leader,
care coordinator, and class secretary. Action Unit officers are
elected by the Sabbath School Council.
Action Units were piloted by Calvin Smith first in Michigan and then
other conferences in North America before they were successfully
implemented on a worldwide basis. The results have included marked
increase in warm, caring fellowship, daily lesson study, attendance,
missing members returning, all types of outreach, Bible studies, and
baptisms. A quarterly journal, Action, provides brief weekly Sabbath
school program suggestions and mission stories as well as ideas on
tithe and offerings, outreach, and fellowship. Its emphasis is the
implementation of Sabbath School Action Units. It replaced the Sabbath
School Worker (1885B1985) and Church Ministries Worker (1986B1990).
The editor in 1992 was Calvin Smith.i
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