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Sunday school volunteer schedule

Sunday school runs out of adults in the room, not out of curriculum. A semester grid shows which Sundays are actually covered.

Why the group text fails

A group text on Saturday night is how subs get found. It works until the one reliable person is out of town, and then it is a scramble before the first service.

What the sheet should do

• Lead and helper are different slots, so a classroom doesn’t end up with four helpers and no one in charge.
• Subs can sit on a monthly backup slot.
• Reminders arrive before the weekend, when people can still arrange childcare for their own morning.

Tips from running this kind of sheet

1. Follow your church’s child-safety policy in the description: who must be background-checked, and the two-adult rule.
2. Don’t list children’s names on the sheet.
3. One sheet per age group is easier than one sheet for the whole children’s ministry.
4. Generate every Sunday in the semester, then remove holiday weekends.

Starter slots

Two unrelated adults in the room. Please arrive 15 minutes early. If you are on the backup list, we’ll email you only if a lead cancels. The button below copies these into a new sheet you can edit before anyone sees it.

• Lead teacher

  Story and the main activity

  1 person

• Helper

  Check-in and the small-group table

  1 person

• Backup sub this month

  We’ll email you if someone cancels

  3 people

• Snack for the classroom

  Nut-free, prepackaged

  1 person

Questions