This training series was created out of an adult learning confernce held in Dallas, Texas. The three speakers, James Botkin, Tom Groome, and Dick Murray spoke from the perspectives of the world, the church at large, and the local congregation. This training series is designed to help adult educators understand the current challenges to adults who want to learn how to keep up with the changing world. It offers practical ways that local churches can work more effectively with adults. A leader's guide suggests how these resources can be used in training events to develop leadership skills for adult education in the church.

This is tape 5 of 5 in "Adult Learning" series. Dick Murray is Professor of Christian Education at Perkins School of Theology. He shows innovative learning ideas for the local church where there is commitment to meaningful adult education.

This is tape 1 of 5 in "Adult Learning" series. This first tape introduces the whole series. Balancing theory and practice, this resource challenges adults in any setting to take seriously the opportunities for life-long learning. James Botkin, Tom Groome, and Dick Murray, prominent adult educators, present their concepts, questions and challenges to a workshop on Adult Christian Education. They demonstrate the ways the church can work with adults.

Tape 2 of 4 - helps you uncover the characteristics of a successful preschool teacher - traits from loving children to being able to live with repetition.
Your room " environment" will more effectively help children learn. Do you have an Idea Library? This video will show you how to develop your own library.

Tape 4 of 4- uncovers what preschoolers are able to grasp spiritually. It shows what teachers can do to share Bible stories most effectively and how to share God's love to little ones can understand it.

This is tape 2 of 5 in "Adult Learning" series. James Botkin identifies major global trends and describes their impact on society: exploding change and complexity all around us have outstripped our learning skills, leaving us with a need for innovative ways of learning that will help us deal with our world.

Christian education specialist Dr. John Westerhoff explores the characteristics of a strong children's ministry program. This video shows programs in action in three major areas of children's ministry: Worship, Sunday School, and weekday ministry. It is designed to be used by staff, teaching team or children's committees as resource ideas for your own program.

This is tape 4 of 5 in "Adult Learning" series. Malcom Knowles, known as the 'father of adult education,' Professor of Adult Education at North Carolina State University. He demonstrates to a small group that self-directed, innovative learning must be at the heart of adult education, contrasting the ways in which adults learn with the educational methods used with young people.

Tape 3 of 4- looks at effective classroom management. You'll learn how to handle those typical preschool problems - such as conflicts, transitions, and attention spans - and classroom techniques.

This video course attempts to broaden our styles of prayer to include a variety of activities that engage children and encourage them to see prayer as fun as well as meaningful. The prayers demonstrated in this video are just a few examples of ways we can pray with our children. Each of the six ten min sessions focuses on a way of praying and a setting where prayer might be used with children.
Session 1: An Introduction to Children and Prayer;
Session 2: Prayers of Thanksgiving;
Session 3: Prayers for Self, Family and Others;
Session 4: Prayers for the World;
Session 5: Prayers for Concern and Crisis
Session 6: Creative Prayers with Children.