How to tell a story effectively so you can be understood by your class.

1. Are you a
Sunday School
Teacher?

2. Is storytelling
stopping you
from being a
Sunday School
Teacher?

3. Then, read on…
By the end of the
show,

4. you will have
the confidence to
teach
Sunday School.

5. Presenting….
5 Simple Guidelines for
Effective Storytelling

6. How to tell a story
effectively so you can
be understood by your
class.

7. #1
Prepare and
practice
your story.

8. #1 Practice and prepare your story.
a. Identify the purpose
If you are clear about the
purpose of the story, you
will less likely wander off
the story.

9. #1 Practice and prepare your story.
b. Outline the story.
Identify major events that
occurred in the story.

10. #1 Practice and prepare your story.
c. Review the story.
Review the story so that
each point in the outline
will remind you of the
events.

11. #1 Practice and prepare your story.
d. Practice
Practice telling the story
to someone or to the
mirror. Use words that the
children can easily
understand.

12. #2
Capture
interest
at the start.

13. A good beginning
is important.
#2 Capture interest at the start.

14. It is easier to capture the
interest of an audience at
the beginning
than to recapture it after
their attention has wandered
off.
#2 Capture interest at the start.

15. Have you used this question to
begin your story?
#2 Capture interest at the start.
What was our story last
week?

16. The surest way to kill the
interest of your audience is to
ask this question!
#2 Capture interest at the start.
What was our story last
week?

17. If this week’s story is connected
to last week’s story, you can
shake your children’s memories
as you go along the story.
#2 Capture interest at the start.

18. Begin your story with a
question that the children
know about.
#2 Capture interest at the start.

19. Example:
Who loves to eat
vegetables?
You can ask this question if
your story is about Daniel.
#2 Capture interest at the start.

20. #3
Have a clear
objective .

21. You must make the point
of your story clear to the
children.
#3 Have a clear objective.

22. No matter how lively you
tell a Bible story, it will
have little impact unless
the point of the story is
clear to you and the
children.
#3 Have a clear objective.

23. Keep your story brief.
#3 Have a clear objective.

24. #4
Teach from the
Bible.

25. Always hold a Bible
when teaching, and not
your outline or the
teaching material.
#4 Teach from the Bible.

26. When teaching, children
need to see you as
teaching God’s word.
#4 Teach from the Bible.

27. #5
Pray.

28. Pray before and after
the class.
#5 Pray.

29. Hope this presentation helps you in your
Sunday Schoolteaching.
Feel free to leave a commentif you have
other suggestions or questions.

30. More presentations to come.
Topics willbe:
1. How to Plan your Story Sequence
2. How to Make YourStory Come Alive
3. How to HelpKidsLook upthe Bible
4. More Tips on How to Capture Interest at the
Start