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Who should pay for sunday school activities
My kids are in a church sunday school program and they are taking a field trip to a local bowling alley. I'm surprised because the church is making the parents pay. Is this normal?
Re: Who should pay for sunday school activities
I would be angry if I found out my church was paying money out of their budget to send Sunday School kids to a bowling alley - - that has nothing to do with religious education.
If you don't like the expense, then don't send your kids on the trip. If you can't afford the trip but would like the kids to go, speak to the office. I'm sure they will make arrangements for your children under some type of scholarship.
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Me too. Parent responsibility 100%
lol are you kidding me?
We are opposite at our church. If the church organized something, they pay for it. Example our awanas program feeds the kids every week. We do not expect parents to pay. We have trips planned for different sunday schools and the church pays for them.
To add our church is not a big church, but not tiny either. Our awanas program has over 100 kids.
Yes the parent's should pay for something like that. If a church paid for a field trip in that past they might not do that anymore.
I read an article saying that church giving is down about 40% for all churches across the country. So as you imagine a church has bigger things to worry about like keeping their lights on and paying their employees.
And maybe, just maybe, the new Pastor - having looked at the books, the membership and projected needs of his flock - has made some necessary changes?
Honestly, it is people who cannot grasp/handle change bother me the most. Life has too many variables to be able to stay the same OR keep up with the Jones (or in this case Trinity Baptist down the road).
Finally, please do not blame JUST the Pastor. A pastor cannot make uniltateral decisions for a church. There are always governing boards...so these decisions did not come lightly.
If I were you, I would go to your church and offer up your help/monies, you know to offset the costs of the NECESSARY church functions, vs kvetchig about not being able to get your bowling on.
yes.
OP: you sounded very entitled. Its a fun optional activity they are organizing...not something mandated. If you don't want to go, don't go.
And yes, its normal. Heck, I teach at a private school and we charge for extra fun things. School field trips that are required as part of the curriculum? No, those are included in tuition. But extra fun things? Yep. They are optional.
Yikes! Have you been bowling lately? It is definitely not a super cheap thing to do anymore!
To OP yeah, you should pay. I am also surprised that you are surprised as many PP's have said.
I'm in my 20s, and back in my day of jr high/high school youth group we usually paid for our own expenses on fun trips, but the youth leaders usually made it known that help would be available for those who wanted to come but may not have the money.
For more expensive overnight trips like CIY and other conventions and such, there were usually scholarships hosted by the church or individual members who wanted to help by hosting a kid.
If you feel like there is a need for youth program funding, talk to the youth program leaders about starting one up!