Over the few days, I will be completing the writing of a book about Sunday School. During that time, I will be sharing favorite blog posts--those which have received the most hits (pageviews). We are counting down the top ten. Here is the number two favorite! Enjoy!

I could spend days and lots of blog posts highlighting great materials you can purchase and conferences you can attend. But we live in a great day of technology. So much information is available to us for free. Some of it is very helpful and comes with a variety of tools for utilizing it.

Such is the case with The Discover Triad: Three Facets of a Dynamic Sunday School Class, by David Francis, Sunday School Director for LifeWay Christian Resources. On page 5, David says, "There are three important and interrelated aspects of Sunday School work that contribute to a consistently excellent Bible study experience: Scripture, stories, and shepherding." That is the triad of the resource. There are lots of great training materials that go along with this resource:

• Free download of the book: The Discover Triad: Three Facets of a Dynamic Sunday School Class
• Purchase a copy of the book ($1.00): The Discover Triad: Three Facets of a Dynamic Sunday School Class
• Free download of the book in Spanish: La Triada Descubre: Las Tres Facetas de Una Clase Dinamica de la Escuela Dominical
• Free view of the Webcourse: Discover Triad Webcourse
• Pastor/Sunday School Leader Training Materials: General Leaders Teaching Plan (PDF); All-in-One Handouts (PDF); and General Leaders and Smaller Church Presentation (PPT)
• Adult Teacher/Worker Training Materials: Adult Teaching Plan (PDF); Adult Presentation (PPT); PDF Handouts: 1 - Discover Someone, 2 - Purpose of Discovery, 3 - Preparing for Discovery, 4 - Priorities of Discovery, 5 - ReDiscover Stories, and 6 - Job Descriptions; PDF Reading Assignments: 1 - Shepherds Know Their Flock, 2 - The Shepherd's Staff, and 3 - Shepherd's Secret Weapon
• Student (Youth) Teacher/Worker Training Materials: Students' Teaching Plan (PDF); Students' Presentation (PPT); PDF Handouts: 1 - Triad - A Unit of Three, 2 - Three Circles, 3 - Student Ministry, 4 - Approach to Learning Assessment, and 5 - Approach to Learning Assessment - Key for Instructors
• Children's (Grades 1-6) Teacher/Worker Training Materials: Children's Teaching Plan (PDF); Children's Presentation (PPT); PDF Handouts: 1 - Reading Music, 2 - Harmonious Sunday School, 3 - Three-Part Harmony, and 4 - Raising the Bar
• Preschool (birth-Kindergarten) Teacher/Worker Training Materials: Preschool Teaching Plan (PDF); Preschool Presentation (PPT); PDF Handouts: 1 - Discover, 2 - Discover the Bible, 3 - I Love to Tell the Story, and 4 - Discover Your Story

• Sunday School
• Free Training Resources for I-6 Invite: A Six-Lane Strategy Toward an Inviting Sunday School
• Free Training Resources for The 3D Sunday School: A Three Dimensional Strategy to Help Members and Leaders Fulfill the Great Commission
• Free Training Resources for The Five Step Formula for Sunday School Growth
• Free Training Resources for Connect3: The Power of One Sunday School Class

This list could go on and on. I want to include one mo re resource that those using LifeWay's literature, Bible Studies for Life, may find helpful. It is a set of support materials developed by Dr. Steve Armstrong who is a professor at LaTourneau University and a senior adult teacher at Mobberly Baptist Church in Longview, Texas.

Need to provide teacher training? Don't have much money? Now you don't have an excuse. You can train your teachers with these high-quality, free materials for months and years to come. Start planning now. Raise your expectations. Increase your training. Release workers into the harvest. Be revolutionary!

For more ideas about training, check out these blog posts:

• Creative Ways to Train Sunday School Teachers
• How Often Do You Train Your Sunday School Workers?
• Can You List the Values of Sunday School Teacher/Worker Training?
• Training Sunday School Teachers for Change
• Responding to Sunday School Teachers Who Don’t Want to Train
• Training Leaders through Adult Sunday School Classes
• Churches Cooperating to Make Sunday School Stronger
• Calendaring Sunday School Growth
• Nine Key Healthy Sunday School Issues, Part 2
• Could R.O.P.E.S. Improve Sunday School?
• Plan an Exciting Launch to the New Sunday School Year
• Top Priorities of a New Sunday School Director
• 5 Goals for Sunday School Growth This Year
• Plan for Your Sunday School to Grow This Year, Part 2
• Where Can a New Sunday School Director Turn for Help?