Inner City Education Help Announced
Diocesan Press Service. April 1, 1966 [42-6]
Executive Council's Department of Christian Education is preparing a Handbook on Christian Education in the Inner City for fall publication.
The handbook is designed for clergy and lay people who are engaged in Christian education in the inner city and in other depressed areas where money and resources are limited. It will also be useful to regional and national staffs who back up and help inner city church leaders. The point of view as well as methods and activities have come out of the shared experience of inner city workers.
One purpose of the handbook is to free clergy and concerned laymen from traditional standards of success while encouraging them to work with creativity and imagination in their own situations. Specific help is offered for planning educational programs with children, young people and adults, including Spanish speaking people. Recruiting and training of leaders and teachers is touched on. Many methods and resources suitable for inner city use are described. Most of these will be equally useful in suburban and rural churches.