Training is important in Spirit Play to insure that
your program begins and continues using the most of its
resources and volunteers.  Volunteers value their training as
a sign that the church supports them in teaching.  With your
training, each participant receives a CD with over 250
stories, lessons, and materials to use in your program.  
These materials are not available for sale.  They also
experience a model classroom, practice with using stories,
and the wealth of knowledge brought by the trainer.  The
training is for a full day, 9 am to 5 pm.  Shorter workshops
are available for tuning up your program.


Recommendations for Training
We recommend that you send at least two people from your church to a
training along with the DRE so that they can support each other in
training others when they return.  

If you begin a Spirit Play program, please register it by sending an
email to nitapenfold@aol.com with church name and number of
classes with ages of children.  Please update your information if you
change DRE’s or contact people, or if you add classes.

If you have an ongoing Spirit Play program, we recommend that
you have additional people trained every two or three years to cover
the turnover in teachers and to guarantee the quality of your Spirit Play
program.  Many programs have experienced difficulties with Spirit Play
when their original teachers who are trained leave, and only people
who were trained secondarily remain.  It’s good to get a refresher
training to keep the program alive with possibilities.  
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