New Sunday School Ideas

We did the Operation Christmas Child all church activity today. It was a little chaotic and I missed the beginning of church because I was setting up, but 45 minutes into the program all the kids were seated and still working on their respective projects. I figured this alone made the program a success. Afterward, the superintendent of the Sunday School, myself, and a mutual friend were talking. We started by talking about the fact that Bible Quest has ceased publication and now the Board of Christian Education has to find a new curriculum, but we digressed to a discussion of the number of students. We didn’t have 60 students in the program today. This is down from registration in previous years of up over 100 – not a good sign. Our conversation developed into a conversation about how important is was to keep a strong Sunday School. It is easy to say that our numbers are down, the economy is tight, perhaps we should scrimp, but I think that if we scrimp we will loose the battle. Loose the children: Loose the parents.

So, does anyone have any good Sunday School Curriculum that they can recommend (we are a Congregationalist / Methodist church)? Or any innovation Sunday School ideas that we might incorporate to spice up the Sunday School?