Solomon Islands District - Gudfala Laef fo Evri Gele & Evri Boe Training

World Vision & The Salvation Army Partnership

The Salvation Army Solomon Islands District partnered with World Vision Solomon Islands at the beginning of February this year to take part in the ‘Gudfala Laef Blong Evri Gele an Evri Boe’ (Good Life for Every Girl & Boy) Sunday School Curriculum Training.  The training was attended by 20 members of The Salvation Army from our Honiara Church and Gateway Church in North Malaita. After completing this training, the District embarked on an Easter Campaign that sent four mission groups into the provinces to train members of our village churches in this new Sunday School curriculum. The groups travelled to Munda Church in Western Province (attended by members from Barakoma, Vella Lavella and Bonosi, Vonavona Lagoon), Gateway Church at Kwai in North Malaita (attended by members from Kafomauri), Rauai Church in West Kwara’ae, Moscom Church in East Are’are and Fouele Church in Small Malaita. 

The rollout of the Gudfala Laef training by our mission teams gave the participants in the workshop with World Vision an opportunity to put into practice their newly acquired knowledge in a real-life ministry context, gaining confidence and demonstrating how easy it is to conduct an engaging Sunday School lesson.  During the Easter Campaign, they equipped 13 leaders in Western Province, 17 leaders in North Malaita, 7 leaders in West Kwara’ae, 24 leaders in East Are’are and 54 leaders and children in South Malaita (which included members from the Anglican Church and Church of the Living Word).

With the Gudfala Laef now rolled out to eight Salvation Army churches in the provinces and at Honiara Corps, this curriculum will now be used for their Sunday School lessons for the rest of this year.  Our District plan is to continue encouraging and resourcing our churches in their effective use of the Sunday School material to achieve the goal of helping teachers in the Solomon Islands deliver lessons on gender equality and positive gender relationships.  In October, we will be offering a refresher course for those that have been trained and to train any new members. We are also looking at developing additional lessons to extend the impact of the current curriculum, which we will share with World Vision for use in other church denominations.