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

In additional to all of this helpful teaching material to go along with The Discover Triad, here are some other helpful LifeWay Sunday School links:

• 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

This list could go on and on. I want to include one more 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!