After decades of faithful Sunday School service, two Nazarene Church members insist the institution has not lost its purpose, according to NCN News.

"If Sunday School has died, it's because the motivation of those presenting it in the local church has died," said Ben Webb of California's Porterville Church of the Nazarene. Webb was honored recently for 63 years of perfect Sunday School attendance.

"Sunday School is as important as ever," Webb said. "Sunday School helps to stabilize the Word and creates caring groups. In my recent illness, when the class came to my home for Sunday School, they showed they cared. That's the whole point."

As his 63-year milestone approached, Webb was homebound following surgery. "I would have taken an ambulance to church had that been the only way to get there," Webb said.

But the church came to him as members of his Sunday School class decided to help him preserve his record. They piled into their cars and convened Sunday School in Webb's living room.

Jan Hagan-Stanley of the Audubon Church of the Nazarene in Owensboro, Ky., also believes in the value of a vital Sunday School program for people of all ages. She recently spoke to parents of small children. "Get up and get to Sunday School," she told them. "There is nothing you can do for your children that will have a greater impact on them than teaching them the Word of God."

Audubon Church honored Hagan-Stanley last month for 65 years of perfect Sunday School attendance. "Sunday School is the foundation of the church," Stanley said. "It is a grounding mechanism that helps you know what you believe and why you believe it."

Stanley's class also mobilized to maintain her record after the birth of her sons, now grown. "Back then they made you stay in the hospital for at least two days, so I would have had to miss Sunday School," Stanley explained. "But my Sunday School class knew about my perfect attendance record and how I felt about Sunday School, so they decided to hold class right in my hospital room!"