Photos: Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Session

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Photos: Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Session

Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, his church in Plains, Ga. on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. Photos from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

President Jimmy Carter talks to the overflow crowd at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 before teaching Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

President Jimmy Carter talks to the overflow crowd at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 before teaching Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Rosalynn and President Jimmy Carter pose for photos with all of the visitors who attended the Sunday school he taught Sunday morning August 23, 2015 in Plains. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the old Plains High School, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Carter taught and posed for photos at both locations. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Rosalynn and President Jimmy Carter pose for photos with all of the visitors who attended the Sunday school he taught Sunday morning August 23, 2015 in Plains. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the old Plains High School, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Carter taught and posed for photos at both locations. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Rosalynn and President Jimmy Carter pose for photos with all of the visitors who attended the Sunday school he taught Sunday morning August 23, 2015 in Plains. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the old Plains High School, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Carter taught and posed for photos at both locations. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Visitors use their cell phones to photograph President Jimmy Carter as he talks to the overflow crowd at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 before teaching Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

President Jimmy Carter teaches a second session of Sunday school in the full auditorium of the old Plains High School on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the school, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

President Jimmy Carter teaches a second session of Sunday school in the full auditorium of the old Plains High School on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the school, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

APresident Jimmy Carter teaches a second session of Sunday school in the full auditorium of the old Plains High School on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the school, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

President Jimmy Carter teaches a second session of Sunday school in the full auditorium of the old Plains High School on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the school, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

President Jimmy Carter teaches a second session of Sunday school in the full auditorium of the old Plains High School on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. So many people showed up to hear him teach that Maranatha Baptist Church was filled to capacity and the overflow crowd was sent to the school, which functions as the museum and headquarters for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Hundreds of people line up outside of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 hours before President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Carol McCullough, of Avondale Estates, uses a Jimmy Carter fan to keep the gnats away while waiting in line outside of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 hours before President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Jan Williams, right, gives instructions as she walks down the line of people waiting outside of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 hours before President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Williams helps organize Sunday school on days the President teaches. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Hundreds of people line up outside of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 hours before President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

ATerri Gullatt, of Phenix City, Alabama, takes a photo while waiting in line outside of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 hours before President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

The sun shines through the clouds behind the steeple of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 hours before President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Jill Stuckey, right, keeps the mood light while informing Tyler Knierin, of Terre Haute, Indiana, from left, Laurie Murrah-Hanson and Peggy Murrah that the sanctuary was full and they wouldn't be able to sit in the sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 forPresident Jimmy Carter's Sunday school. Some seats opened up later and the three did end up in the sanctuary. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Mark Thomas, of Nashville, poses for a photo taken by Gwen Green of Albany as the two waited in line outside of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 where President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

A person keeps a church bulletin tucked in his arm following service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Other than a few empty seats for President Carter, Rosalynn and their family, the sanctuary of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains is totally full on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 where President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

A person takes photos of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 while waiting for President Jimmy Carter to teach Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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President Jimmy Carter talks to the overflow crowd at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday morning August 23, 2015 before teaching Sunday school. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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