Spring 2008

2's & 3's and 4's & 5's      l       Children's Chapel

Grades 1 and 2       l       Grades 3 and 4       l       Grades 5 and 6

Young Teens - Grades 7, 8, 9      l       High School       l       Adults


Bible Basics Series -- Age 2 through grade 6 children

 

For ages 2 and 3, and 4 and 5

We Learn To Make Friends

    Kindness is a character trait everyone needs to develop. The Bible lessons focus on learning how to treat others with kindness.
    Children live in a world where unkind acts of people cause heartaches and turmoil. Many people have not learned the gentle art of kindness. You can help change our world by teaching this character trait.
    Children learn kindness by example, by explanation and by experience. They need to live in an environment where kindness is a natural way of life. Manage your classroom with kindness. Let children see your kind facial expressions and hear your kind voice. Teachers of young children need patience in working with them. Allow yourself to be Spirit controlled so children can follow your example of kindness.
    Each week you will build on the theme of showing kindness. Going over Bible truths repetitively helps children learn through repetition.
    Watch for times when children exper­ience kindness from others or practice kindness to others. Have a “Caught Being Kind” club. Praise anyone whom you see doing a kind deed.
    Practice random senseless acts of kindness throughout your day. Helping another make someone happy makes one feel stronger, more important and worthwhile. What a child does with satisfying results, he will repeat. Let him know you appreciate his kindness.
      To forgive is treating someone as though he never hurt me. Most children forgive quickly and do not carry grudges. They forget an injustice more readily than many adults. Friends work out differences and soon play again as if nothing happened.
    Forgiveness is a higher plane of living than striking back at the person who inflicts a hurt. Perhaps the wrongs have no lasting effect on young children because their sense of personal identity is in the developmental stage. Carrying a grudge brings inner conflicts that result in physical ailments. On the other hand, forgiving a wrong frees one to enjoy the present without the clutter of leftover scars.
    Help learners realize times when they need to forgive another. Emphasize the need to ask forgiveness when they wrong another in the classroom. Let them practice verbalizing a response after getting an apology. Learning these lessons will help children grow in God’s way.
    The Bible stories show Bible people who forgave others and serve as examples for today. Lead children to experience the Bible stories through sensory details that help them remember more vividly. Active learning produces better results than passive listening. Involve every child through ideas suggested in each lesson. The reward of seeing learners forgive one another makes investing time to help them learn how to forgive worth all the effort.
    Teaching a child to share involves a good deal more than insisting that he let others use the crayons or that he take turns with a favorite puzzle. Making the child do those things may cause resentment or bitterness. Instead, help him see the advantages of sharing willingly. He will enjoy more satisfaction in the end if he chooses to have fun with others by sharing.
    A very young child can learn that sharing a puzzle with another child gives happiness to the second child, and it pleases Jesus and you. Sharing gives a good feeling in his spirit because he knows he did the right thing.
    Little boys and girls have a natural tendency toward being self-centered. Sunday School may be their first experience of interaction with other children. You have an excellent opportunity each Sunday to teach positive character traits of sharing, kindness, generosity and love. Teach these values patiently and consistently during every session. Exhibit them in daily life so your teaching is genuine.
    Love for one another should mean more than memory words after these lessons. The learners will have a better understanding of the feelings and needs of others and how to help them. By the end of the quarter, they may share with delight rather than having selfish attitudes.

 

PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN STUDIES

• The Kind Stranger
 Luke 10:25-37

• The Hiding Place
 Joshua 2; 6:22-25

• Dorcas Helps Others
Acts 9:36-43

• David Returns Kindness
 2 Samuel 9:1-13

• The Twin Brothers
Genesis 32:1—33:17

• Stephen Forgives His Enemies
 Acts 7:51-60

• Jesus Forgives Those Who Crucified Him
 Luke 23:13-56

• A Father Forgives His Son
Luke 15:11-32

• Friends Are for Sharing
1 Samuel 18:1-4

• Sharing Does Not Empty the Barrel
 1 Kings 17:8-16

• Sharing Makes Happiness
2 Kings 4:8-17

• Sharing Life
 2 Kings 4:18-37

• Sharing with Jesus
 Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; John 6:1-14

 Available materials

Bible Stories for 2's & 3's . . .  $2.35
Teacher's Guide for 2's & 3's and 4's & 5's . . .  $3.35
Make & Take for 2's & 3's . . .  $2.35
Visual Aids for 2's & 3's . . .  $6.50

Bible Stories for 4's & 5's . . .  $2.35
Teacher's Guide for 2's & 3's and 4's & 5's . . .  $3.35
Make & Take for 4's & 5's . . .  $2.35
Visual Aids for 4's & 5's . . .  $6.50

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Spanish Version
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DEVELOPING WHOLESOME SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS

     Kindness expresses a sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tenderhearted and generous nature. Experiencing kindness from others makes clear how pleasant a thing kindness is. Being kind, however, is more important than receiving kindness. To help another with a need, to make him happy, makes one feel stronger, more important and worthwhile.
      Some children have a natural temperament for kind words and actions. Their tenderness shows in relationships with others even in how they treat some little animal. Most boys and girls, though, must receive guidance and training to become a kind and gentle person. Like many other positive character qualities, kindness is more caught than taught.
     Inequities are a fact of life. Wrongs against children become more prevalent on a daily basis. Fairness is not something to expect from the world.
    Forgiveness is essential for an abundant life in Christ. A Christian who re­fuses to forgive wrongs reinforces barriers that hinder a right relationship with Jesus. To develop wholesome spiritual relationships, one must release jealous attitudes toward others who have it better in life. The earlier children learn that important truth the quicker they can go on to spiritual maturity.

 

Beginner
for school grades 1 and 2

Primary
for school grades 3 and 4

Junior
for school grades 5 and 6

 

    

• The Kind Stranger 
Luke 10:25-37

• Kindness Repaid
Joshua 2; 6:22-25

• Dorcas Showed Kindness
 Acts 9:36-42

• David Returns Kindness
 2 Samuel 9:1-13

• Brothers Will Be Brothers
Genesis 32:1—33:4

• Stephen Forgives His Enemies
Acts 7:51-60

• Jesus Forgives Those Who Crucify Him
 Luke 23:13-56

• David Forgives His Son
2 Samuel 14:32—18:33

• Jonathan Shares
 1 Samuel 18:1-4

• Sharing Fills the Barrel
 1 Kings 17:8-16

• God Provides When We Share
2 Kings 4:1-7

• Greediness Is Not Generosity
 2 Kings 5:20-27

• Sharing Is a Blessing
 Matthew 14:13-21

 

• The Apple of God’s Eye
Psalms 17:7-9; 36:7; 63:3; 117:2; 119:76

• David Plays for Saul
1 Samuel 16:14-23

• Jonathan Warns David
1 Samuel 20:4-42

• David Returns Kindness
2 Samuel 9:1-13

• Laborers in the Vineyard
 Matthew 20:1-16

• Stephen Forgives His Enemies
 Acts 7:51-60

• Jesus Forgives Those Who Crucify Him
Luke 23:13-56

• Abigail Shares
1 Samuel 25:2-39

• Elisha Gives His Service
1 Kings 19:19-21; 2 Kings 2:1-11

• God Is a Generous God
2 Kings 4:1-7

• Generosity in Service
 Matthew 18:1-10; Mark 9:33-37

• Sharing Is a Blessing
Matthew 14:13-21

• A Borrowed Tomb
Matthew 27:57-61

• The Apple of God’s Eye
Psalms 17:7-9; 36:7-10; 63:1-9; 117:2; 119:76

• David Plays for Saul
1 Samuel 16:14-23

• Jonathan’s Warning
1 Samuel 20:4-42

• David Returns Kindness to Jonathan
2 Samuel 9:1-13

• Laborers in the Vineyard
Matthew 20:1-16

• Stephen Forgives His Enemies
Acts 7:51-60

• Jesus Forgives Those Who Crucify Him
Luke 23:13-56

• A Forgiven Man Responds
Matthew 27:57-61; John 19:38-42

• Abigail Shares
1 Samuel 25:2-39

• Elisha Gives His Services
1 Kings 19:16, 19-21

• God Is a Generous God
2 Kings 4:1-7

• Generously Give, Generously Receive
 Luke 6:31-38

• Sharing Is a Blessing
Matthew 14:13-21

 

Available materials

Beginner Pupil
  (Learner's Manual)  . . .  $2.35
Beginner Teacher's
  Guide . . .  $3.35
Beginner Make & Take . . .  $2.35
Beginner Visual Aids . . .  $6.50

All the books (except Spanish) for Preschool, Kindergarten, Beginner, Primary & Junior on CD (for Windows or Mac) . . . $27.60

Spanish Version 
    Principiantes: manual del alumno. . . $2.35   
    Principiantes: manual del maestro. . . $3.35   

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Available materials

Primary Pupil
  (Learner's Manual) . . .  $2.35
Primary Teacher's
  Guide . . .  $3.35
Primary Make & Take . . .  $2.35
Primary Visual Aids . . .  $6.15

All the books (except Spanish) for Preschool, Kindergarten, Beginner, Primary & Junior on CD (for Windows or Mac) . . . $27.60

Spanish Version 
    Primarios: manual del alumno. . . $2.35   
    Primarios: manual del maestro. . . $3.35   

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Available materials

Junior Pupil
  (Learner's Manual) . . .  $2.35
Junior Teacher's Guide . . .  $3.35
Junior Visual Aids . . .  $6.50

All the books (except Spanish) for Preschool, Kindergarten, Beginner, Primary & Junior on CD (for Windows or Mac) . . . $27.60

Spanish Version  
    Intermedios: manual del alumno. . . $2.35   
    Intermedios: manual del maestro . . . $3.35 


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Young Teen Sunday School
(Grades 7-9)  

Life After the New Birth

Quarterly Objective: Young teens will manifest the evidences of salvation as they live by the standards established in the Word of God.

QUARTERLY PREVIEW

    “Life After the New Birth” is the theme of this quarter’s study. The thirteen lessons contain material, if applied, that will help young teens learn how to grow spiritually after they are saved. Being “babes in Christ” may sound sweet, but according to the apostle Paul, “babes in Christ” are immature, carnal Christians (1 Cor. 3:1). God does not intend for His newborn children to remain babies in the nursery. He wants them to grow up into spiritually mature individuals. The lessons in this quarter will teach that worship, biblical family values and Christian service are the avenues of growth through which young teens must travel to develop spiritually as they should. 

UNIT DIVISIONS

    There are thirteen lessons in this quarter that are divided into three units. Unit 1: Worship; Unit 2: Biblical Family Values; Unit 3: We Are Saved To Serve.

LESSON OBJECTIVES

    In Unit 1, the lessons show learners how to offer acceptable private and public worship. Lessons in Unit 2 examine biblical examples of family values and share how these values are taught in their homes. Lessons in Unit 3 should help learners develop a list of ways they can serve God by serving others.

 

Lesson Titles

• Position Number 1
     Luke 10:38-42

• Worship Is More Than Just Being There!
     John 4:19-24; 17:17 

• Don’t Even Think About It!
     Malachi 1:6-14

• Now, That’s the Way To Do It!
     Psalms 95; 100

• Respecting Dad and Mom
     Ephesians 6:1-3; Proverbs 15:5

• That Doesn’t Belong to Me!
     Ephesians 4:28; Exodus 20:15

• But If We Love Each Other, Why Not?
     1 Corinthians 6:18-20; 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 4

• Till Death Alone Shall Part Us
     Matthew 19:1-9

• Honesty Is Best
     1 Thessalonians 4:11,12; Proverbs 28:10; 1 Peter 2:12

• Profanity—Verbal Toxic Waste
     Ephesians 4:29-31; Proverbs 18:7

• Love from the Ground Level
     Ephesians 4:31, 32; Romans 12:9-21

• Living a Good Life in a Bad World!
     Philippians 2:15, 16; 1 Peter 2:21

• Me? A Servant?
     Romans 12:6-21

 

 Available materials

Young Teen Leaflets . . .  $2.35
Young Teen Teacher . . .  $3.35
Young Teen Visual Aids . . .  $6.50

All the books (except Spanish) for Young Teen & High School on CD (for Windows or Mac) . . . $27.60

Spanish Version  
    Jovenes victoriosos: desprindibles. . . $2.35     
    Jovenes victoriosos: manual del maestro. . . $3.35

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High School Series  (Grades 10 - 12)

Jesus Our Lord—
Building a Strong Relationship with Christ

The ministry of Jesus had a beginning. Jesus’ public ministry began when He was approximately thirty years old. During this ministry He established the principles of the kingdom of God. Jesus instituted His church, and He proved repeatedly that He was the Son of God. The world had to be prepared before the public announcement about Jesus’ ministry was made.

That preparation was the job of a remarkable man named John the Baptist. There had been no prophet in Israel for nearly five hundred years before John came out of the Judean wilderness preaching repentance and the coming kingdom of God. John was sent by God to set the stage for the ministry of Christ (John 1:6-8).

As we build our relationship with Jesus, there must be a beginning. Preparation must be made in our own hearts for Jesus to do His wonderful work in us. In the ministry of John the Baptist we see the kind of preparation that each of us should make to establish a foundation for a lifelong service to Jesus.

Lesson 1               
Preparation for Christ

     Matthew 3:1-12

 

Lesson 2              

The Birth of Christ

Luke 2:8-20

 

Lesson 3              

Jesus as a Boy

Luke 2:41-52

 

Lesson 4              

Jesus Is Baptized

Matthew 3:13-17

 

Lesson 5              

Jesus Is Tempted

 Luke 4:1-13

 

Lesson 6              

Jesus and Miracles

John 2:1-11; 20:30, 31

 

Lesson 7              

Jesus and the Lost

John 4:4-14; Luke 19:10

 

Lesson 8              

Jesus and Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

 

Lesson 9              

Jesus and the Children

Luke 18:15-17; Matthew 19:13-15

 

Lesson 10            

Jesus and His Churches

Matthew 16:13-20

 

Lesson 11            

The Ultimate Power of Christ

John 11:33-44

 

Lesson 12

Jesus Dies for Our Sins

John 19:16-37; Luke 23:27-49

 

Lesson 13            

The Promise for the Ages

Luke 24:1-48

 

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High School Teacher . . .  $2.00
High School Journal . . .  $1.85

All the books for Adults (except Spanish) on CD (for Windows or Mac) . . . $27.60

 

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Through-the-Bible Series
(Adults)  

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Behaving in the House of God—The Pastoral Epistles
 A Study in 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus

QUARTERLY AIM: The student will learn what God expects from His ministers and how to help, encourage and pray for them.

     Paul wrote the epistles of 1 Timothy, Titus and 2 Timothy for the purpose of encouraging both of those young ministers in the roles they had been assigned to in Ephesus and Crete respectively. Both were comparatively young men who were especially close to Paul as he considered them his sons in the faith. Timothy was the son of an unsaved Greek father and a born-again Jewish mother. Because of his parentage and the labor he would encounter, he was encouraged to be circumcised so as to not be a hindrance to the spread of the gospel among the Hebrew people. Titus, on the other hand, was the son of two Gentile parents and, thus was not encouraged to be circumcised. Even though the pastoral epistles were personal letters to the aforementioned young ministers, they are also an invaluable source of counsel to spiritual leaders in the Lord’s churches in any age. Paul’s writings were inspired and are, therefore, timeless.
     Paul first encountered Timothy in the city of Lystra during his first missionary journey as he was on his way to Derbe. Paul asked Timothy to accompany him on his missionary journeys and Timothy became close to the apostle. As the apostle was forsaken in the latter part of his ministry prior to his martyrdom, Timothy remained loyal and faithful.
     Unlike Timothy, Titus was a full Gentile. Paul did not encourage him to be circumcised, since the practice would have served no vi­able purpose. As such, he ac­companied Paul and Barnabas to Je­ru­salem for the purpose of vindicating the preaching of the gos­pel to the Gentiles. Paul developed a high level of confidence in the young minister as he en­trusted the raising of the funds among the churches to assist in the relief efforts for the poor saints of the Jerusalem church. Paul found the young man reliable and mature for his age, a similar assessment regarding Timothy.
     The three pastoral epistles, written from Paul to two young ministers who were his sons in the ministry, were left to lead local churches in Ephesus and Crete respectively, are the inspired words of counsel to them. Each had hands-on experience in the church planting ministry of Paul. As a missionary, Paul evangelized a city, baptized the converts and assisted them in the organization of New Testament churches. Usually, he would not stay with a congregation very long until he left for other evangelistic endeavors. To ensure the grounding of the newly planted churches, he would often leave members of his missionary company to accomplish that need. In the case of the church at Ephesus, however, he stayed a bit longer than usual. He remained with that congregation for three years. According to the narrative of Acts 19:1, 22, Timothy was with Paul during that period and was well-known by the members of the church. Since the members of the congregation were babes in Christ, it would take some careful seasoning, instruction and training to aid them in their spiritual development until such time as spiritual leaders could be properly trained and left to provide the necessary shepherding the church needed. Titus was a member of Paul’s missionary team and was a strong and committed Christian—someone Paul could depend on. He accompanied Paul and Silas to the Jerusalem Council, as recorded in Acts 15, represented the interests of the apostle at the church at Corinth during Paul’s third missionary journey, represented Paul among the congregations on the island of Crete and finally served a congregation in Dalmatia. His primary ministry was to set things in order among the churches in Crete so that they could function in a spiritually healthy fashion. The island was dense with population and churches had been organized not long after Pentecost. But those congregations were lacking a great deal of instruction toward their maturity, and the problems never were resolved prior to Titus’ ministry with them. As he had Timothy, Paul gave special instruction to Titus regarding false teachers. Two of the major doctrinal concerns were the problems associated with the Judaizers and the Gnostics. Judaizers had troubled many of the churches with their mixture of grace and law with the problem of Gnosticism causing a further stir since they had developed a complex system based on Jewish legalism, Eastern asceticism, the practice of self-denial to achieve a higher plane of spirituality along with an element of grace to give it legitimacy. Those heresies had infiltrated the churches on the island of Crete. The letter of Paul to Titus was additionally given for the purpose of providing Titus an introduction to the churches to enable his leadership among them.

Lesson Titles

• Warnings Against Heresies
      1 Timothy 1:1-120; Titus 1:10-16
• Directions About Prayer
      1 Timothy 2:1-15
• Qualifications of Pastors and Deacons
      1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:1-9
• Guidelines for Churches
      1 Timothy 3:15—4:5
• Instructions for Ministers
      1 Timothy 4:6-16
• Ministering to Different People
        1 Timothy 5:1-16; Titus 2:1-15
• Commands Concerning Elders
      1 Timothy 5:17-25
• Exhortations to Godliness
      1 Timothy 6:1-21
• Calls to Faithfulness
      2 Timothy 1:1-18
• Encouragements To Endure
      2 Timothy 2:1-26
• Resources for the Last Days
      2 Timothy 3:1-17
• Directives to God’s Man
      2 Timothy 4:1-22
• Lessons for Faithful Living
      Titus 3:1-15

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Lesson Commentary . . .  $5.25
Adult Quarterly . . .  $1.60

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Spanish Version
    Revista trimestral de adultos. . . $1.60 

 

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