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The Church
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE EARLY CHURCH
BIG IDEA:
Jesus is for everyone!
Week 1 – Up and Away
Week 2 – The First One
Week 3 – Followers
Week 4 – Unstoppable
Battlefield
LENGTH: 2 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: SPIRITUAL WARFARE
BIG IDEA:
Look to Jesus and win the war!
Followers
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: JESUS CALLS DISCIPLES
BIG IDEA:
Be a disciple and FOLLOW Jesus!
Week 1 – What's A Disciple?
Week 2 – The First Disciples
Week 3 – Jesus Calls Matthew
Week 4 – Be a Disciple
Week 5 – Jesus' Final Instructions
Week 6 – Andrew
Amazing Animals of the Bible
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: VARIOUS ANIMAL STORIES
BIG IDEA:
God's animals remind us of Him
Week 1 – Balaam's Donkey
Week 2 – The Snake and the Stick
Week 3 – Raven Delivery Service
Week 4 –Jesus and the Donkey
The Most Famous Name
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE NAMES OF GOD
BIG IDEA:
I can know more about God.
Week 1 – What's in a Name
Week 2 – I Am
Week 3 – Jehovah
Week 4 – Abba Father
Week 5 – El Elyon
Kids in the Bible
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: VARIOUS KIDS FROM SCRIPTURE
BIG IDEA:
Kids can do great things for God!
Week 1 – Jesus and the Kids
Week 2 – Samuel
Week 3 – David
Week 4 – Naaman's Servant Girl
Week 5 – Boy with Bread and Fish
Week 6 – King Josiah
The Greatest Stories Ever Told
LENGTH: 7 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: PARABLES OF JESUS
BIG IDEA:
Listen and Do What God Says
Week 1 – The Parable of the Sower
Week 2 – The Parables of the Weeds and the Wheat
Week 3 – The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Week 4 – The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Week 5 – The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Week 6 – The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Week 7 – The Parable of the Talents
That's Amazing
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
BIG IDEA:
God is able to do more than I can imagine!
Week 1 – Water to Wine
Week 2 – Storm Be Still
Week 3 – Rise Up and Walk
Week 4 – You May See!
Week 5 – Feeding 5,000
Week 6 – Centurion's Servant
Ruth
LENGTH: 3 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: STORY OF RUTH
BIG IDEA:
Never Fear, God is Here!
Elijah
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF ELIJAH
BIG IDEA:
God is bigger than my biggest problem!
Week 1 – Don't Stop Believin'
Week 2 – Livin' on a Prayer
Week 3 – The Final Countdown
Week 4 – Earth, Wind, and Fire
Week 5 – Stairway to Heaven
Elisha
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: LIFE OF ELISHA
BIG IDEA:
No matter what, God is in control
Week 1 – The Widow's Oil
Week 2 – The Shunamite Woman
Week 3 – Naaman
Week 4 – Elisha's Bones
The Queen
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: QUEEN ESTHER
BIG IDEA:
God loves you and uses you just as you are!
Week 1 – Beauty Pageant
Week 2 – The Deadly Plots
Week 3 – The Honorable Mordecai
Week 4 – Life-Saving Courage
Week 5 – Bravery Rewarded
For the Win
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: RUNNING THE RACE OF LIFE
BIG IDEA:
Run for Jesus and Win!
The Fruit of the Spirit
LENGTH: 8 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
BIG IDEA:
The Fruit of the Spirit is the Best Fruit There Is!
Week 1 – Love
Week 2 – Joy
Week 3 – Peace
Week 4 – Patience
Week 5 – Kindness & Goodness
Week 6 – Faithfulness
Week 7 – Gentleness
Week 8 – Self-Control
Daniel
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF DANIEL
BIG IDEA:
Obey God No Matter What!
Week 1 – Veggies Please!
Week 2 – Babylon Dreamin'
Week 3 – You're Fired
Week 4 – Animal Kingdom
Week 5 – Handwriting
Week 6 – Lion Tamer
Going for the Gold
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: ALL ABOUT HEAVEN
BIG IDEA:
Go for the gold!
Week 1 – 5 Crowns
Week 2 – Heavenly Clues
Week 3 – The Final Judge
Week 4 – For Forever
Jacob: The Trickster
LENGTH: 7 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: STORY OF JACOB
BIG IDEA:
God keeps His promises no mater what!
Week 1 – A Tale of Two Babies
Week 2 – A Well of a Time
Week 3 – The Trickster
Week 4 – Runaway Dream
Week 5 – Uncle Trickster
Week 6 – Wrestling Match
Week 7 – Long Lost Brothers
You Don't Know Joe
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF JOSEPH
BIG IDEA:
God is working everything for our good.
Week 1 – Daddy's Boy
Week 2 – Egypt's Slave
Week 3 – Potiphar's House
Week 4 – Jail Bird
Week 5 – Lesson File
Week 6 – Egypt's King
Bible Baseball
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE MINOR PROPHETS
BIG IDEA:
Varies by lesson
Week 1 – Hosea
Week 2 – Jonah
Week 3 – Habakkuk
Week 4 – Zechariah
Week 5 – Malachi
The Promise Keeper
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM
BIG IDEA:
God always keeps His promises!
Week 1 – The Promise
Week 2 – 3's Company
Week 3 – A Tale of 2 Cities
Week 4 – The Promise Revisited
Week 5 – The Sacrifice
Week 6 – The Thirsty Game
Peter Can
LENGTH: 10 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF PETER
BIG IDEA:
God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things!
Week 1 – Fishing for Men
Week 2 – Walking on Water
Week 3 – The Miracle of Jarius' Daughter
Week 4 – Cockadoodle Do
Week 5 – NoBody
Week 6 – Rise Up and Walk
Week 7 – You Killed Him God Raised Him
Week 8 – Crazy Dreams
Week 9 – The Great Prison Escape
Week 10 – The Extraordinary Peter
David
LENGTH: 10 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF DAVID
BIG IDEA:
It's what's inside that matters most!
Week 1 – The Anointing
Week 2 – The Giant
Week 3 – The Friends
Week 4 – The Escape
Week 5 – The Money
Week 6 – The King
Week 7 – The Dance
Week 8 – The Lame Man
Week 9 – The Next in Line
Week 10 – Review Week
Walls & Waves
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: JOSHUA & THE PROMISED LAND
BIG IDEA:
Faith is not being able to see, but trusting the One who can
Week 1 – Crossing Jordan
Week 2 – Rahab and the Spies
Week 3 – Walls Fall Down
Week 4 – Victory at AI
Week 5 – Sun Stand Still
Swords & Shields
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE ARMOR OF GOD
BIG IDEA:
Put on the whole armor of God!
Week 1 – The Belt
Week 2- The Breastplate
Week 3 – Shoes
Week 4 – The Shield
Week 5 – The Helmet
Week 6 – The Sword
Samson
LENGTH: 3 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: STORY OF SAMSON
BIG IDEA:
God uses people who aren't perfect, like me!
Sunday Summer Games
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF ESTHER
BIG IDEA:
No matter what your role, God is in control.
Week 1 – Princess Pageant
Week 2 – Haman's Plot
Week 3 – The King's Dream
Week 4 – Do or Die
Week 5 – Jewish People Saved
Dearest Detective
LENGTH: 3 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: EASTER
BIG IDEA:
Jesus is life!
He is Alive!
LENGTH: 2 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: EASTER
BIG IDEA:
Jesus is Life!
Week 1 – Death
Week 2 – Life
The Great Easter Hunt
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: EASTER
BIG IDEA:
I can trust that God is in control!
Week 1 – Messiah
Week 2 – John's Story
Week 3 – The Cross
Week 4 – The One and Only
Samuel
LENGTH: 3 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: STORY OF THE BOY SAMUEL
BIG IDEA:
God hears me!
Stoned, Shaken & Shipwrecked
LENGTH: 7 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF PAUL
BIG IDEA:
GOD TURNS ALL THINGS TO GOOD!
Week 1 – Stoned
Week 2 – Stopped
Week 3 – Sent
Week 4 – Shaken
Week 5 – Sleepy
Week 6 – Shipwrecked
Week 7 – Saved
The Fire Prince
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE LIFE OF MOSES
BIG IDEA:
Trust and obey because there's no other way
Week 1 – Basket Case
Week 2 – Fire
Week 3 – Courtroom Showdown
Week 4 – King vs. King
Week 5 – Deliverance
Week 6 – Review Game Week
It's All About Love
LENGTH: 2 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: JESUS' SUMMARY OF THE LAW: LOVE GOD & OTHERS
BIG IDEA:
It's All About Love
Be Thankful
LENGTH: 2 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: TOPICAL THANKSGIVING STORIES
BIG IDEA:
Be Thankful!
The Book of Life
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: CREATION, NOAH, BABEL
BIG IDEA:
God's plan is always the best plan
Week 1 – Creation
Week 2 – The Garden
Week 3 – Noah
Week 4 – The Flood
Week 5 – The Tower of Babel
The Christmas Situation
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: CHRISTMAS
BIG IDEA:
Thank you God for sending us Jesus!
Week 1 – The Situation
Week 2 – The Announcement
Week 3 – Caesar
Week 4 – Newborn King
Christmas Chaos
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE CHRISTMAS STORY
BIG IDEA:
Christmas means God gave us Jesus!
Week 1 – Angel's Announcement
Week 2 – Journey to Bethlehem
Week 3 – The Wise Men
Week 4 – Peace on Earth
Glow Tell It On the Mountain
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
BIBLE STORY: THE CHRISTMAS STORY
BIG IDEA:
Rejoice, a Savior is born!
Week 1 – The Day the Angel Stopped By
Week 2 – Bethlehem Bound
Week 3 – Star Struck
Week 4 – The Light of the World
Plus A Fantastic Library of Stand-Alone Lessons:
Just Believe
We use the word "believe" a lot. Is it as easy as it sounds?
Ruth
The entire story of Ruth, in one great lesson
All About the Bible
We often talk about what is in the Bible...but what exactly is the Bible?
Our Awesome God
A look at Isaiah's GRAND vision of our awesome God
Building Plans
A wise man builds on the rock, a foolish man builds on the sand.
Naaman
A servant girl hears of a prophet in Israel who can help Naaman.
The Lord Is My Shepherd
An unforgettable lesson on why having a shepherd is awesome
Philip and the Ethiopian
Philip explains the gospel...and the kids figure out some Wingdings
Nehemiah
Nehemiah leads the rebuilding of the walls
Job
A difficult subject...but an important story to tell.
Hello My Name Is
This lesson is designed to introduce all the kids to each other and to you.
The Last Will Be First
God rewards people...how HE chooses. Even letting the LAST be treated like the FIRST.
King Solomon - Wanna Go Halfsies?
A selective look at Solomon's life...his request for wisdom and his use of it in a tough situation.
Zacchaeus
As the title suggests...this is a lesson about Zacchaeus!
Nicodemus
A shadowy figure approaches Jesus with an interesting question
The Prodigal Son
A lesson on the Prodigal Son and God's CRAZY love for us!
Ezekiel and the Dry Bones
A perfect lesson for the end of October. It's all about Ezekiel standing in a valley of bones!
The Thankful Leper
It doesn't count to just "feel" thankful...you have to actually say "Thank You!"
The Day of the Dead
A lesson on the Prodigal Son and God's CRAZY love for us!
Gideon
A lesson on the amazing life and times of Gideon. Plus a sweet object lesson!
Christmas Lesson (Born to DIe)
As depressing as it sounds...it's an amazing story about God's love!
God Loves Me!
A Valentine's lesson on the love of God for us.
Made in God's Image (Racism)
A very tough, and VERY important subject. (This is a shorter lesson)
The Last Battle
A lesson on earth's final battle for Super Bowl Sunday
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I love teaching kids about God's Word. I regularly teach elementary Sunday School at a Baptist church in San Diego, CA and I love it.
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I constantly see kids in Sunday School who should be listening to the lesson but instead are squirming in their seats and goofing off with the kids around them. And that's discouraging to me because it happens on a regular basis. At church we are presenting the most valuable information a kid could ever hear. So it MUST be as interesting as possible.
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I believe God uses the power of His Word to transform lives, and I want to make the presentation of His Word as interesting to kids as humanly possible.
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