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Discover Buzz—the instant Sunday school—
where all you prepare is your heart.
AGE LEVEL: Grades 5 & 6
THEME: Whozit?
13 lessons that illustrate the
names of God and Jesus
4 OVERVIEW OF BUZZ
4 HOW BUZZ WORKS
4 SAMPLE LESSON:
• Leader Devotion
• Directions
• Bible Buzz Cards
• Faith Buzz @ Home
4 ScOPE & SEqUENcE
4 HOW TO GET STARTEd
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KAREN loves kids. Loves ’em! She’s always been one of the
first to volunteer to help in your children’s ministry. But
the hours of preparation and study are wearing her down.
And lately it seems she’s usually busy on Sundays.
ThEN you heard the buzz about a curriculum they called
“instant.” Could a no-prep Sunday school actually work?
Now Karen just opens the box and gets going. She’s free to do what
she does best—share her love of Jesus with kids…and change their
lives forever.
GETTiNG more volunteers—and keeping them longer—is something
you don’t have to worry about anymore. You can aspire for more in
children’s ministry with Buzz Sunday school.
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Volunteers love it because it’s easy. Kids love it because it’s different every week. YOU’LL love it because…
• Buzz is perfect for busy volunteers. Since all they prepare is their heart, you’ll never burn them out.
• Buzz keeps kids’ attention with Bible stories they haven’t heard before—those less often told but just as memo-rable. Children learn in their own style, and they choose which way the lesson goes.
• You simply open the box and go. Teachers follow the lesson step by step, experiencing God’s Word together with the kids.
Group’s Buzz Sunday school curriculum gives you every-thing you need to be a super success. And best of all, you’ll bring kids closer to Jesus!
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SEE WHY BUZZ WILL WORK FOR YOU!
5 Age LeveLs: Preschool, Pre-K&K, Grades 1&2, Grades 3&4, Grades 5&6
scope And sequence: 2 years
FormAt: Classroom setting
Length: 45 – 60 minutes
Check out this 2-minute overview.
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Pre-K&K
Grades 5&6
Grades 3&4
Grades 1&2
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OvervIew
The Directions lead you step by step through these six steps each week. (See page 6)
god sightings®
Kids learn how to see God in everyday
circumstances throughout their week.
(up to 5 minutes)
faith buzz at home
Faith Buzz at Home helps parents and kids keep
faith conversations going all week long!
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bibLe buzz
What makes Buzz so special is the unique way Bible
activities lead children deeply into God’s Word. Every
activity leads to one Point for the week.
(25-30 minutes)
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buzz in aCtion
The Point doesn’t stay at church. Kids learn to live out
God’s Word personally by applying what they learn in
the coming week.
(5-10 minutes)
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Let’s PRaY
Buzz takes prayer to a whole new level. Buzz
teaches kids how to pray with age-appropriate
prayer starters.
(5-10 minutes)
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What oUr friends in ministry are saying...
“As a new teacher, I’m so thankful to have Buzz. It is perfect for our class. The children really enjoy it, as well!”
—sandy m., Children’s Ministry Director, Nine Mile Falls, WA
buzz bond
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This relationship-building time helps your
leaders and kids get to know one another.
(5-10 minutes)
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GrOUp’S bUzz® | Directions • Grades 5 & 6
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Week 11: February 10
God Is the Potter, We Are His Clay JEREMIAH 18:1-17 We rely on God’s plan.
What the Bible Says
The Lord gave a message to Jeremiah: Go to the potter’s shop, and be ready to hear from God there.
At the potter’s shop, the potter was working at his wheel. When the jar he was making turned out poorly, he crushed it into a lump of clay and began again.
God gave Jeremiah a message: God could do to Israel what the potter had done to the clay. Israel was clay in God’s hands.
If God chose to spare a nation, that nation would be spared. If the nation turned to evil, he’d withhold his blessings. Jeremiah was to warn all the people of Judah and Jerusalem that God was planning disaster for them. They were to turn from evil to what was right.
Unfortunately, the people stubbornly refused to comply with God’s instructions.
Because of their disobedience, their land would become desolate. They’d be scattered—and God would refuse to take notice of their distress.
What It Means
Hearing that God has a plan for you is great. Hearing that God’s plan includes the word disaster is a tad less agreeable.
Yet that’s the message God gave Jeremiah for God’s people. Their disobedience warranted God getting their attention in a way that would most certainly leave an impression.
Notice that even though God’s plan included difficulties, the ultimate intent was to turn his people back to himself, to redeem them, and to call them home.
Why It Matters
God’s people were about to learn, or perhaps relearn, a crucial lesson: They were clay in God’s hands.
And so are we. God decides what our futures will hold. God sets circumstances and situations in place that give us the opportunity to grow. It’s God who shapes the clay—and sometimes he rolls us up into a lump again and starts over.
But his plans always include the desire to redeem the clay. Rely on it.
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Prayer Starter
Pray that your kids see God’s plan to draw them close to himself and use them in his world. Pray that they trust God. Write your prayer here.
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God Sightings®
This week, look for some original art: handmade pottery, blown glass, unique paintings. Each piece reflects the intent of the artist—the artist’s careful plan, beautifully revealed in clay or glass or paint.
How does God speak to you through that artwork? What do you see that gives you insight into why God the creator, the artist, has created you? How does that artwork help you discover God’s plan for your life?
Grades 5 & 6
Each week, read these leader devotions
to prepare your heart.
Theme: Whozit? 13 lessons that illustrate the names of God and Jesus(each age level has a new theme each quarter)
Leaders dig into each week’s passage and apply it to their lives
on an adult level.
PrEParE ThEir hEarTS
Leaders pray for their kids during
the week.
Pray
GoD SiGhTinGS®
Leaders look for God each week —then share with kids.
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONS FOR LEADERS
Before class, read this week’s devotion to prepare your heart! (2 copies per kit)
WHAT YOU NEED EACH WEEKWHAT YOU NEED EACH WEEK
YOU’LL NEED THESE CLASSROOM SUPPLIES:
Bibles CD player tape pencils crayons glue scissors paper
Whozit? Box
Let’s Pray Disc
Buzz Bond Cards
Buzz In Action Card
4 Super Skrunches
Bible Buzz Cards Booklet
Eraser Puzzle
2 packages Mini Colored Pencils
Whozit? CD
Key Verse Lyrics Sheet
Colored Pencils
Colored Pencils
Dart BoardDart Board
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Before class, read this week’s devotion to prepare your heart!
Directions
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Faith Buzz at Home Card Set
Leaders find every supply they’ll need—and it’s all in the box!
WhaT you nEED
These are the only outside supplies you’ll
ever need. It’s that simple!
SuPPliES
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GrOUp’S bUzz® | Directions • Grades 5 & 6
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Before Class: Prepare Your Heart (5 to 10 minutes)
Open the Leader Devotions booklet , and read the Leader Devotion for this week.
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Read one of the Key Verses below,
pausing after each phrase for kids to
repeat after you.
• December 2-30: “For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”—Isaiah 9:6 (song: CD Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
track 3)
• January 6-January 27: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”—Genesis 1:1 (song: CD track 7)
• February 3-February 24: “But those who trust in the LORD will fi nd new strength. They will soar
high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”—Isaiah 40:31 (song: CD grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”—
track 10)
Lead kids in singing the Key Verse song
on the CD . Refer to the song lyrics
on the Key Verse Lyrics Sheet .
To help kids look for God all the time, tell
about a time this week you saw God at
work in your life. Then encourage kids to
share stories of their own.
Part 2: God Sightings® Where kids see God at work (up to 5 minutes)
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Super Skrunch and then release
to launch it.
Determine which springster landed the
farthest away from you.
The fi rst week, break apart the Buzz
Bond Cards .
Have a child draw a Buzz Bond Card
and read the question on the color that
matches the farthest springster.
Lead kids in discussing that question.
Got more time? Do it again!
Part 1: Buzz Bond Where kids connect (5 to 10 minutes)
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WHAT YOU DO EACH WEEKWHAT YOU DO EACH WEEK
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(5 to 10 minutes)
Don’t skip a step!
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Step-by-step directions make it easy for leaders to pick up and go, and the steps remain the
same all quarter to keep things super simple.
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each week, kids learn a Bible verse. The key verse songs on the
CD help these Scriptures stick.
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GrOUp’S bUzz® | Directions • Grades 5 & 6
Open the Bible Buzz Cards Booklet
to the fi ve cards with the date
closest to today.
Tear out all fi ve diff erent Bible Buzz
Cards for today’s Bible lesson.
Spread out the cards, picture down.
First, follow the directions on the Bible
Buzz Card
First, follow the directions on the Bible
with the icon to
lead kids in an amazing experience with
the Bible.
Have four kids each launch a Super
Skrunch . Determine which
color goes farthest. The person wearing
the most of that color gets to choose
the next Bible Buzz Card
the most of that color gets to choose
to
experience.
Lead children by following the
instructions on the Bible Buzz Card
the child chose.
You’ve got three more cards to go, so
repeat steps 4 and 5 .
Part 3: Bible Buzz Where kids dig into the Bible (25 to 30 minutes)
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Read the Point from the Bible
Buzz Cards .
Set up the Dart Board against a wall.
Have two kids each throw a dart at the
Dart Board from 5 to 10 feet away.
If a child misses, allow another child
a shot until both darts are in the dart
board.
Read the question on the Buzz in Action
Card that corresponds with how the
darts landed.
Encourage all kids to share answers to
the question.
Part 4: Buzz in Action Where kids apply what they’ve learned
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Kids experience the Bible story five different ways. And kids get to
choose what comes next, so they’re never bored.
BiBlE Buzz carDS
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sample lessonGrOUp’S bUzz® | Directions • Grades 5 & 6
Part 5: Let’s Pray Where kids talk to God
Have kids sit in a circle and have one
person roll the Eraser Puzzle .
Read the prayer instruction on the Let’s
Pray Disc that matches the color
facing up on the eraser.
Lead kids in praying based on the
instructions.
(5 minutes)
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Part 6: Faith Buzz at Home Where kids take it home
Find the sheet of Faith Buzz at Home
Cards with the date closest to
today.
Rip the cards apart, and distribute one
to each child.
As you distribute each Faith Buzz at
Home Card , encourage kids to
show it to their parents so they can use
the card in a fun way to talk about the
Bible story.
(2 minutes)
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each child will get a Faith Buzz at home card each week to take the fun and meaningful faith growth home. Now
included in kit!
faiTh Buzz aT homE
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GrOUp’S bUzz® | Bible Buzz Card Explanation • Grades 5 & 6
Whozit? Bible Buzz Cards, Grades 5 & 6, Winter
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Let’s keep kids safe! We strive to provide products that are mechanically reliable and hold together during normal, intended usage. Items are also checked for flammability, and both paint and surface coatings are checked for heavy metals—including lead.
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Smart: The kind of activity on each card is labeled here. For more infor-mation on the smarts, see the end of this booklet or look in your Leader Devotions introduction on page 4.
Point: This is the key application point kids will take away each week.
Activity: Each card contains a meaningful activity that will get kids engaged in God’s Word.
Activity Title: These titles tell kids what they’ll do.
Week: Use this to help you determine which five cards you’ll need each week. Use the cards with the date closest to today’s date.
Picture: Show kids the picture to help them visualize the story. (Note: Most weeks have the same picture on all five cards for that week.)
Week: Use this to help you determine which five cards you’ll need each week. Use the cards with the date closest to today’s date.
Passage: These Bible verses are used in the lesson.
Lesson Title: This title tells you what story you’ll teach.
A LOOK AT BIBLE BUZZ CARDS
Bible: Look for this picture on one card each week—that’s the card you’ll start with.
Bible: Look for this picture on one card each week—that’s the card you’ll start with.
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sample lessonGrOUp’S bUzz® | Buzz Card #1 • Grades 5 & 6
POINT WE RELY
ON GOD’S PLAN.
Have kids each find a partner. In each pair, give one person (the Artist) paper and one of the Mini Colored Pencils. Give the other (the Sculptor) a lump of Rainbow Clay. Instruct Art-ists to secretly draw a picture on the paper. While they’re drawing, take the Sculptors to the other side of the room and secretly instruct them not to follow the directions the Artists are about to give and instead just sculpt whatever they want to.
Then have partners sit back to back so they can’t see each other’s creations. Have each Artist give instructions to the the Sculptors on how to sculpt the drawing. Then have kids leave the drawings and sculp-tures where they are and turn to face each other. Give everyone a Bible.
SAY: We’ll see how well you followed your partner’s plan in a minute. God gave the Israelites, who had turned away from him, a warning and also the opportu-nity to turn from their evil ways and follow him again. With your partner, read about the Israelites’
choice in Jeremiah 18:1-12. One of you will read the first six verses, and then the other partner will read the last six verses. Allow several minutes for reading.
ASK: Tell about a time you made something that didn’t turn out as well as you expected.
How does that compare to the potter and God’s mes-sage to the Israelites?
SAY: It’s time to see how well you followed your partner’s plan for your sculpture. Allow about 20 seconds for kids to compare.
ASK: Artists, what was your reaction when you saw that your partner didn’t follow your instructions?
What did this passage teach you about following God’s plan?
SAY: Today’s Whozit name for God is the Potter. That means God has a specific plan for each of our lives, and there’s trouble when we go against it. WE RELY ON GOD’S
PLAN and trust that as the Potter, he knows what’s best for us.
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WEEK 11: FEBRUARY 10
God Is the Potter, We Are
His Clay Jeremiah 18:1-17
Look for the Bible icon on each week’s set of
five cards to know where to start. Kids will experience the full Bible
story on this card.
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Throughout the five cards each week, kids will use different “smarts” to dig into the Bible. You can reach all learners
with these great activities!
“SmarTS”
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GrOUp’S bUzz® | Buzz Card #2 • Grades 5 & 6
POINT WE RELY
ON GOD’S PLAN.
SAY: In the passage we read today, we learned that God used two different ways to communicate his plan to the Israelites. First, he used the example of the potter and clay to make his point. Second, he sent Jeremiah to tell the people very clearly what would happen. In verse 11, God says (through Jer-emiah), “I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.” This passage clearly shows God’s plan for the Israelites.
ASK: Tell about a time you thought you knew what God wanted you to do.
Tell about a time it was hard to know what God’s plan for you was.
SAY: Working individually, write down three questions you’d like to ask God about his plan for your life. Pass out paper and pencils, and allow time for writing.
SAY: Let’s look at another passage that talks about God as The Potter. Have a willing child read Romans 9:20-21. Even when God’s plan doesn’t make sense to us, WE
RELY ON GOD’S PLAN. After all, he’s the Potter!
Question It!Self
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Four more cards each week help kids dig further into the
Scripture.
DiGGinG in
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sample lessonGrOUp’S bUzz® | Buzz Card #3 • Grades 5 & 6
POINT WE RELY
ON GOD’S PLAN.
Form two groups.
SAY: God wanted the Israelites to change their ways and get back to following his plan. God compared himself to a potter who shapes and reshapes the clay until it’s just right.
I’ll read three short story plots. After each one, you’ll get one minute to talk with your group about how to reshape the plot to show what would happen if the kids were relying on God’s plan.
Read the following story plots one at a time, allowing time between each plot for each group to discuss its changes and then act out its version of the story for the other group.
Some kids are choosing teams for football. There’s one boy no one wants, so kids groan and roll their eyes when the boy joins their team.
There’s a new substitute teacher, and everyone in the class gives the substitute a hard time by being rude.
Some friends are playing a game. A younger child comes and asks if he can play, too. The older kids say no and go back to playing the game.
ASK: What are some other choices people make that aren’t God’s plan?
What’s one way you can let let God reshape you this week?
SAY: Our stories turn out much bet-ter when we let God shape the way we think. WE RELY ON GOD’S
PLAN.
Reshape It!Body
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each week focuses on a practical
application point.
PracTical aPPlicaTion
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GrOUp’S bUzz® | Buzz Card #4 • Grades 5 & 6
POINT WE RELY
ON GOD’S PLAN.
Pass out Bibles, paper, and Mini Colored Pencils. SAY: In today’s pas-sage, we heard about how God is like a potter. Just as a potter slowly makes the clay into a beautiful work of art, God slowly molds our hearts to be more like his. Using paper and Mini Colored Pencils, create an advertisement for God’s Pottery Studio. Refer to Jeremiah 18:1-10 again for ideas.
Give kids time to review the verses and create their ads. Then tape all the ads to the walls around the room, and allow several minutes for kids to walk around and look.
ASK: What appeals to you about God being your Potter? What scares you?
Advertisements, such as the ones you created today, are meant to catch your atten-tion. How has God tried to get your attention recently?
SAY: I’m so glad God is the Potter in my life and that I don’t have to figure things out on my own. He’s the perfect Creator, and he has a perfect plan for our lives. That’s why WE RELY ON GOD’S PLAN.
Advertise It!Picture
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Kit supplies stand out so you can quickly
grab them.
iT’S EaSy
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sample lessonGrOUp’S bUzz® | Buzz Card #5 • Grades 5 & 6
POINT WE RELY
ON GOD’S PLAN.
Have kids get in a circle, and place a Buzz Springster in the middle. Have one person stand it up, push it down, and then release it so it jumps. Decide who the Buzz Springster landed closest to, and have that person briefly share a decision he or she made recently. It could be an everyday decision, such as what to eat or what to wear, or it could be a bigger decision, such as which group of friends to hang out with or how to handle a tough situation at home.
After sharing, that person should push and release the Buzz Springster again to determine the next person to share. Continue until everyone’s had a turn.
SAY: God had Jeremiah assure the Israelites that God had a plan for them. God has a plan for each one of us, too.
ASK: Explain how detailed you think God’s plans are—just for the big decisions, for what you should eat and wear, or somewhere in between?
What are some things you can do to discover God’s plan for you?
SAY: WE RELY ON GOD’S PLAN. Let’s ask him to help us this week.
PRAY: Dear God, please show us the decisions you want us to make this week. Help us to more clearly understand your plan. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Decide It!People
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quESTionSActivities are always
debriefed with meaningful questions that get kids thinking and talking about faith.
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Kids will be eager to initiate these game-like experiences that encourage faith conversations with their parents. These fun and simple weekly conversation pieces help families grow in faith together.
In each kit you’ll get 13 sheets of 10 perforated cards–one for each week for up to 10 kids. Need more? Photocopy them on cardstock for your unexpected visitors to make sure every-one is included in bringing the faith conversation home!
here’s why we think you’ll love the new Faith Buzz at home Cards:
There’s a new card every week—making it easy to give to every child!
Reproducible cards means you’ll never have to worry about running short if your attendance unexpectedly surges.*
Faith Buzz at home is more than just a family activity. The card itself becomes a gizmo as kids and their families use it in a playful way to unpack that week’s truth.
The cards are dated to make it ultra-easy to get the right week in each child’s hands.
* Note: We recommend using cardstock for photocopies, as many of the activities won’t work on regular paper. On occasion, there may be some activities that will only work with the original printed card sheets.
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Age Level theme Bible Focus stories Include
Preschool Boo-Boo Buster 13 lessons about people Jesus helpedJesus’ death and resurrection, the Samaritan woman, blind Bartimaeus, the paralyzed man,
and more
Pre-K & K Jubilee 13 lessons about forgivenessJesus’ death and resurrection, the prodigal son, the
unmerciful servant, Jacob and esau, and more
Grades 1 & 2 hide & Seek 13 Bible stories about being lost and foundJesus’ death and resurrection, parables of things
lost and found, Saul becoming a believer, and more
Grades 3 & 4 Gross me Out 13 lessons from slimy, oozy, and icky stories in
the Bible
Jesus’ crucifixion, Thomas touching Jesus’ wounds, Jesus using mud and spit to heal, the big fish
swallowing Jonah, and more
Grades 5 & 6Raiders of the empty
Tomb 13 lessons about people God raised
from the deadJesus, Jairus’ daughter, Lazarus, Tabitha, eutychus,
elisha’s bones, and more
SummEr 2014
Age Level theme Bible Focus stories Include
Preschool Amen! 13 Bible stories about the Lord’s Prayer in action The Lord’s Prayer
Pre-K & K Triumph13 Bible stories about people who wore the armor
of GodThe armor of God
Grades 1 & 2 Kersplash!13 Bible stories that take kids through the book
of Acts
The early church: Jesus founding the church; the church living in community; Paul, Barnabas, and
Silas traveling and teaching
Grades 3 & 4 hear Ye! hear Ye!13 Bible stories that take kids through the book
of JudgesOthniel, ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Samson,
and more
Grades 5 & 6 Outta here! 13 Bible stories that take kids through the book
of exodus
moses’ life, the plagues, the first Passover, the exodus, the Ten Commandments, and the
Tabernacle
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FaLL 2014
For the full 2-year Scope & Sequence, see groupsamples.com
Age Level theme Bible Focus stories Include
Preschool Amigos 13 lessons about best friends in the Bible David and Jonathan, Jesus and the disciples, and Paul and his friends
Pre-K & K eenie meenie 13 lessons about tough choices in the Bible Abraham, Pharaoh, Joshua, ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel, Jesus, and more
Grades 1 & 2 Royal Ball 13 royal lessons about kings and queens in the Bible
Saul, David, Solomon, the queen of Sheba, Jehoshaphat, esther, Jesus our King, and more
Grades 3 & 4 Conquest 13 lessons where kids learn about God in the books of Numbers and Joshua
The Israelites preparing for, entering, and conquering the Promised Land
Grades 5 & 6 Skirmish 13 lessons about the conflict between Saul and David
Saul’s impatient sacrifice, David fighting for the Philistines, David’s mighty men, and more
WintEr 2014-2015
Age Level theme Bible Focus stories Include
Preschool Family Tree 13 lessons about families in the Bible Families of Jesus, moses, and Ruth
Pre-K & K Gracias 13 lessons about people who thanked God in the Bible
Praising God for Jesus, God answering prayer, Jesus healing the sick, and more
Grades 1 & 2 Twists ‘n Turns 13 Bible lessons where God transforms bad situations to good
Simeon and Anna, Jesus healing, Abram rescuing Lot, Philip teaching an ethiopian, Job, and more
Grades 3 & 4 Paradox 13 lessons about amazing miracles in the Bible Jesus’ resurrection, an idol bowing, an ax head floating, visions of strange creatures, and more
Grades 5 & 6 Whozit? 13 lessons that illustrate the names of God and Jesus
Immanuel, Savior, Creator, Solid Rock, Alpha and Omega, and more
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StAtEMEnt oF FAithWe believe the Bible is the inspired, authoritative Word of God. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his death on the cross, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in his personal return. We believe people receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life through Jesus.
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