Sunday School Teaching Plan
Our Sunday School program caters to children up to approximately 12 years of age. It is designed to lead children to learn and understand various topics from the Bible. The course is spread over a three year period, during which the children work through the whole Bible with many different themes and activities. The program was developed with different ages in mind – for example, four year olds are taught about Noah's Ark using mainly simple drawings and stories, whereas children ten years and older are taught with more solid, historical, scientific material - helping them to gain answers to their deeper questions.
Different age groups and classes:
- Class 1: 3 - 4 years old
- Class 2: 5 - 6 years old
- Class 3: 7 - 8 years old
- Class 4: 9 - 10 years old
- Class 5: 11 - 12 years old
Depending on their maturity, the teens take part with the adults in the church meetings.
Further guidelines can be found at the bottom of this page.
First Year Teaching Plan
Month | Subject | Scriptures |
| January | Creation | GENESIS 1 and GENESIS 2:1-3 |
| Adam and Eve | GENESIS 2:8-25 | |
| The Serpent in the Garden | GENESIS 3 | |
| Cain and Abel | GENESIS 4:1-15 | |
| February | Zacharias and Elisabeth | LUKE 1:5-25 |
| An Angel Visits Mary | LUKE 1:26-56 | |
| The Birth of John the Baptist | LUKE 1:57-80 | |
| The Birth of Jesus | LUKE 2:1-20 | |
| March | Visit of the Wise Men/Flight to Egypt | MATTHEW 2 |
| Jesus Among the Teachers | LUKE 2:41-52 | |
| Ministry of John the Baptist | MATTHEW 3:1-12 | |
| The Baptism of Jesus by John | MATTHEW 3:13-17 | |
| April | The Temptation in the Wilderness | MATTHEW 4:1-11; LUKE 4:1-13 |
| Jesus in Galilee | LUKE 4:14-44; MARK 1:23-45 | |
| Spring Area Meetings (theme) | Jesus Calls His First Disciples | LUKE 5:1-11; MARK 1:14-22; MATTHEW 4:17-25 |
| The Marriage in Cana | JOHN 2:1-11 | |
| May | Noah and the Ark | GENESIS 6, 7, 8 and GENESIS 9:1-17 |
| The Tower of Babel | GENESIS 11:1-9 | |
| Abraham and Lot | GENESIS 13 | |
| June | Abraham's Vision | GENESIS 15, 17 and 18:1-19 |
| Abraham's Temptation | GENESIS 22:1-19 | |
| Jacob and Esau | GENESIS 25:21-34 and GENESIS 27 | |
| Jacob's Flight and Dream | GENESIS 28 | |
| July | Joseph and His Brothers | GENESIS 37 |
| Joseph in Egypt | GENESIS 39 | |
| Pharaoh's Dreams | GENESIS 40and 41 | |
| Joseph's Brothers in Egypt | GENESIS 42 and 45 | |
| August | Kids of the Kingdom | |
| Annual General Meeting (theme) | (i.e. National Israel/Armour of God/ Famous Kings/ Royalty, etc.) | |
| September | The Pharisees Question Jesus | LUKE 5:16-39; LUKE 6:1-11; MATTHEW 9:1-17; MATTHEW 12:1-45; JOHN 5 |
| The Twelve Apostles are Chosen | LUKE 6:12-16; MARK 3:14-19; MATTHEW 10:1-8 | |
| The Sermon on the Mount | MATTHEW 5:1-42 | |
| October | The Love of Enemies | MATTHEW 5:43-48 |
| The Lord's Prayer | MATTHEW 6:1-15 | |
| The Golden Rule | MATTHEW 7:7-12 | |
| November | The Birth of Moses | EXODUS 1 and EXODUS 2:1-10 |
| Moses in Midian/Burning Bush | EXODUS 2:11-24, EXODUS 3 and 4 | |
| Pharaoh and the Israelites/Ten Plagues | EXODUS 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 | |
| The Night of the Passover | EXODUS 12 | |
| December | Crossing the Red Sea | EXODUS 13, 14 and 15 |
| Well of Marah/Manna/Water from Rock | EXODUS 15:23-27, EXODUS16 and EXODUS 17:1-7 | |
| Winter Area Meetings (theme) | Jesus Death & His Resurrection | MATTHEW 27 and 28; MARK 15 and 16 |
| LUKE 23 and 24; JOHN 19 and 20 |
Other Subjects - Especially for Teens
- The Bible
- The Law
- Righteousness
- How to Pray
History of Revival
- John Wycliffe
- John Hus
- Martin Luther
- The Waldenses
- The Huguenottes
- John Wesley
- Hudson Taylor
- Charles Finney
- Revival in Wales
- Revival on the Hebrides
- Azusa Street
God's Miracles in History
- The Armada
- The Angels of Mons Dunkirk, etc.
Science and Evolution
- Miracles of Creation
- The Cell
- The Snowflake
- Evolution Bloopers and Blunders
- Dinosaurs
Other
- National Israel
- Martyrs
- AIDS
- History of Our Assembly
- Diverse Religions and Sects
- Roman Catholic Church
- Rock music
- Christmas, Easter, Halloween
Guidelines:
By following this plan, the main themes of the Bible are covered in three years. The time used to study the topics is flexible. The leaders plan for the months, taking into consideration breaks and special events. For area meetings different themes are used each year. Children take part in discussions, crafts, songs and activities according to their ages and abilities and related to the themes.
It is important that the topics are presented in a way that allows children to learn lessons which they can apply to their own lives. For example, after reading about how Jesus healed the leper, children could share testimonies about how they have been healed after someone prayed for them. They also learn memory verses which are geared to their age levels. Teens mainly participate in the meetings with the adults. They also help to lead the Sunday School from time to time. In addition to that, it is important that they receive Sunday School teaching at their level. (See above for suggested topics). They are also encouraged to read their Bible daily and read other books or articles. They may also have journals in which to write their thoughts, reflections, questions and prayer points.
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