I am excited to announce something important happening this next school year. After months of researching, the children’s council presented a new curriculum to the elder board. I am happy to announce that they approved our choice for next year! The coolest thing is that this curriculum is for more than just the kids this time. We have found a curriculum that will be for 3yrs old through the adults. We will be able to offer a new adult class with this same curriculum. It is also chronological through the whole Bible, and everyone will be studying the same scripture at the same time. This means that the adults will be learning the same thing as all of our children, middle school, and high school classes.
There will also be family devotions to go along with what is studied weekly. I am most excited because I believe this will help many parents to disciple their own children better. Deuteronomy 6:7-9 “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” By studying the same scripture, we are hopefully giving families more opportunities to speak scripture into their kids and grandkids everyday lives. These studies will help develop discussions at home about the part of the Bible we are all on and maybe there can be new discoveries shared together. This will also foster more discussion between the different generations at church. It would be lovely for more relationships to grow between the different age groups. This could lead to more mentoring. Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."
Another important part of this curriculum is that it includes apologetics. I think it is important for kids to be able to defend their faith. 1 Peter 3:15 says, “but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” With the last curriculum, they learned such good depth about God and scripture. By adding apologetics, it will help them to be able to stand up for their faith. It will help them to give some tangible, factual information about why the Bible is true, why creation by our Creator is correct, and help them to speak truth into their daily social situations.
So which curriculum is taking us on this new adventure? Answers in Bible Curriculum(ABC), which is a Bible curriculum from Answers in Genesis.
Please join me in praying for God’s guidance for our team and for the teachers as we prepare for next year. God is doing great things at Grace and we are eternally blessed!
In His service,
Amy