Adventure Kids and Explorers are Traditional Sunday School curriculum resources from D6 - Randall House Publishers . They developed these curriculum resources with the goal of providing the opportunity, "for learning at church and spiritual discipleship at home. With D6 Curriculum, the entire family studies the same Bible theme at the same time." Allow me to share with you some information about D6's Adventure and Explorers curriculum!
- Publisher - D6 - Randall House
- Website - http://www.d6curriculum.com/
- Price - $32.99 per teacher/class, $7.19 for additional teacher books and $4.29 per child
- Scope - Through the Bible
- Available for all ages - including preschool
Bible in Life is a Traditional Sunday School curriculum from David C. Cook with, as they put it, "sound, easy-to-teach lessons designed to impact every student entrusted to your care-from the littlest ones to the most mature! And as the name implies Bible-in-Life helps each student put Bible truths to work where it counts - in their everyday life." Allow me to share with you some information about Bible in Life!
I read something from UpWords with Max Lucado. He said, "So, how often do you sin, hmm… in an hour? For the sake of discussion, let’s say ten times an hour. Ten sins an hour, times sixteen waking hours, times 365 days a year, times the average life span of 74 years. I’m rounding the total off to 4,300,000 sins per person! How do you plan to pay God for your 4.3 million sin increments? You’re swimming in an ocean of debt. But God pardons the zillion sins of selfish humanity. He forgives sixty million sin-filled days. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where He always wanted us to be. And He did it by the grace of Jesus Christ."
If we are Christians, then we have been the recipients of God's incredible grace, pardon and forgiveness. Do we freely offer this grace, pardon and forgiveness we have received to those who hurt, offend, upset or wound us? Are our lives marked by grace - not only receiving it, but in generously giving it to others? Consider the following -
My 2013 Curriculum reviews continue tomorrow with the start of my Traditional Curriculum Reviews! All week I'll be reviewing curriculum - Traditional, Bridge, Non-Traditional and Special Needs Curriculum. Just a few things to keep in mind -
I'm happy to announce Mary Beth Dawson is the winner of Can't-Wait Willow! (You'll find the review at this link) Thank you Mary Beth for reading About the Children's Department (please message me your address by May 24 so I can have it sent to you) and thank you ideals children's books for sending one for me to review and for making another available for me to give away!
I'm all for striving for excellence in ministry. We want our children's and family ministries to be excellent, but as we strive for this "excellence" there is something we have to beware of. Something which can cause great damage. This "something" is our own ego.
Have you ever heard a church leader say they do not want someone else to do something in the ministry unless they can prove they can do it as well - or better - than they can? This is ego talking. It certainly is not the Spirit of God talking. This kind of "ego" often leads to "hogging" ministry to yourself or micro-managing and both of these things lead to discouragement and pain among those who God sent to serve in your ministry.
I've been writing all week about church politics, how to spot it and how to eliminate it. We've looked at Colossians 3 to see how God's Word tells us to "stop it" and gives us the remedy for it, "love is more important than anything else." Today I want to take one more look at Colossians 3 and a challenge to us to see how church politics harms children.
Stop and think about it. When we have a situation in our churches where "politics" influences what we do, this has an impact on the children. Consider the following -
Yesterday I wrote about church politics and how to identify it. I said, church politics "show up in the way we treat each other" and looked at Colossians 3:8,9. I said, "We must have a zero tolerance for church politics and we must do what God tells us to do . . . stop it!"
Today I want to spend a little more time in Colossians 3:10-17 and see what God's Word tells us to do . . . if we do these things, church politics will not be a problem in our children's ministries.
I've been reviewing Large Group/Small Group Sunday School Curriculum for the past two weeks, so today I'm releasing my 2013 Large Group/Small Group Sunday School Curriculum Side-by-Side Comparison Chart. I set this chart up with a side-by-side format to help you identify those tools you believe will best equip your volunteers as they share God's Word with the children in your ministry.
There are specific things I look for and have identified as essential "tools" for a curriculum, so I will take a moment to explain them n this Key to My Comparison Charts -
So, yesterday I wrote about church politics and the damage it causes in churches and to people; today I want to write about how to identify church politics. Look at Colossians 3:8. 9, " 8 But now you must stop doing such things. You must quit being angry, hateful, and evil. You must no longer say insulting or cruel things about others. 9 And stop lying to each other. You have given up your old way of life with its habits."
