Time and time again I hear a plea for good resources to use with youth - middle and high school students. While there isn't a plethora of curricula "out there" that is …
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Free Curriculum: The Compendium of the Church Mice
The Compendium of the Church Mice, the Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod's free, year-long Sunday school curriculum, has released its content for the …
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Curriculum Survey 2013: Results and Observations
I conducted an on-line survey from April 1 – May 1 to learn what curricula was being used in congregations with children, youth and adults. Not surprisingly, most …
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The New World of Curriculum
As we know, the root word for curriculum is currere - "a course to be run." Curriculum is one of many resources to help us "run the course" of being a lifelong disciple …
Free Sunday School Curriculum: The Virtual Church School
The Anglican Church of Canada offers simple lectionary-based lesson plans in English and French completely online. Launched in February 2008 by the Diocese of …
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Curriculum Choices for Christian Education
"But remember, curriculum (Latin currere = a course to be run) is a tool to help you and your student get 'from one place to another.'" Churches and Curriculum It is that …
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5 Types of Sunday School Curriculum
"First, one has to determine what kind of curricular resources fit the needs of your children, youth or adults. Curricula can be grouped into five types of …
Curriculum & The Church
by Sharon Ely Pearson They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. All who believed were together and had all …
The Smallest Experiment: One Wondering Question
Most formation closes hard: sermons land their point, lessons end with the lesson, newsletters call to action, and podcasts wrap with the takeaway. We are trained to bring things …
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Equipping Faith Communities to Offer Authentic Welcome to LGBTQIA+ Persons
Faith communities that belong to LGBTQ+ affirming denominations are often excited to extend a welcome to the LGBTQ+ community. After all, with "more than 1 in 5 Gen Z adults . . . …
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