JULY CURRICULUM
COME AND JOIN US AS WE EXPLORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LIVE IT OUT AND GOD’S CHARACTER,
AS SHOWN THROUGH GOD’S BIG STORY
Jesus is the greatest example of what it looks like to value others. Through the way He lived His life, Jesus taught us how to value one another. And when we follow Jesus, God’s Spirit helps us to live like Jesus—transforming not only us but the world around us.
WEEK 1
Today’s Bible Story: I Think It’s About . . . Forgiveness (Forgive One Another / Jesus Forgives Peter) • Colossians 3:13 (Supporting: John 13:36-38; 21:1-19)
Today’s Bottom Line: Forgive one another.
Monthly Memory Verse: Our God is a God who strengthens and encourages you. May he give you the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had. Romans 15:5 (NIrV)
Monthly Virtue: Live It Out—Discover how to love like Jesus
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
Week 2
Today’s Bible Story: Pray for Me (Pray for One Another / The Church Prays for Peter) • 1 Timothy 2:1 (Supporting: Acts 12:1-19)
Today’s Bottom Line: Pray for one another.
Monthly Memory Verse: Our God is a God who strengthens and encourages you. May he give you the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had. Romans 15:5 (NIrV)
Monthly Virtue: Live It Out—Discover how to love like Jesus
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
Week 3
Today’s Bible Story: Carry You Home (Care for One Another / The Good Samaritan) • Galatians 6:2 (Supporting: Luke10:25-37)
Today’s Bottom Line: Care for one another.
Monthly Memory Verse: Our God is a God who strengthens and encourages you. May he give you the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had. Romans 15:5 (NIrV)
Monthly Virtue: Live It Out—Discover how to love like Jesus
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
Week 4
Today’s Bible Story: Teach Me (Teach One Another / The Great Commission) • Romans 15:14 (Supporting: Matthew 28:16-20)
Today’s Bottom Line: Teach one another.
Monthly Memory Verse: Our God is a God who strengthens and encourages you. May he give you the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had. Romans 15:5 (NIrV)
Monthly Virtue: Live It Out—Discover how to love like Jesus
Basic Truth: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
AUGUST CURRICULUM
Our FAITH begins when we remember how God has been at work from the start.
Each day, we can choose to trust in what we can’t see because of what we can see.
This month kicks off our year-long journey through the Bible as we look at God’s Big Story. Every story has a beginning. As we explore Creation, the Fall and other pivotal moments in the origin of our faith, kids will discover that not only did God create everything, but even after people chose to go their own way, God had a plan to restore us.
When kids see how God has worked in the past, they can grow in faith that our faithful God continues to work in
and through each person who chooses to follow Jesus.
Week 1
Bible Story: Creation and the Fall • Genesis 1–2 :3, 3; Romans 5:8
In the beginning—the very beginning… God created everything, including people! We were made to live in perfect friendship with God forever. But when people turned away from God, sin entered the world. Everything was broken, including our relationship with God. But God already had a plan to rescue us and restore that relationship… and everything else in the whole world.
Bottom Line: You can trust God no matter what.
Monthly Memory Verse: Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIrV)
Week 2
Bible Story: Noah • Genesis 6–9
After Adam and Eve left Eden, few people loved God. But Noah did. When God told Noah to build an enormous boat, Noah trusted and obeyed, even though the ark likely took decades to construct. Noah continued to trust, even when God instructed him to go into the ark with animals of every kind. He trusted even through 40 days of rain and many long months on the flood waters. And in the end, God delivered Noah and his family.
Bottom Line: You can trust God even when you don’t understand.
Monthly Memory Verse: Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIrV)
Week 3
Bible Story: God Chooses Abram • Genesis 12:1-9; 15:1-6
From the beginning, God had a plan to restore us—and this rescue started with a man named Abram. God called Abram to leave his home and travel to an unknown land, where God would make him into a great nation. God promised that the entire world would one day be blessed through Abram’s family. And though Abram was already old he trusted God’s plan and set out into the unknown.
Bottom Line: You can trust that God has a plan.
Monthly Memory Verse: Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIrV)
Week 4
Bible Story: Jacob’s Dream • Genesis 28:10-22 (Supporting: Genesis 25:19-34; 27)
Abram, later Abraham, had a son named Isaac, who had twin boys named Jacob and Esau. Though Jacob was younger, he tricked his brother out of both a birthright and a blessing. Afraid that Esau would kill him, Jacob ran away from home. In the wilderness, God appeared to Jacob in a dream of angels ascending and descending a stairway to heaven. And even though Jacob was a deeply flawed man on the run, God renewed the promise that he had given to Abraham.
Bottom Line: You can trust that God is with you.
Monthly Memory Verse: Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIrV)
Week 5
Bible Story: Joseph • Genesis 37, 39–45
Though Jacob had twelve sons, he chose a favorite: Joseph. When Joseph’s dreams got him into hot water with his brothers, they sold him to be enslaved in Egypt. There, Jacob gained the respect of Potiphar and was put in charge of his household—until he was lied about and thrown in prison. Still, Joseph trusted God. He worked hard and put in charge of the other prisoners. At last, Joseph was called to interpret a dream for Pharaoh, who was so impressed that he elevated Joseph to second in the kingdom. Years later when Joseph’s brother came to Egypt for food during a famine, Joseph forgave them and invited the whole family to Egypt.
Bottom Line: You can trust God when things get tough.
Monthly Memory Verse: Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIrV)
