The Gospel Project
Have you heard of the new curriculum published by Lifeway called The Gospel Project?
For the last few years, I have been looking for the right curriculum for our children's Sunday School. What we were using was fine, but I was looking for more. I wanted a curriculum that was Bible-based, Christ-centered, helped children understand God's Big Story rather than just isolated stories, & definitely a connection to the home where parents/grandparents could discuss what is being learned during the week. I looked and looked and never found anything that fit everything I was looking for. Each publishing company had some of these things, but not all of them. I was beginning to think I needed to write my own curriculum. Unfortunately, I don't have the time.
However, I came across The Gospel Project while attending the Orange Conference in Atlanta. I checked it out online and started to get excited. I had some teachers "try it out" over the summer. I finally made the decision to go with the curriculum. I hoped my teachers would like it as much as I did and that it would actually do what it advertised. One bonus to this was that our Discipleship Ministries Committee also decided to use a common curriculum for the coming year and they also are using The Gospel Project.
Let me just say I was blessed this past Sunday as I heard the children's ministry wing abuzz as they talked about God as creator. I am hoping the youth and adults had a similar experience. But one joy personally was when we sat down as a family at home at the dinner table and talked about what they learned in Sunday School. Each of them shared that God is the Creator, but each had a different aspect that they remembered. For Molly, it was God created out of nothing. For Megan & Kenzie, they talked a little about the alternatives to creation. Mitchell talked about God's authority and how He spoke and the world was created.
We are still only a week into this new curriculum, but so far my teachers and this parent is excited about the year ahead!
For the last few years, I have been looking for the right curriculum for our children's Sunday School. What we were using was fine, but I was looking for more. I wanted a curriculum that was Bible-based, Christ-centered, helped children understand God's Big Story rather than just isolated stories, & definitely a connection to the home where parents/grandparents could discuss what is being learned during the week. I looked and looked and never found anything that fit everything I was looking for. Each publishing company had some of these things, but not all of them. I was beginning to think I needed to write my own curriculum. Unfortunately, I don't have the time.
However, I came across The Gospel Project while attending the Orange Conference in Atlanta. I checked it out online and started to get excited. I had some teachers "try it out" over the summer. I finally made the decision to go with the curriculum. I hoped my teachers would like it as much as I did and that it would actually do what it advertised. One bonus to this was that our Discipleship Ministries Committee also decided to use a common curriculum for the coming year and they also are using The Gospel Project.
Let me just say I was blessed this past Sunday as I heard the children's ministry wing abuzz as they talked about God as creator. I am hoping the youth and adults had a similar experience. But one joy personally was when we sat down as a family at home at the dinner table and talked about what they learned in Sunday School. Each of them shared that God is the Creator, but each had a different aspect that they remembered. For Molly, it was God created out of nothing. For Megan & Kenzie, they talked a little about the alternatives to creation. Mitchell talked about God's authority and how He spoke and the world was created.
We are still only a week into this new curriculum, but so far my teachers and this parent is excited about the year ahead!
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