TruthSeekers. Gospel Centered, Scripture Focused, Internationally Proven

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1 TruthSeekers Gospel Centered, Scripture Focused, Internationally Proven

2 That all children and youth throughout the world will come to the Lord Jesus Christ

3 Awana is centered on the gospel Scripture memory is key Awana is fun and exciting Children and youth are trained to serve Awana is built on strong leadership

4 MIT Papua New Guinea New Tribes Leader based program Children with no basic knowledge of the person or character of God

5 Cannot assume basic Christian understanding of today s children Chronological teaching of Scripture Lays a foundation of why we need a Savior

6 Chronological Gospel centered Comprehensive with leader helps One year curriculum (33-52 weeks) One Curriculum for elementary and middle school Good for small churches or large Already proven in 13,000 churches worldwide Spanish and English available Free Reproducible student handouts Economical

7 Builds a Strong Foundation obible is focus oreveal God s Character oplan of redemption methodically revealed oteach Review Reinforce oguards against false professions oguards against lack of security in Christ oguards against lack of overall Biblical knowledge

8 Guards against o. false professions o. against lack of security in Christ o. against lack of overall Biblical knowledge Good seed Prepared Soil Ripe Fruit

9 Roots of the Faith Book 1 Focus on realization of sin and need for a Savior (Old Testament) Roots of the Faith Book 2 Focuses on Jesus as the Deliverer (Old Testament) Foundations of Faith Book 3 Focuses on Christian Discipleship (Book of Acts) Life of Faith Book 4 Focuses on Christian living (Book of Romans)

10 Opening/Game Time Large Group Time Small Group Time

11 Fun Age Appropriate Creative Exciting

12 Story Worship Memory Verse Lesson from God s Word Rewind

13 Story May Act out like a drama or us puppets. Be sure to use an adult for the teacher in the skit. The goal is to pre-teach or introduce the Biblical lesson that will be presented in the lesson.

14 Worship Song Time Music reinforces learning by tying the two hemispheres of the brain together. If you put motions to the songs that anchors it even more (plus it s a lot of fun).

15 Memory Verse Introduce the memory verse here before you start the lesson. Have everyone find it in the Bible. You will come back to the verse several times. Repeat it and have them repeat it as a group back to you.

16 Lesson from God s Word Mention what you covered in the last couple of weeks to refresh everyone s memory.(there are catch up lessons in the appendix for those who join weeks or months after your club stars.) Continue with the amazing story you are telling. Large group stories and points are in the teachers book. Use good story telling techniques and the charts or pictures as provided. Keep the story age appropriate. Example: Sodom and Gomorrah, David and Bathsheba.

17 Rewind Question and Answer Time You are asking the questions to reinforce and review points in the lesson and the verse. You may make this a game for points. The questions are provided.

18 Let s Look in the Bible o Repeat o Recite Let s Think it Through o Review and Reinforce o Record May call this time M &M (Memorizing and Meaning)

19 There is a small group handbook to help the teacher. The kids can purchase these if they like Let s Look in the Bible o Repeat Find the memory verse, explain it including the defintions o Recite As a group and as individuals

20 Let s Think it Through o Review and Reinforce o Check for understanding o Ask provided questions o Discuss ways to apply what they learned to their lives o Activity Provided in the Small Group Handbook o Record Use provided method or use your own

21 Large Group Time must always be done before Small Group Time Focus on age appropriate Flexible and adaptable Incorporate Five Core Principles

22 Midweek children s programming Children s church Sunday School of Adult Bible Fellowship Homeschooling One on one mentoring Family devotions Christian schools or mission schools Orphanges Refugee Resettlements VBS Men or Ladies Bible Studies Senior Citizen s Homes????????????

23 Self Taught Mini Training In Depth On-going Web Site ART

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