Children's Teacher: January- March 2024

By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

Children’s Teacher is a teacher’s quarterly for children 11 and under. In addition to the exposition of the printed text, each of the thirteen lessons includes the purpose of the lesson, extensive teaching plans, lesson introduction, background of the lesson, meaningful insights, and related activities. It follows the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson Outline from the National Council of Churches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
• Release date: Dec 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798886351712

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FIRST QUARTER 2024 • Vol. 41, No. 1

Children’s Teacher is a teacher’s Sunday school quarterly designed to be used as a companion teaching tool to Growing with Jesus, Young Learners, and Adventurers with Jesus. In addition to the exposition of the printed text, all lessons include the purpose of the lesson, extensive teaching plans, lesson introduction, background of the lesson, meaningful insights, and related activities.

MEET YOUR WRITER

Katara Washington Patton is an author, editor, and publishing consultant who is currently Executive Editor of the VOICES collection at Our Daily Bread Publishing. Her most recent book, Navigating the Blues: Where to Turn When Worry, Anxiety, or Hope Steals Your Hope, debuted on Amazon’s Bestseller’s List for New Releases.

Katara graduated summa cum laude from Dillard University with a bachelor of arts degree. She holds a Masters of Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a Masters of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Derrick, live on the South Side of Chicago with their daughter.

This lesson material is based on the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson Outlines, copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and used with permission.

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Scriptures taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The King James Version (KJV) is in the public domain.

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Contents: January, February, March

I GROWING IN FAITH

II FAITH TAKES COURAGE

III LOOKING AT OUR FAITH

WHAT'S IN STORE THIS QUARTER

In this quarter, we will explore faith that pleases God. Any person seeking God must believe God exists and must know He rewards those who are seeking Him. We will understand why it is so important to have faith that pleases God in our lifestyle of faith today. Later in the quarter, we explore the fullness of faith as a response to God’s desire to be in relationship with us.

UNIT 1— GROWING IN FAITH

This unit has four lessons drawn from Hebrews, Proverbs, 2 Chronicles, and Romans that allow us to learn more about faith, its description, its importance, its trustworthiness, its encouragement, and its transformation. The lesson from Hebrews assists our understanding of why faith that pleases God matters. Similarly, Proverbs admonishes us to have faith, trusting God and depending on God to enable us to live in faith. In 2 Chronicles, we see the example of Jehoshaphat’s faith. The lesson from Romans reminds Christians that through faith, their existence must not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of their minds.

Unit Points of Emphasis: ______________________________________________________________

UNIT 2—FAITH TAKES COURAGE

This unit has four lessons drawn from Isaiah, Daniel, and Habakkuk that allow us to see how the righteous live by faith. Isaiah reminds us how through living by faith, the righteous can see the power of God throughout all creation; Daniel allows us to see how, living by faith, the three Hebrew boys trusted God to protect them in the fiery furnace and how Daniel, living by faith, trusted God to protect him in the lions’ den; Habakkuk, living by faith, received instructions reminding him to be still and wait on God because the righteous live by faith.

Unit Points of Emphasis: ______________________________________________________________

UNIT 3—LOOKING AT OUR FAITH

This unit has five lessons drawn from Jude, 2 Corinthians, 1 Peter, Acts, and Mark that invite learners to turn the challenges of life into opportunities for nurturing a vibrant faith instead of giving up, turning away from God, or rejecting faith. Jude appeals to us to contend for the faith that was once entrusted to the saints. 2 Corinthians warns Christians to examine themselves to make sure they are living in the faith. Peter urges his readers to defend their faith with humility, gentleness, and reverence. Acts encourages the church to be obedient to the faith, using Stephen as an example. In Mark, God raised Jesus from the dead and, in so doing, unlocks the door to resurrection faith.

Unit Points of Emphasis: _ ________________________________________________

SUGGESTED OPENING EXERCISES

1. Usual Signal for Beginning

2. Prayer (Closing with the Lord’s Prayer)

3. Singing (Songs to be selected)

4. Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:11–15

Director: But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

School: And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

Director: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

School: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

All: Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Recitation in Concert: Romans 1:14–17

14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

CLOSING WORK

1. Singing

2. Sentences: Hebrews 10: 35–39

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Dismissal with Prayer

Lesson 1 for Week of January 7, 2024

FAITH WHEN WE CAN’T SEE

Background Passage: Hebrews 11

Lesson Passage: Hebrews 11:1–3, 8, 23, 31–34, 39–40

UNIFYING TOPIC

Believing without Seeing

LESSON SECTIONS

KEY VERSE

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1, NRSV)

BIBLICAL EMPHASES

1. Faith is belief in what we do not see.

2. God is pleased when we are faithful—not perfect.

3. We find examples of faithfulness in Abraham, Moses, Rahab, and many other Bible heroes.

UNIFYING PRINCIPLE

Frequently, we have to act without complete information. How do we make wise decisions in the face of uncertainty? Hebrews 11 lifts up the exemplary faith of many who demonstrate confidence in God’s promises even in the absence of a tangible, seeable basis for doing so.

LESSON EMPHASES

• To know what faith means and how to apply it to our lives.

• To identify faithful actions of Bible heroes.

Target Emphases

PRESCHOOLERS: Preschoolers are learning to trust some people.

YOUNGER CHILDREN: Younger children are learning what it means to have hope.

OLDER CHILDREN: Older children can