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Growing in God’s Love: A Story Bible Curriculum

 

Help the children in your church grow with the newest multiage curriculum for children ages 5-10, based on the best-selling story Bible Growing in God's Love: A Story Bible.

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This relationally focused curriculum dives into the 148 stories from the story Bible. Each session also includes suggestions for intergenerational church and home activities around worship, education, connections, and service. Ideal for any size church to use with multiage children's groups.

In this curriculum, children will:

   -  enter into sacred space together
   -  read and hear a story of God's people from  
      Growing in God's Love: A Story Bible
   -  pause to let God's word enter into their hearts
      and minds
   -  engage their curiosity and imagination with
      God's story
   -  wrestle with their place in God's story
   -  bless one another with God's grace

This story Bible curriculum allows you to build your own library of units from the thirty-five units, which contain three to five sessions each. The first round of six units will be available in the summer of 2020, with subsequent rounds in 2021.

Old and New Testament stories are featured in these thirty-five units. In the library listing below, you'll find units that span larger stories, such as Abraham and Sarah's Big Family, The Exodus, Jesus: Beginnings, and A New Church. There are also units about particular people, such as Joshua, Queen Vashti and Queen Esther, and Paul. And finally, themed units, such as Brave Women and Men in the Old Testament, Tell Me about God, and Parables Jesus Told, help round out this curriculum.


Growing in God's Love: A Story Bible
E
lizabeth F. Caldwell and Carol A. Wehrheim, eds.

This is the official Bible for Growing in God's Love: A Story Bible Curriculum. Nurture the faith of the children using 150 Bible stories organized into thirteen themes. Discounts are available for bulk purchases and will show up in your cart for orders of 10-24 and 25 or more. Learn more about the story Bible.


New Downloadable At-Home Kit Guide

We are super excited to share with you a new feature for the curriculum. We have created a customizable guide for putting together at-home kits for your families. Each guide is designed specifically for that unit. Click on the available unit you are interested in and then click the button underneath the product description to download the guide in an easy-to-use Word Document.


35-Unit Library Listing
List of units with biblical references.

Available Now (6 Units) October 2020 (6 Units)
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- Creation (3 sessions)
- Abraham and Sarah's Big Family (5 sessions)
- Esau and Jacob (4 sessions)
- Brave Women and Men in the Old Testament
(5 sessions)
- People Jesus Met (5 sessions)
- Healings and Miracles (4 sessions)
- God's Messages (4 sessions)
- The Birth of Jesus (5 sessions)
- Parables Jesus Told (5 sessions)
- Last Things (5 sessions)
- Surprises (5 sessions)
- A New Church (5 sessions)
   
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- Creation (3 sessions)
- Abraham and Sarah's Big Family (5 sessions)
- Esau and Jacob (4 sessions)
- Brave Women and Men in the Old Testament
(5 sessions)
- People Jesus Met (5 sessions)
- Healings and Miracles (4 sessions)
- God's Messages (4 sessions)
- The Birth of Jesus (5 sessions)
- Parables Jesus Told (5 sessions)
- Last Things (5 sessions)
- Surprises (5 sessions)
- A New Church (5 sessions)
   
Coming in 2021
July 2021 (6 units) October 2021 (6 units)
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- The Exodus (5 sessions)
- Joshua (4 sessions)
- Elijah and Elisha (4 sessions)
- Listening for God (3 sessions)
- Jesus Teaches (4 sessions)
- More Parables Jesus Told (5 sessions)
Job and Jonah (4 sessions)
- Hopes and Dreams (3 sessions)
- Tell Me about God (4 sessions)
- Jesus: Beginnings (5 sessions)
- Who Is Jesus? (4 sessions)
Paul (4 sessions)

   
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- The Exodus (5 sessions)
- Joshua (4 sessions)
- Elijah and Elisha (4 sessions)
Listening for God (3 sessions)
Jesus Teaches (4 sessions)
- More Parables Jesus Told (5 sessions)

- Job and Jonah (4 sessions)
- Hopes and Dreams (3 sessions)
- Tell Me about God (4 sessions)
- Jesus: Beginnings (5 sessions)
- Who Is Jesus? (4 sessions)
- Paul (4 sessions)

 
Coming in 2022
July 2022 (6 units)
October 2022 (5 units)
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- Joseph (3 sessions)
- Naomi and Ruth (3 sessions)
- Wise People (4 sessions)
- Jesus and Friends (5 sessions)
- More Healing and Miracles (5 sessions)
- The Body of Christ (5 sessions)
- David (5 sessions)
- Queen Vashti and Queen Esther (3 sessions)
- Celebrating (3 sessions)
- Songs, Prayers, and Wise Sayings (5 sessions)
- Living as Christians (4 sessions)
   
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- Joseph (3 sessions)
- Naomi and Ruth (3 sessions)
Wise People (4 sessions)
Jesus and Friends (5 sessions)
- More Healing and Miracles (5 sessions)
- The Body of Christ (5 sessions)
- David (5 sessions)
- Queen Vashti and Queen Esther (3 sessions)
- Celebrating (3 sessions)
Songs, Prayers, and Wise Sayings (5 sessions)
- Living as Christians (4 sessions)