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PREPARING A LESSON
To provide Bible-based, culturally relevant, and
personally challenging Sunday school lessons for
Young Teen and High School students.
• Complete lesson plans
• Relevant Scripture commentary
• Reproducible pages
• Learning options
• Quarterly
• Hands-on activities
• Case studies
• Discussion questions
• Self evaluations
• 4 pages
• Quarterly
• 6 ready-to-use posters
• 4 pages of reproducible
handouts
• 1 CD
• 4 audio skits
• 6 videos
• 2 computer games
• Digital posters
• 13 Bible memory puzzles
• Quarterly
• Engaging articles
• Real-life stories
• Interviews and quizzes
• Daily devotions
• Student art and poetry
• 8 pages
• Weekly (sold quarterly)
EVERY ISSUE RELATES TO THE WEEKLY LESSON
Read the lesson text.
2 Corinthians 9:6-9
6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly
will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows
generously will also reap generously. 7Each of you should give what you have
decided in your heart to give, not
reluctantly or under compulsion, for God
loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to
bless you abundantly, so that in all things
at all times, having all that you need, you
will abound in every good work. 9As it is
written: “They have freely scattered their
gifts to the poor; their righteousness
endures forever.”
Review the Life Focus.
This is the theme of the lesson.
Life Focus: Let’s be grateful and
generous managers of our
possessions.
Look at the goals for each
lesson step.
These four goals provide the
“roadmap” for the entire lesson.
Step one: Recognize that you are wealthy
compared to most people in the world.
Step two: Explain how a Christian should
deal with wealth.
Step three: Evaluate present-day examples
of how people deal with wealth.
Step four: Resolve to use wealth
constructively.
Study the Scripture
Commentary,
Encountering God’s Word.
Take special note of the three
main points of the lesson.
CHEERFULLY 2 Corinthians 9:7
PRODUCTIVELY
2 Corinthians 9:8, 9
God will always give us
enough to share.
GENEROUSLY 2 Corinthians 9:6
God only wants that
which we gladly give.
God will cause our gifts
to be used effectively.
Each week’s lesson follows four steps:
Step 1 Setting the Stage
Introduce the lesson by engaging student interest in
the overall topic of the lesson.
Step 2 Searching the Word
Help students discover what the Bible says about that
overall topic.
Step 3 Making It Real
Assist students in envisioning how those biblical principles
would look when lived out today.
Step 4 Living It Out
Encouraging students to take a specific step in response
to the study.
In the first section there are
three options.
In this lesson, you can choose a
quiz, a video, or a news article.
Each activity will meet the goal of
the lesson step.
Each activity will lead to the same
transition statement.
The first activity is always
designated as the Quick Step
activity. This option requires very
limited preparation. It is great for
last-minute volunteer needs.
Use one of the following activities to help each
students recognize that they are wealthy compared to
most people in the world.
Lead into Bible study by saying: It’s hard to imagine
living without many of the luxuries of our culture. It
is easy to forget that we have luxuries that few
others have had in history. The Bible tells us to be
aware of the blessings we have and gives us three
principles for handling our wealth.
Activity Option 1
For this lesson, the engaging quiz is
found in the Student Book.
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Activity Option 2
For this lesson, the video is included
on the CD in your Resources Packet.
Play it on a laptop or scan this code
to play it from your smart device!
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Activity Option 3
Download The Scene™ from
www.encounterface2face.com
Discuss one of the latest headlines
from the week of the lesson. It is
designed, to meet the section
objective and lead into the next
section of the lesson. If you prefer,
scan the code and view it from your
smart device!
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Discover main points in
Scripture.
You have two choices with which
to delve into an exposition of the
Bible text.
Each option teaches the main
points of the lesson text clearly
and concisely. Each will also meet
the same objective and lead into
application.
In this example, you can choose
an inductive study or a creative
activity as Bible study options.
Inductive study
Creative option
For this lesson,
the inductive
study is found
in the Student
Book.
For this lesson, the
creative option is a
music/song writing
activity and is a
reproducible page
from your Teacher
Book.
Role-playing Application Options
For this lesson, the role-playing
activity is found in the Student Book.
Show how Bible study principles
can be practiced today.
In this example, you can choose to
role-play or do an art activity.
The activity uses art to help
students apply the Bible lesson.
Since more creative activities such
as creative writing and art are
structured with specific goals in
mind, it is easy to turn them into
discussion activities instead!
Art activity
Alternative Activities
include suggestions for playing
specific songs to help meet the
teaching objective.
Alternative activity
Encourage students to make
specific life changes.
In this lesson, you can choose a
self-evaluation or an object lesson.
self-evaluation
The self-evaluation
For this lesson, the self evaluation
exercise is based on an article found in
the student magazine,
ENCOUNTER—The Magazine.
The object lesson is described in your
Teacher Book.
For this sample lesson, an object lesson is
used to give a concrete “take-away” as a
reminder of a personal commitment.
object lesson
with resources that are:
• Flexible: every lesson contains multiple options
• Biblically sound: students get into the Bible
• Experiential: students participate in hands-on activities
• Relational: engaging small group discussion helps build Christ-
centered relationships
Age Levels—Young Teen and High School
Learning Plan (Scope & Sequence)—6 years
Format—Classroom setting
Length—45-90 minutes
include: • 1 Teacher Guide
• 1 Student Book
• 1 Resources Pack
• 1 Set of ENCOUNTER—The
Magazine
All you need are
these resources!
