Teaching Plan

The Customizable Teaching Plan is where you will find every activity needed for an amazing time of Bible Study with your students.

  • There are four different plans to choose from, Complete, Younger, Older, and Master Teacher. (Although activities have been carefully designed with age-appropriate behavior, topics, and learning styles in mind, you know your own group better than anyone – feel free to customize your plan to best fit your group’s personality and needs.)
  • Each plan is broken into three sections: Connect, Explore, and Transform.
  • Simply click on the activity titles below to see each activity.
  • Activity PDFs can be downloaded within the specific activity window.

Connect “Learn More”

Connect options are fun ways to introduce the lesson's theme(s). Your choices for Connect activities include:

  • Drama—A short drama script that can be performed by your students
  • Media Option—Media options are videos, photos, audio files, or slide shows
  • Age Specific Options—Activities to get your students ready for the lesson
  • Review Questions—Questions to review the previous lesson's content

Explore “Learn More”

Explore options are where Bible Study happens. Your choices for Explore activities include:

  • The Key Study—An interactive, small group Bible Study focusing on the Biblical Passage (includes Map and Timeline reference)
  • The Master Teacher Key Study—A sermon-style Bible Study focusing on the Biblical Passage
  • Age Specific Options—Bible Study activities developed specifically for younger and older students

Transform “Learn More”

Transform options help your students apply the lesson's truths. Your choices for Transform activities include:

  • Deeper Discussion—Questions to take your students deeper into the application of the lesson
  • Creative Prayer—Interactive ways to pray
  • Age Specific Options—Application activities developed specifically for younger and older students
Choose a Teaching Plan:

Connect Activity

Connect activities get students ready to learn. Choose one or two of the activities below to introduce this week’s lesson.

Especially for Younger Students: Re-creating Nature

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will create a model representing their favorite item from nature.

Especially for Older Students: The Information Age

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will consider the vast amount of knowledge available to them.

Master Teacher Option: The Information Age

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will consider the vast amount of knowledge available to them.

Explore Activity

Explore activities lead students to study Scripture. Teach the Key Study to focus on the Biblical Truth. If you choose, support the Key Study with one or two of the following activities.

Interactive Core Study: He Knows You

(15-20 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will study Psalm 139:1-16 to understand that God expresses His love for us through His knowledge, His presence, and His power.

Master Teacher Key Study: He Knows You

(15-20 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will study Psalm 139:1-16 to understand that God expresses His love for us through His knowledge, His presence, and His power.

Especially for Younger Students: Created with Love

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will discuss how God’s creative power displays His great love.

Especially for Older Students: Never Far Away

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will discuss the ways God’s presence displays His love.

Transform Activity

Choose one or two Transform activities to challenge students to live differently. Keep in mind that the Holy Spirit ultimately brings about change, so help students draw near to Him.

Deeper Discussion

(5-10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will discuss how God’s omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence connect to His love for us.

Especially for Younger Students: Always Present

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will discuss the good news that God is with them at all times.

Especially for Older Students: Experience God Today

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will discuss how they can daily experience the presence of God.

Master Teacher Option: Experience God Today

(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Students will discuss how they can daily experience the presence of God.

Take Home Activity

The Take Home Activity gives families the opportunity to study the biblical passage together and discuss how each member of the family might apply the truths from the lesson to his or her life.

Family Devotion

(10-15 minutes at home, easy set-up)
Distribute copies of the Family Devotion to students and encourage them to share the devotion with their family.