Teen and Children’s Resources

Beginner to Primary

My Bible First Curriculum

This is a curriculum for leaders and teachers who prefer more structured lessons than the Gracelinks curriculum provides. Materials and stories contain true-to-life graphics instead of cartoon graphics. Resources include theme materials and visualized songs, teaching helps and memory verse aids.

  • Primary Lesson Resources My Bible First is a 3-year cycle for ages 7-10. It presents the plan of salvation in chronological order, from Genesis to Revelation, in the context of the Bible stories.

Gracelinks Curriculum

This is the current standard curriculum for Adventist churches.

Junior Age (10 – 12)

  • Junior Lesson Resources My Bible Says is a curriculum, with a 3-year cycle for ages 10 and up. It presents the plan of salvation in chronological order from Genesis to Revelation. The last two quarters cover Reformation history and early Advent church history. In addition, Bible doctrines are presented in the context of the stories. Illustrations are true-to-life format, rather than comic format.

Young Disciple Resources for Juniors & Earliteens (Grades 5-8)

  • Bible Lessons and Program Helps for Juniors and Early Teens
    This is a curriculum similar to “My Bible First.” Includes lesson quarterlies, program helps and teachers’ guides. Program guides and teachers’ helps are available in print or by online subscription.
  • Teacher Helps on password-protected site.
  • Young Disciple magazine, an alternative to Guide magazine, with up-to-date stories, but with realistic graphics. Aims to encourage kids to have their own relationship with Jesus. Sample copies of the magazine are available for free download.

 Earliteens (13, 14)

  • Real-time Faith – Gracelink Lesson Resources for ages 13-14 in English, French and Spanish. These are mainly for larger churches which separate Junior and Earliteen classes. In smaller churches, this age group is usually combined with the Junior group, using a 4-year curriculum, or with the Youth group. The current student lesson is on the home page.

High-school Age (14 – 18)

Sabbath School Ministry Descriptions

Felt Illustrations

While computer animations and PowerPoint presentations are popular, there’s still much to be said for old-fashioned “felt sets.” The advantage of felt sets is that children can be engaged in the stories by placing the felt figures on the board. Additionally, the felt experience is different from what they usually experience and thus has a special attraction.

Stories

Other Resources

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