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11 Passover // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 11) Story: Passover This is the eleventh story in the curriculum found in Exodus 5-15. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube Review Slides: Review […]

10 Moses // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 10) Story: Moses This is the tenth story in the curriculum found in Exodus 1-4. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube Listen to the […]

09 Joseph // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 9) Story: Joseph This is the ninth story in the curriculum found in Genesis 37-39, 41-50. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube Listen to […]

08 Jacob and Esau // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 8) Story: Jacob and Esau This is the eighth story in the curriculum found in Genesis 25, 27. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube […]

07 Isaac // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 7) Story: Isaac This is the seventh story in the curriculum found in Genesis 22. We reviewed the first 6 stories below: source […]

06 Covenant // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 6) Story: Covenant This is the sixth story in the curriculum found in Genesis 11-18, 21. We reviewed the first 5 stories below: […]

05 The Flood // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 5) Story: The Flood This is the fifth story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 4-9. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube […]

04 Cain and Abel // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 4) Story: Cain and Abel This is the fourth story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 4. Watch the teaching video below: source […]

People Are More Important Than Jobs

Currently in Followers we are interacting with stories that Jesus told people in order to learn what God is like. Yesterday, during the Junior Followers (grades K-2) teaching time we had one of those amazing moments where students say something profound. We were engaging with the story Jesus told about a Samaritan man who stopped […]

Parable of the Good Samaritan

For Followers in 2019 at Hayward Wesleyan Church, we decided to spend some time interacting with stories that Jesus told in order to learn what God is like: According to Jesus, What is God Like? The Parable of the Good Samaritan In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus tells the story of a Samaritan helping a man beaten […]

03 Separation // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 3) Story: Separation This is the third story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 1-3. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube Listen […]

02 First Humans // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 2) Story: First Humans This is the second story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 1-23 and Psalm 8. Watch the teaching video […]

Parable of the Two Lost Sons and the Gracious Father // Luke 15:11-32

In the second half of Followers at Hayward Wesleyan Church in 2019, I decided to interact with stories of Jesus found in the Gospels in order to teach and demonstrate how Jesus showed people what God, his Father, was like. I called the series: According to Jesus, What is God Like? For the first story, I picked the parable […]

01 Beginnings // The Story of God for Kids

For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 1) Story: Beginnings This is the first story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 1-3, Psalm 8, Job 38, Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, […]

What’s in the Bible? Church Edition // Review

A few years ago, I reviewed “What in the Bible?” curriculum for Wesleyan Kids: I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the unfolding process of the What’s in the Bible? videos over the last few years. Each time a new video was released I would buy it and think through how I could use it. I was always […]

Overview of Natural, Human World and Supernatural, Divine World // 01 Week

Preparatory thoughts: The focus of teaching and application @hwcyouth High School is centered around the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus’ emphasis on repenting for the kingdom of heaven is near (Matthew 4:17). How do I help teenagers to understand what Jesus means when he talks about the “kingdom of heaven”? How do I delineate […]

Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven // Curriculum Trajectory for High School

For the 2016-2017 school year, the high school students who participate in Youth group each Wednesday night are going to engage with Jesus’ words in Matthew 5-7 often referred to as the Sermon on the Mount. We’ve spent the past 2 years going through discipleship, spiritual stages of growth, being able to both understand and […]

Esther // What’s in the Bible?

It’s time for the last of the historical books. Esther Esther is a story about a girl. Another book of the Bible is Ruth, which is also a story about a woman who did amazing things that have inspired folks for thousands of years. Background of Esther Cyrus was the first king of the Persian […]

Ezra and Nehemiah // What’s in the Bible?

Review Last week we learned that the Bible is true and trustworthy. Also, the empires, Assyria and Babylon, had taken over Israel and Judah, respectively. Ezra and Nehemiah The prophet Jeremiah (25:11) announced that the Israelites would be in exile for 70 years. A new king named Cyrus came to power. Cyrus was the first Persian […]

The Assyrian and Babylonian Empire // What’s in the Bible?

Where are we in the Bible? There are two sections in the Bible: Old Testament and New Testament. We are currently in the Old Testament, which itself is divided into sections. So far we are gone through the Pentateuch (or the Torah), which are the first five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The […]