Big Truths for Young Hearts: Unit #4 (download only) 10-Week Curriculum

This exciting new curriculum will help build a foundation of Biblical truths in the hearts of children. “Big Truths for Young Hearts” is a 52-week lesson series based on the book ‘Big Truths for Young Hearts’ by Bruce Ware. In this book, Dr. Ware unpacks the riches of God’s word in a systematic way designed to help kids to grasp of the big picture of who God is and all He desires us to know through His Word.

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This year-long curriculum series takes the concepts, or the BIG TRUTHS, presented in the book and provides teachers, parents, and churches with all the resources they need to proclaim those truths to the children in their lives.

The curriculum units follow the chapters in Dr. Ware’s book. A list of the units in this series is found on page 6. The hope is that churches would teach straight through the materials, as in many ways the units do build on each other. But the units are also written in such a way that you could easily teach them as a stand-alone curriculum. A full scope and sequence of the materials is available to download from the Sunday School Store.

In Unit 4,students will start by spending 6 weeks pondering Jesus’ work on the cross. Kids will walk with Jesus from the garden, through His trials, to the cross and the empty tomb all to come to the point of understanding that Jesus is the only way. These first 6 lessons are perfect for the Easter season, but also easily taught any time of the year. After focusing on Jesus and the cross, the unit will end with 4 lessons on the work of the Holy Spirit, seeing that the Holy Spirit was a work in the Old Testament, with Jesus and His disciples and at work in the lives of all of Jesus’ followers today.

Age group: Elementary – K-6/ ages 5-11

Unit 4 Lessons:

• Jesus’ Death Showed God’s Justice and Mercy
  • Text – Matthew 26
  • Jesus Prays in the Garden
  • Main Point – Jesus died because God is both just and merciful
• Jesus Paid the Full Penalty for Sin
  • Text – Matthew 26 - 27
  • Jesus’ Trials
  • Main Point – Jesus paid the full penalty for sin
• Jesus’ Victory Over Satan by His Payment for Sin
  • Text – Matthew 27
  • Jesus Dies on the Cross
  • Main Point – Jesus defeated Satan when He died on the cross
    
• Jesus’ Resurrection: The Proof that Christ’s Death for Sin Worked
  • Text – Mark 16
  • Jesus Rises from the Dead
  • Main Point – Jesus rose victorious over death
• Jesus is King Over All
  • Text – Isaiah 9, Philippians 2, Ezekiel 37
  • Jesus is the Promised Forever King
  • Main Point – Jesus is the Forever King
• But is Jesus Really the Only Savior?
  • Text – various texts
  • Truths about Jesus
  • Main Point – Jesus is the ONLY way to God

• The Work of the Holy Spirit in Old Testament Times
  • Text – Exodus 31
  • Building the Tabernacle
  • Main Point – the Holy Spirit helped people to do what God wanted in the Old Testament
• The Spirit on Jesus and Jesus’ Followers
  • Text – Acts 2
  • Truths about Jesus
  • Main Point – the Holy Spirit was promised and was sent to live within God’s people
• The Spirit Gives New Life in Christ
  • Text – Acts 9
  • Conversion of Saul
  • Main Point – the Holy Spirit gives new life in Christ
• The Holy Spirit Fills and Unites Believers
  • Text – Acts 2
  • The First Church
  • Main Point – the Holy Spirit fills believers and then unites them with other believers

Each lesson in this curriculum is designed to be taught over a 60-90 minute time frame to elementary students (K-6th) and includes the following elements: opening activities, large group worship, large group teaching guides, small group application activities for 2 different age groups, printable activity sheets, memory verse posters, take-home pages for family devotions and more.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

AUTHOR’S BIO: Bethany Darwin spent 20 years working full-time in children’s ministry before recently coming home to raise her son. During her years in children’s ministry, Bethany discovered gaps in available curriculum and often struggled to find a curriculum that worked in her church setting. It was this discovery that awakened a passion in her for writing children’s ministry curriculum. 

Bethany is a popular curriculum writer for Ministry-to-children and you can find many resources of hers there. You can connect with Bethany through Facebook at ‘Treasure Trunk Books’ or on IG at ‘Treasure Trunk Kids.’ On these pages she shares articles and resources for families as well as what she is doing to point her little one to Christ. You can also find other resources of hers there. Bethany is a member of Bethany Bible Church in Thousand Oaks, CA.