The study for Lent in the Scriptures for the Church Seasons series is based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for the church year, a three-year cycle that includes readings from the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Epistles. The study will help Christians understand, appreciate, and participate in meaningful reflection during Lent and in joyous celebration on Easter. The Leader Guide, written by Nan Duerling, is combined with the Student Book allowing more flexibility for leading the study.
Features text in both the NRSV and NIV translations of the Bible. Years of reader evaluations yield a record of overwhelming positive teaching results. Teachers agree that The New International Lesson Annual gets highest marks for helping Christian educators in the classroom, making scripture understood, relating Scripture to contemporary living, and challenging students to respond with positive actions. Based on the Bible study foundations of America's leading ecumenical Bible educators and editors in the venerable Committee On Uniform Series. Easy-to-use design with tint boxes, thumb index, goals for learners, and a new pronunciation guide Easy-on-the- eyes clear type Combine this NRSV and NIV with any Bible translation and you have a multi-version parallel Eight pages of Bible background, interpretation, and step-by-step lesson plans keyed to learner goals for each lesson make lesson preparation thorough without difficult and tedious research In-depth quarterly Bible background and teacher enrichment articles. Complete index to background Scriptures, and additional helps such as maps, charts, or timelines Preparing Our Heart section with Bible reading and reflection questions for the teacher's personal spiritual growth. New Continue the Journey section includes ideas for prayer, learner preparation for next week's session, activities the learners can do during the coming week to live out what they have learned, and a suggested closing hymn and benediction. Edited by one of the nation's leading Christian educators, Dr. Nan Duerling.
Thoroughly revised in format and design, this reference provides resource material to teachers of the International Lesson Series. The 52 weekly lesson plans accompany the NRSV and the NIV translations of the Bible, practical suggestions for action, a wealth of helps, options, and ideas for each lesson, materials for lectures and discussion--all in a larger, easier-to-read typeface.
Featuring an attractive format and design, this annual resource provides valuable reference material for teachers of the International Lesson Series. In addition to 52 weekly step-by-step lesson plans, this volume includes: * Text from both the NRSV and the NIV * Practical suggestions for action * Large, easy-to-read type * Thumb Lesson Indicator *Nine pages of helps for each lesson * Materials for lecture, discussion, and activities
Advent is a busy and sometimes stressful time of year, but in God’s Gift of Love, Donna Schaper reminds us that Advent also gives us an opportunity to slow down, recognize that God’s love has found us, and live in peace. By changing our attitude and our understanding of time, we can prepare for and look forward to the coming of Jesus Christ. We can be ready to conceive God’s love in us and reconceive our lives and our behavior toward others. Schaper’s writing helps us understand that love is not a sentiment but a way of life that emerges from the knowledge that in Jesus Christ, we experience God’s love. God’s Gift of Love offers the opportunity and challenge to appreciate and live in the amazing gift of God’s love by studying the Revised Common Lectionary readings designated for Advent, Year A. Donna Schaper helps readers experience the blessings of Jesus’ birth and Christ’s second coming in the fullness of time. A Leader Guide by Nan Duerling, with Bible background and suggestions for group activities, is included in this book.
The Lord is Our Salvation invites us to explore God’s saving and redeeming love through a study of the scripture readings for Lent and Easter. Key Bible readings call us to praise God as we we contemplate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through the readings, we hear the call to celebrate God’s salvation and new life offered through Jesus Christ. The season of Lent offers opportunities to reflect on God’s redemptive action and to explore means of grace that help us experience transformation, a key focus of Lenten worship, study, and prayer. The Lord is Our Salvation is based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for year B of the church year, a three-year cycle of Bible readings. The study includes commentary and reflection on readings from the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Epistles. It offers the opportunity to explore these Bible readings in a seven-session study. It will help participants understand, appreciate, and engage in meaningful and life-changing spiritual practices. The study book includes a leader guide with information about the season of Lent, suggestions for starting and leading small groups, Bible background, and discussion activities.
This lesson annual provides resource material to teachers of the International Lesson Series, also referred to as the Uniform Lesson Series, presenting 52 weekly commentaries and step-by-step lesson plans. This resources uses both NRSV and NIV versions printed in the text.
Preparing the Way offers the opportunity and challenge to journey toward Bethlehem and the manger by exploring the Revised Common Lectionary readings designated for this Advent season. As she guides us through the lectionary texts of Advent 2012 in Preparing the Way, Sue Mink inspires us to claim for ourselves the call to prepare our hearts, our minds, and our lives for the coming of Jesus Christ in his birth and in his second coming. First time! The Leader Guide, written by Nan Duerling, is combined with the Student Book allowing more flexibility for leading the study. The Leader Guide gives help to leaders for Sunday School Classes or other small groups by providing the same great materials you've come to know and depend on when preparing to lead your class or group.
As he guides us through the lectionary texts of Lent 2013 in Following the Way, Mark Price reminds us that the gift of new life offered through Jesus Christ empowers us to live daily as his followers. The seven-session Bible study for Lent and Easter is part of the Scriptures for the Church Seasons series based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for the church year, a three year cycle that includes readings from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles. First time! The Leader Guide, written by Nan Duerling, is combined with the Student Book allowing more flexibility for leading the study. The Leader Guide gives help to leaders for Sunday School or other small groups by providing the same great materials you've come to know and depend on when preparing to lead your group.
The Lord Is Our Light invites you to explore God’s hope and presence through a study of the scripture readings for Advent and Christmas. Author Elaine Crawford calls us to explore our hope for new beginnings, praising God as we eagerly await the birth of Christ in our lives. Recalling the fulfillment of God’s promises at Christmas, she invites us to imagine the future culmination of our hope in Christ’s death, resurrection, and second coming. Dawson’s reflections challenge readers to cultivate faithful lives here and now, in active expectation for the coming of the Christ Child. Based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for year B of the church year, a three-year cycle of Bible readings. The study includes commentary and reflection on key Bible readings from the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Epistles. It offers the opportunity to explore these Bible readings in a five-session study. It will help participants understand, appreciate, and engage in meaningful and joyous celebrations of Advent and Christmas and to live each day in God's light through Jesus Christ. The study book includes a leader guide with information about the season of Advent, suggestions for starting and leading small groups, Bible background, and discussion activities.
Featuring an attractive format and design, The New International Lesson Annual 1999�2000 provides invaluable resource material for teachers of the Uniform (International) Lesson Series. In addition to 52 weekly step-by-step lesson plans, this volume includes: * Two popular translations--the New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version * Practical suggestions for action * Larger type size than most lesson commentaries * Thumb Lesson Indicator * Nine pages of helps, options, and ideas for each lesson * Materials for lecture, discussion, and activities
Call Him Savior offers the opportunity and challenge to journey with Jesus to Jerusalem. You will experience the salvation and hope of God offered through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ as you explore the Revised Common Lectionary readings designated for this Lenten season. The impact of an empty tomb is most fully experienced when we witness again the passion of Jesus and when we keep vigil at the cross. This leader’s guide, written by Nan Duerling, gives helps to leaders of Sunday school classes or other small groups. A separate study book is sold separately order # 9781426716256
Preparing the Way offers the opportunity and challenge to journey toward Bethlehem and the manger by exploring the Revised Common Lectionary readings designated for this Advent season. As she guides us through the lectionary texts of Advent 2012 in Preparing the Way, Sue Mink inspires us to claim for ourselves the call to prepare our hearts, our minds, and our lives for the coming of Jesus Christ in his birth and in his second coming. First time! The Leader Guide, written by Nan Duerling, is combined with the Student Book allowing more flexibility for leading the study. The Leader Guide gives help to leaders for Sunday School Classes or other small groups by providing the same great materials you've come to know and depend on when preparing to lead your class or group.
The Lord is Our Salvation invites us to explore God’s saving and redeeming love through a study of the scripture readings for Lent and Easter. Key Bible readings call us to praise God as we we contemplate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through the readings, we hear the call to celebrate God’s salvation and new life offered through Jesus Christ. The season of Lent offers opportunities to reflect on God’s redemptive action and to explore means of grace that help us experience transformation, a key focus of Lenten worship, study, and prayer. The Lord is Our Salvation is based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for year B of the church year, a three-year cycle of Bible readings. The study includes commentary and reflection on readings from the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Epistles. It offers the opportunity to explore these Bible readings in a seven-session study. It will help participants understand, appreciate, and engage in meaningful and life-changing spiritual practices. The study book includes a leader guide with information about the season of Lent, suggestions for starting and leading small groups, Bible background, and discussion activities.
The Lord Is Our Light invites you to explore God’s hope and presence through a study of the scripture readings for Advent and Christmas. Author Elaine Crawford calls us to explore our hope for new beginnings, praising God as we eagerly await the birth of Christ in our lives. Recalling the fulfillment of God’s promises at Christmas, she invites us to imagine the future culmination of our hope in Christ’s death, resurrection, and second coming. Dawson’s reflections challenge readers to cultivate faithful lives here and now, in active expectation for the coming of the Christ Child. Based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for year B of the church year, a three-year cycle of Bible readings. The study includes commentary and reflection on key Bible readings from the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Epistles. It offers the opportunity to explore these Bible readings in a five-session study. It will help participants understand, appreciate, and engage in meaningful and joyous celebrations of Advent and Christmas and to live each day in God's light through Jesus Christ. The study book includes a leader guide with information about the season of Advent, suggestions for starting and leading small groups, Bible background, and discussion activities.
As he guides us through the lectionary texts of Lent 2013 in Following the Way, Mark Price reminds us that the gift of new life offered through Jesus Christ empowers us to live daily as his followers. The seven-session Bible study for Lent and Easter is part of the Scriptures for the Church Seasons series based upon the Revised Common Lectionary scriptures for the church year, a three year cycle that includes readings from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles. First time! The Leader Guide, written by Nan Duerling, is combined with the Student Book allowing more flexibility for leading the study. The Leader Guide gives help to leaders for Sunday School or other small groups by providing the same great materials you've come to know and depend on when preparing to lead your group.
Advent is a busy and sometimes stressful time of year, but in God’s Gift of Love, Donna Schaper reminds us that Advent also gives us an opportunity to slow down, recognize that God’s love has found us, and live in peace. By changing our attitude and our understanding of time, we can prepare for and look forward to the coming of Jesus Christ. We can be ready to conceive God’s love in us and reconceive our lives and our behavior toward others. Schaper’s writing helps us understand that love is not a sentiment but a way of life that emerges from the knowledge that in Jesus Christ, we experience God’s love. God’s Gift of Love offers the opportunity and challenge to appreciate and live in the amazing gift of God’s love by studying the Revised Common Lectionary readings designated for Advent, Year A. Donna Schaper helps readers experience the blessings of Jesus’ birth and Christ’s second coming in the fullness of time. A Leader Guide by Nan Duerling, with Bible background and suggestions for group activities, is included in this book.
Winter theme: Creation: A Divine Cycle Luke | Psalms | Galatians This Winter,Daily Bible Study presents a series of readings following the theme "Creation: A Divine Cycle." Readings come from Old and New Testament texts. These daily readings, which prepare us for the 13 lessons in Adult Bible Studies, are written by Taylor Mills, Nan Duerling, and Sue Mink. Praise From and for God's Creation Daily readings in this four-week unit examine God's promise of a Savior, the affirmation of God's promise, the forerunner of the promise, and the Savior's birth. A World Gone Wrong This five-week unit features readings that praise God as Creator and Provider and demonstrate creation's praise of God. Many joyful readings in this unit come from the Psalms. The Birthing of a New Community The daily readings in this four-week unit explore how we are re-created to live in harmony, how new birth brings freedom, how we have freedom in Christ, and how Christ creates holy living. This ongoing day-by-day Bible study series is presented in quarterly segments. Bible-based, Christ-focused, and United Methodist-approved, this resource helps individuals develop the discipline of studying the Bible every day. It coordinates with the lesson themes of Adult Bible Studies. Each lesson includes: a one-page Bible study for each day of the quarter, along with introductory reflection questions and Commentary on the daily Scripture passage, Life Application, and a concluding prayer. Available in print and eBook format.
Featuring an attractive format and design, this annual resource provides valuable reference material for teachers of the International Lesson Series. In addition to 52 weekly step-by-step lesson plans, this volume includes: * Text from both the NRSV and the NIV * Practical suggestions for action * Large, easy-to-read type * Thumb Lesson Indicator *Nine pages of helps for each lesson * Materials for lecture, discussion, and activities
The forty-sixth edition of the popular lesson annual that provides resource material to teachers of the International Lesson Series, presenting 52 weekly step-by-step lesson plans. Key Features: - Both NRSV and NIV versions printed in the text - Large, easier-to-read type (10 pt. on 12 leading) - Key educational helps - Large (7" x 10") trim size Key Benefits: - Compare and contrast two Bible translations - Classroom suggestions for a variety of teaching styles - Ability to relate Scripture to everyday life - Quick, easy, thorough lesson preparation
Featuring an attractive format and design, The New International Lesson Annual, 1997-98 provides invaluable resource material to teachers of the International Lesson Series. In addition to 52 weekly step-by-step lesson plans, this volume includes: - Two popular translations -- the New International Version - Practical suggestions for action - Larger type size than most lesson commentaries - Thumb Lesson Indicator - Nine pages of helps, options, and ideas for each lesson - Materials for lecture, discussion, and activities
Features text in both the NRSV and NIV translations of the Bible. Years of reader evaluations yield a record of overwhelming positive teaching results. Teachers agree that The New International Lesson Annual gets highest marks for helping Christian educators in the classroom, making scripture understood, relating Scripture to contemporary living, and challenging students to respond with positive actions. Based on the Bible study foundations of America's leading ecumenical Bible educators and editors in the venerable Committee On Uniform Series. Easy-to-use design with tint boxes, thumb index, goals for learners, and a new pronunciation guide Easy-on-the- eyes clear type Combine this NRSV and NIV with any Bible translation and you have a multi-version parallel Eight pages of Bible background, interpretation, and step-by-step lesson plans keyed to learner goals for each lesson make lesson preparation thorough without difficult and tedious research In-depth quarterly Bible background and teacher enrichment articles. Complete index to background Scriptures, and additional helps such as maps, charts, or timelines Preparing Our Heart section with Bible reading and reflection questions for the teacher's personal spiritual growth. New Continue the Journey section includes ideas for prayer, learner preparation for next week's session, activities the learners can do during the coming week to live out what they have learned, and a suggested closing hymn and benediction. Edited by one of the nation's leading Christian educators, Dr. Nan Duerling.
Winter theme: Faith in Action Daniel | Matthew | Acts | Ephesians | Colossians | 1 Timothy | James This winter, Daily Bible Study presents a series of readings following the theme “Faith in Action.” Readings come from Old and New Testament texts. These daily readings, which prepare us for the 13 lessons in Adult Bible Studies, are written by Nan Duerling, Gary Thompson, and Stan Purdum. The Early Church Proclaims Faith in Christ Daily readings in this five-week unit focus on what it means to have faith in Jesus, faith to discern, faith to persevere, and faith to unite and be faithful seekers of the King. A Living Faith in God This four-week unit features readings related to having a sincere faith, a bold faith, and a strong faith, and offers thoughts on prayer for an obedient faith. Self-Controlled, Upright, and Godly Faith The daily readings in this four-week unit unpack what it means when we say that faith without works is dead and how we can live as faithful disciples and fight the good fight of faith with discipline and intention. This ongoing day-by-day Bible study series is presented in quarterly segments. Bible-based, Christ-focused, and United Methodist-approved, this resource helps individuals develop the discipline of studying the Bible every day. It coordinates with the lesson themes of Adult Bible Studies. Each lesson includes: a one-page Bible study for each day of the quarter, along with introductory reflection questions and Commentary on the daily Scripture passage, Life Application, and a concluding prayer. Available in print and eBook format.
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