What are the new and exciting tools offered with Growing in Christ?

Original, Realistic Bible Paintings help the children in your Sunday School to more clearly see the truth and reality of God’s Word!  Our research indicates that children often equate cartoon illustrations with fictional stories. In addition, our research shows that children prefer art that portrays a Bible story in a realistic style.  Therefore, Concordia Publishing House has commissioned realistic paintings to depict each Bible story in the Growing in Christ curriculum – this includes more than one hundred original, realistic, beautiful paintings!  These masterpieces are used throughout the curriculum. 

Storytelling Figures and Backgrounds make the Bible stories come to life at the Early Childhood and Lower Grade levels.  Students understand the story more clearly when they see it unfold through these colorful storytelling resources!

Bible Review Games and Review Cards help to build excitement and get the students in your Middle and Upper Grades involved in the lesson.  Students exercise their memorization skills and become engaged in the story without even realizing it!

Bible Research Books: Grab your gear – we’re going on an exploration!  Students dig deeper into each Bible story with their handy Bible Discovery Guides (Middle Grades) and Bible Exploration Guides (Upper Grades) – these resources are indispensable!  Students explore what life was like in Bible times and learn more about the culture, tools, and lifestyles depicted in each story.  This resource further emphasizes the truth of Scripture and is included in every Middle Grade and Upper Grade student packet! 

W5online – Current Event Openings: “What does this Bible story mean for me today?”  We know this is a common question in the minds of your Junior High and High School students.  So we’ve given you the tools to effectively answer that question while generating spirited class discussion.  Each week the Junior High and High School Teacher Guides direct you to a special section of the Growing in Christ Web site featuring a current event article with discussion questions related to that week’s lesson. It’s the: who, what, where, why, and when (W5) of the Bible story connection to today’s current events, and it is available to you each week (online).  It’s W5online!

Bible Timeline Poster: “If these events really happened, how come we don’t hear about them in History class?”  Help your students to see and understand how this week’s Bible story fits into the historical events they are learning about in school with the Bible Timeline Poster!  Biblical events are interwoven with ancient civilizations and developments to show students that these Bible stories are no less real than Mesopotamia, the Pyramids, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon!  Included in the Middle Grade, Upper Grade and Junior High Teacher Tools packet, as well as in the Director Guide.

4WORD gets your Junior High and High School students into the Word throughout the week with this pack of devotionals written especially for them.  Each weekly devotional bears a connection to the upcoming lesson – it keeps them looking ‘forward’ and its purpose is ‘for the Word!’  All devotionals are formatted on pages that slide easily into the student’s Bible.

Memory Word Puzzle Books give your Upper Grade and Junior High students a chance to learn more about the lesson while exercising their puzzle skills!  This student-friendly resource is available in the Upper Grade and Junior High Teacher Tools packet and includes reproducible pages.

And So Much More…  These exciting resources are only the beginning… the list goes on!  See the following section for a complete listing of products and resources available at each level.

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