Sunday between October 30 and November 5 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Faith and Following God Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 (4:1-7 optional) After Moses’ death, God commissioned Joshua, Moses’ assistant, to continue to lead the people of Israel. God makes promises to Joshua just as promises had been made to Moses about the land they were…

Sunday between October 23 and October 29 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Remembering and Celebrating Moses Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Previous to this, the people of Israel have been in a process of transition from being a people on a journey to a people entering into the land of Canaan.  They are transitioning from one part…

Sunday between October 16 and October 22 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: God’s Presence in Our Lives Scripture: Exodus 33:12-23 Written by the Rev. Shannon Kelly Today’s lesson comes after the story of the Golden Calf from last week.  Following on the heels of that story, we hear and exchange between God and Moses about…

Sunday between October 9 and October 15 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Focus on God Our Creator Scripture: Exodus 32:1-14 Written by the Rev. Shannon Kelly Moses has been on the mountain with God for 40 days and nights which means that the Israelites have been without either of their leaders.  In their anxiousness they…

Sunday between September 25 and October 1 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Water Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 Written by the Rev. Shannon Kelly In the previous chapter the Israelites faced the hardship of not having enough food and God provided for them.  Now they are thirsty and don’t know where they will get their water for themselves and…