Lesson Plans

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) Written by the Rev. Shannon Kelly 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…

Sunday between October 23 and October 29 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Remembering and Celebrating Moses Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Written by the Rev. Shannon Kelly 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. …

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 October 2 and October 8 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: God’s instructions to live and love Scripture: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Written by the Rev. Shannon Kelly Prior to God giving the Israelites the commandments, the people of Israel reached Mount Sinai where God tells Moses how to prepare the people for what is to…

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…

Sunday between September 18 and September 24 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: God provides Scripture: Exodus 16:2-15 The Israelites and Moses have just walked through the Red Sea on dry ground, they have survived and witnessed a miracle and are now journeying in the wilderness areas of Shur and Elim.  Our story picks up as they…

Sunday between September 4 and September 10 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Passover meal Scripture: Exodus 12:1-14 This story is interjected in the story of the plagues that were brought upon the Pharaoh and Egypt as God sent Moses to free the Israelite slaves.  In this story, we hear of a ritualized meal and practice that…

Sunday between August 28 and September 3 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Answering God’s call Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15 This may be one of the best-known stories in the Bible. The story of Moses and the burning bush is not only a great story, but the first story we hear of someone being called to be a…

Sunday between August 21 and August 27 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Baby Moses Scripture: Exodus 1:8-2:10 This is the opening chapter of Exodus in which we see the Pharaoh’s jealousy of the people of Israel and their numbers. He tries to control the world around him by enslaving people, ordering babies to be killed, and…

Sunday between August 14 and August 20 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Forgiveness Scripture: Genesis 45:1-15 The story of Joseph and his brothers continues this week as it culminates in forgiveness. Joseph forgives his brothers for selling him into slavery and sees it as a gift from God that he is there to help them in…