Hilliard Presbyterian Church’s
Sunday School Scope and Sequence
from Kim Trimboli and Neil MacQueen

Please note: this S&S was modified since this original post. We added some things and also added a 7th Year of "no rotation" we call the "Year of Jubilee". This 7th year was intended to break us out of our old and new ruts!

Read my complete article on S&S at
www.rotation.org/scopeseq.htm

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Year One:

This particular year begins in the Summer:
(1) Genesis 1 –Creation, with Sabbath focus, (2) Genesis 2: Adam and Eve -the sin of hiding their sin, (3) Other minor stories from Genesis

FALL:

Call of the Disciples

Paul on the Road to Damascus (call of Paul)

Parable of The Thankful Leper

Advent One: Luke – Mary, Elizabeth, and the Shepherds

WINTER-SPRING:

Baptism & Temptation of Jesus

The Beatitudes

The Walk to Emmaus

Parable of the Lost Sheep, Coin

Parable of the Good Stewards (Pounds/Talents),

End of Year One Summer: (1) Anointing of David (2) David and Saul (3) David and Jonathan.


Year Two:

FALL:

The Birth & Call of Moses (burning bush) -3 weeks

Moses, Pharaoh and the Exodus -3 weeks

Wandering in the Wilderness (complaining, water, manna, Promised Land) -3 weeks

Advent Year Two: John 1 ...in the beginning was the word...

WINTER-SPRING:

Jesus heals the Man Let Down Through the Roof

Images of the Kingdom of God (mustard seed and pearl).

Trial and Crucifixion

The Story of Pentecost (defining 'Good News' and learning how to share it)

Peter’s Vision of animals on blanket at Caesarea, Peter and Cornelius

Year Two Summer: (1) Elijah -Chariot of fire story with Elisha picking up Elijah's mantle to carry on, (2) Mary, Martha and Lazarus ---two stories with Jesus, 3) Jesus heals: Jairus' daughter, the blind man, and the woman who touches his cloak


Year Three & Six:
(These will be similar years in that we have identified certain KEY STORIES/CONCEPTS we want to teach again to the students when they are 3 years older.)

FALL:

The Ten Commandments

Year Three: Knowing and Following emphasis,
Year Six: “Great Commandment” and select commandments emphasis

Good Samaritan –act on the heart of the law

Advent Year Three: Matthew: Wise Men/People
Advent Year Six: Examining our Christmas culture/traditions

WINTER-SPRING:

Prodigal Son –what God is like, how we repent, and how we should accept others

Year Three: Daniel in Lion's Den (obeying God)
Year Six: Zaccheus

Year Three: Last Supper and Gethsemane
Year Six: The sequence of Holy Week

Psalm 23

Year Three: Esther
Year Six: Ruth, Naomi, Boaz

Year Three Summer: Summer of Paul” Paul and
Lydia, Paul in Philippi jail writing/converting, Paul’s Journeys

Year Six Summer: Creation.... see summer/beginning of year one.


Year Four:

FALL:

Stories of Abraham & Sarah –Call of Abraham first 3 weeks, Sarah/Angels/Isaac story second 3 weeks.

The Story of Joseph

Parable of the Sower

Advent Four: The Prophet Isaiah -The Promise and definition of 'Messiah'

WINTER-SPRING:

Jesus calms the storm

A Walk on the Water (Peter and Jesus)

The Empty Tomb

The Story of Jonah, the reluctant prophet

Year Four Summer: (1) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, (2) The Widow’s Mite (and the story of what makes a disciple 'great' in God's eyes) (3) Jacob & Esau

Year Five

"The Year of Jubilee"
We will do something quite different for Sunday School. Try to incorporate the entire church/program in planning.

**Must include a set of lessons recapping the Year Two Exodus Stories.

Other Lesson Subjects to be covered outside of Sunday School:

Subjects to be specifically addressed in “other venues” such as Wednesday Fellowship, Children’s Sermons, special learning times: Baptism, Communion, Prayer, Forgiveness, Questions about Heaven/Hell, why bad things happening to good people, “hearing” God’s voice, Doubting Thomas, Psalm 121, Psalm 8and “other stories & verses.” More to be added here as needed. VBS will cover certain key stories as well.

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