Year 7: The Bible

Year 7: The Bible

Lesson Outlines

1. What is the Bible?

Different Bibles, translations.

2. Bible bookshelf

The Bible is not one book but a series of books

made up of different kinds of writing.

Web and Love one Another have Bible Bookshelf.

Web also has section on different kinds of writing.

3. Looking up Bible references

Are found in refs on Web csp p52 .

Reference skills. Exercises in Web. Sheets in filing cabinet.

4. Covenant in the OT

Web CSP2 : The Covenant: explained, then do exercise

5. Covenant in the OT

An OT story e.g. wisdom of Solomon or story of Ruth (Love one Another has both of these.)

6. Looking forward to the coming of Jesus: the Advent Calendar

Use OT Bible quotations relevant to the coming of the Messiah.

Jesus and the Birth of the Church about coming of Messiah could be useful here (more able groups)

7. Advent

Waiting:

- the experience of waiting

- the Advent Wreath

8. Covenant in the New Testament

- the Annunciation - getting ready for Jesus.

9. Covenant in the New Testament

- the Gospels tell the story of Jesus

- a story from the New Testament about Jesus

10. Covenant in the New Testament

- a story about Christians after Jesus e.g. the letter to Philemon.

11. The Story of the Birth of Jesus

according to Matthew and Luke

more able could identify the difference between the two stories

12. Liturgy

the Christingle, for example (materials available).