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).