Youths · About 15 minutes

Creation as God's Ordered Realm

Start with the passage and keep text, explanation, and application distinct.

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Connect this lesson to something already learned in Cycle 2.

2 min
Connect
Connect this lesson to something already learned in Cycle 2.
5 min
Read
Read selected portions of Genesis 1:1-31 and name direct observations.
3 min
Understand
Restate the big idea in your own words: Creation presents a world ordered under God's authority and entrusted to human stewardship.
3 min
Play
Use the Creation Order and Stewardship Grid resource verbally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Choose one practical way to care for people, animals, or the environment as belonging to God.

Action: Choose one practical way to care for people, animals, or the environment as belonging to God.

Prayer: Thank God for what the passage reveals and ask for help to respond faithfully.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.