One Bible, One Story: Catch-up or Calendar Flex
Family guide · One Bible, One Story: Catch-up or Calendar Flex · Editor-selected approved Y1 passage · about 15 minutes
Big idea: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.
Start with the selected passage. For a flex template, do not use the lesson until the editor has selected and reviewed the passage.
The 15-minute flow
- 2 minConnect. Connect this lesson to something already learned in Cycle 1.
- 5 minRead. Read selected portions of Editor-selected approved Y1 passage and name direct observations. If this is a flex template, the editor must replace the placeholder with the approved passage before publication.
- 3 minUnderstand. Restate the big idea in your own words: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.
- 3 minPlay. Use the Catch-up Evidence Ladder resource verbally, on paper, or with the provided worksheet.
- 2 minRespond. Revisit one Cycle 1 passage and write one observation, one interpretation, and one application.
Talk about it
- What does the passage or lesson evidence directly say?
- What meaning or principle follows from it?
- What is one response we can practise this week?
This week
Action: Revisit one Cycle 1 passage and write one observation, one interpretation, and one application.
Prayer: Thank God for what the selected passage reveals and ask for help to respond faithfully.
Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, giving, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.