God Keeps His Promises: Catch-up or Calendar Flex

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Objective: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.

Read: To be selected by curriculum editor

Opening: Ask: What evidence governs this lesson, and what must the editor or student not pretend the evidence says?

Say:

This optional Cycle 2 slot may be used for catch-up, a holiday, or a congregation-specific teaching need without altering the canonical core.
If the slot is used for biblical teaching, the editor-selected passage must govern the claims and application.

Ask:

Do: Complete the Catch-up Choice Board activity.

Close: Pray using one truth from the selected passage and one faithful response.

Materials: Bible; Catch-up Choice Board

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read the principal passage and distinguish observation from explanation. Ask: What does the passage or curriculum record directly say?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: How does the big idea arise from the evidence? What should we avoid claiming?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Catch-up Choice Board. Printable: K2-L28-P01-catch-up-choice-board.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What is one faithful response to this lesson?

Materials: Catch-up Choice Board; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read the selected evidence and record direct observations.
Place observations, interpretations, framework choices, or prudential applications into the resource categories.
Discuss which conclusions require more than direct textual wording.
Write one careful response that follows from the evidence.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete the exercise verbally.

Memory verse: Editor-selected approved K2 passage

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

Take-home line: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.