Women and Men Serving - Teacher (Standard) (print)

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Objective: Explain from the passage that the new testament records significant service by women and men and also contains disputed texts about assembly roles and locate the lesson on the whole-Bible timeline.

Read: Acts 18:24-28; Romans 16:1-16

Opening: Ask one observation question before explaining the lesson.

Say:

The selected passage supplies the principal textual evidence for Women and Men Serving.
The New Testament records significant service by women and men and also contains disputed texts about assembly roles.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires interpretation or synthesis?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete Women and Men Serving Evidence Grid.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; Women and Men Serving Evidence Grid

Standard outline · 35 minutes

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 selected portions of Acts 18:24-28; Romans 16:1-16 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What conclusion can we support from those observations? Where could someone overstate or misapply this passage?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Women and Men Serving Evidence Grid. Printable: Y4-L19-P01-women-and-men-serving-evidence-grid.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What faithful response fits the text?

Activity details

Women and Men Serving Evidence Grid · 10 min

Materials: Bible; Women and Men Serving Evidence Grid; Pens or pencils

Read Acts 18:24-28; Romans 16:1-16.
Record at least two direct observations.
Test the big idea: The New Testament records significant service by women and men and also contains disputed texts about assembly roles.
Name one conclusion or application that would go beyond the evidence.

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

Closing

Memory verse: Romans 6:1-11; Galatians 3:26-29

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

Take-home line: Baptism is presented in connection with faith, participation in Christ, and new life.