Bible Teaching Resources for Elementary Students

The Story of Hope - Kids

64 Pages - Plastic Coil Binding

The Story of Hope - Kids

This kids’ edition of The Story of Hope with plastic coil binding is a full color adaptation of the adult-level book. It is visually designed and language level adapted for kids, ages 8-12.

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The Story of Hope Kids - Leaders Guide DOWNLOAD

A free Leader's Guide (102 pages) for use with The Story of Hope--Kids Edition book.

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The Story of Hope - Kids workbook is a chronological Bible study for kids, approximately ages 8-12. It is designed to help kids understand the BIG story of redemption, from Genesis through Revelation—a perspective that very few other ministry resources provide for children. The workbook contains one page for each of 40 Bible-event lessons, including an image from the Good Soil Redemptive Art Series and questions that get kids digging into the Bible texts for themselves. Also, the Chronological Bridge to Life is presented in an eight-page sequence.

Questions and map activities engage kids to read and think, rather than just rotely memorize. This workbook is bright and colorful and beautifully illustrated.

Generous Quantity Pricing. 64 pages, Plastic Coil Bound

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Thought you might enjoy seeing photos of Filipino elementary public school teachers in a Bible study using The Story of Hope. I bought 25 or so The Story of Hope workbooks and gave them to our missionary friends (Laura and Ruth, SEND International) when they returned to the Philippines in September. Laura and Ruth are two of a team which developed VOICE, a program of values oriented lessons (based on the Bible) designed explicitly for the public schools in the Philippines. For each public school which uses the VOICE program, a local Bible-believing church is connected to the school for follow-up and more direct evangelism.

Karen, missionary in ministry with children

We use The Story of Hope curriculum in a ministry we have to our public school 4th graders. We pick them up from school in the middle of the day and bring them to our church for an hour.

Brian, Calvary Baptist Church, Plainfield, IN

Adventures in The Story of Hope

FREE Bible Curriculum

Aventuras en La historia de la esperanza (Adventures in The Story of Hope - Spanish)

Spanish Edition of Adventures in the Story of Hope - A high quality, thorough 48-lesson curriculum for teaching children God’s redemptive story from beginning to end. Available as a free download to missionaries and children’s teachers around the world.

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Adventures in the Story of Hope

Our desire has always been to make a high quality, thorough curriculum for teaching children God’s redemptive story from beginning to end available for free to missionaries and children’s teachers around the world. Now the “Adventures in the Story of Hope” curriculum is available as a free download right here! 2018 Colorized Edition.

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Approximately 500 pages of lesson plans for teaching 48 Bible lessons—40 Bible-event lessons and eight Chronological Bridge to Life lessons. The lessons unfold the BIG Story of the Bible, chronologically from beginning to end, focusing on God’s redemptive story. So, as students learn about major Bible events, they also learn how all of them are connected around the one BIG Story.

Lessons include many creative activities to engage kids in active learning: questions, games, songs, crafts, drama, “My Story of Hope” activities, memory verses, and other Bible learning activities. Also, a complete set of coloring sheets, one per each of the 40 Bible event lessons. Supplemental for-purchase teaching resources also available.

Best used with ages 6-10.

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Sample Pages

Kids Sing the Story of Hope CDs

Kids Sing the Story of Hope is a 2-CD set support resource for The Adventures in the Story of Hope curriculum. The 12 songs are kid-tested kid-approved fun ways to retell the story time after time as they sing the catchy tunes.

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Kids Sing

The Story of Hope

Twelve songs to accompany the study of The Story of Hope - Kids. Created to help kids understand and remember the Bible events in the workbook, as well as the eight chronological gospel concepts.

Two-CD set; one CD with voices; other, soundtrack only.

Kids Worship

The God of the Big Story

Twelve songs, including "The God of the Big Story," "Come Let Us Sing," "Shout for Joy," "Transcendent God," "We Believe," "Tell the World of Jesus," "Doxology 21," and others.

Single CD - sung by ensemble of kids.

Kids Worship The God of the Big Story CD

Fun Worship Music for a Variety of Ages

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Resources for Elementary AND Secondary Students

The Bible's Big Story Teaching Visuals

The Bible's BIG Story Teaching Visuals - Set of 105

Set of 105 laminated, double-sided teaching visuals for teaching the Bible's redemptive story, from Genesis through Revelation.

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13.5” x 10.75” laminated printed teaching visuals. Key Bible event content on the back, event image on the front. 100+ teaching visuals, 50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament, plus five others that are of special interest with Muslims. Great for teaching young people (and, adults too!) the BIG Story of the Bible that begins in Genesis and culminates in Revelation.

Chronological Bible Cards: Genesis — Revelation

ChronoBible Cards: Genesis-Revelation

A complete set of 135 pocket-size cards (4.5" x 3.375") for learning and reviewing the content and chronology of the Bible's Big Story.

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Pocket-size cards for learning and reviewing 100 key Bible events as they appear chronologically from Genesis through Revelation. Each Bible event card contains an image from the Good Soil Redemptive Story art collection on the front and key content information on the back. 25 major Bible era cards and 10 Chronological Bridge to Life cards included.

Chronological Bridge to Life

Teach students the BIG Story of the Bible, based upon eight key concepts that emerge chronologically from Genesis to Revelation:

God
Man
Sin
Death
Christ
Cross
Faith
Life

ChronoBridge — A walk through the Chronological Bridge to Life

Instructional
Video DVD

How to Use the ChronoBridge to Life DVD & Card Set

This ten minute video presentation illustrates how to use the Chronological Bridge (ChronoBridge) to Life in presenting God’s story of hope.

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Pocket Size
ChronoBridge Cards

The Chronological Bridge to Life Cards

These playing-size cards are designed to be used in presenting the "ChronoBridge to Life" in personal witnessing.

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Mobile App

The Story of Hope Condensed App

Twenty beautifully visualized Bible events (10 Old Testament and 10 New Testament) that summarize the Bible's Big Story of redemption, from Genesis through Revelation.

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The Greatest Bridge Adventure Leader's Kit

The kit for teaching The Greatest Bridge Adventure 5-day curriculum based on the Good Soil Chronological Bridge to Life.

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A five-day curriculum for teaching kids the BIG Story of the Bible based on the Good Soil Chronological Bridge to Life: God - Man - Sin - Death - Christ - Cross - Faith - Life.

Designed to be used in Five-Day Clubs, Bible Camps, Children's Church, Released Time Classes, or even Vacation Bible Schools and various other children's ministries.

The Leader's Kit includes:

The Greatest Bridge Adventure Teacher's Guide
One set of Chronological Bridge to Life Teaching Visuals
One set of pocket-sized Chronological Bridge to Life Cards
The Greatest Bridge Adventure Music Video Flash Drive
Kids Sing the Story of Hope CD
One flip-chart book of missionary stories entitled Kubanka Kids
A copy of The Story of Hope Kids and The Way to Joy Kids which can be used in additional discipleship follow up
Online access to the Instructor's Resource Center which includes 3 music videos, daily skits, crafts, and more!

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The ChronoBridge (Chronological Bridge to Life) - Video Song — ChronoBridge Song (Chronological Bridge to Life) - Video Song (Preview)

Summarizes the BIG story of the Bible in eight words: God-Man-Sin-Death-Christ-Cross-Faith-Life (Full video = 1:36)

Testimonial from a couple that recently used this curriculum:

Last June, my husband and I started an outreach to kids in a small town near us that had no ministry to kids. Our desire was to teach chronologically thru the Bible, as most of them did not have much previous knowledge of the Bible. We bounced around between several different curriculum, trying to find something that would fit our needs.

In February, ABWE missionaries, Dave and Glorianne Levy, came to our church for our Missions Emphasis weekend and did the Good Soil Seminar. Their materials were just what we had been looking for!!! We were so excited about using The Story of Hope Kids. The COVID shutdown halted our plans for the rest of the spring, but we continued making plans for when everything would open back up again. In July, we were able to host a Vacation Bible School in the park using The Greatest Bridge Adventure. It was a great adventure for sure! We had a good turnout of kids, and they were all very interested and engaged in the lessons and activities. We felt like we were able to lay a solid foundation with the brief overview of God's Big Story by teaching the truths of the Chronobridge.

We are now looking forward to continue building on that foundation by teaching thru the Adventures in the Story of Hope as we continue to meet once a week with them in the park. We love the vibrant, realistic illustrations and the very obvious redemptive thread that weaves thru the whole story.

Thank you for providing such great tools for sharing the gospel!!

Jason & Jennie Busenitz

The Bible's Big Story PowerPoint CD

Three PowerPoint presentations used with teaching the Bible's redemptive story in 20, 40, and 100 event images.

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The Bible's BIG Story PowerPoint CD

The Bible's BIG Story PowerPoint CD contains three PowerPoint presentations of the Bible's story of redemption, from Genesis through Revelation:

20 Events - to use with short presentations and The Story of Hope Condensed.
40 Events - to use with medium-length presentations and The Story of Hope.
100 Events - to use with more extended presentations of the Bible's BIG Story.

Each Bible event is beautifully illustrated with an image from the Good Soil Redemptive Art Series. Also, included in each presentation are slides of Bible maps and the Chronological Bridge to Life. Great way to present the Bible’s story of creation, fall, salvation, and total restoration to students. Highly recommended for your released time Bible class ministry.

Sample Old Testament Images

Eve and serpent in Eden

Abraham & Isaac

Sacrifice of lamb at altar in front of tabernacle

Sample New Testament Images

John the Baptist

Resurrection of Jesus

Believers in heaven - around Jesus - the rapture scene

The Story of Hope App

Free Mobile app. Forty beautifully visualized Bible events (20 Old Testament and 20 New Testament) that summarize the Bible's Big Story of redemption, from Genesis through Revelation.

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The Story of Hope Mobile App

Carry The Story of Hope on your mobile phone or iPad. All 40 Bible event-images found in The Story of Hope, plus the Chronological Bridge to Life in a mobile app. Available for Apple and Android devices. Also, a FREE 20 events version available: The Story of Hope—Condensed.

The Story of Hope - Condensed (Packet of 5)

This is a pocket-sized 20 event version of The Story of Hope. Use this version to either share God's story of redemption with someone "high on the GSED Scale", or to create an interest for a complete study of The Story of Hope. Comes in Packet of 5.

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The Story of Hope Condensed

Pocket-size version of The Story of Hope, with 20 events from the Bible’s redemptive story—10 Old Testament and 10 New Testament.

Great to give students for their review and for them to use in sharing The Story of Hope with their friends and family.

Hooks for Hanging the Bible’s Storyline

Teach students to be able to think their way through the Bible, from Genesis through Revelation—in just a few hours.

Hooks for Hanging the Bible's Storyline Visuals

A complete set of 25 Bible era teaching visuals with corresponding events listed on the back of each era visual.

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Hooks for Hanging the Bible's Storyline Visuals

A complete set of 25 Bible era teaching visuals with corresponding events listed on the back of each era visual.

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Every movie or novel has a central storyline, a plot. Even children from age six and up can learn the BIG storyline of the Bible, using 25 “Hooks”—major eras of the Bible. And the activities are FUN for students of all ages, even the teachers.

Hooks for Hanging the Old Testament Storyline

A student worksheet designed to help teach participants to grasp an overview of the Old Testament in a 50 minute to 2 hour session.

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Hooks for Hanging the New Testament Storyline

A student worksheet designed to help you teach participants to grasp an overview of the New Testament in a 50 minute to 2 hour session.

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The 12 "Hooks" for Hanging the Old Testament Storyline

The 1 + 12 "Hooks" for Hanging the New Testament Storyline

Learn More About "Hooks" - and How to Teach Them

My latest Hooks for Hanging the Bible’s Storyline workshop was last Saturday in a Bible study in the home of the owner of Sam Ash Music Stores in Bayonne, NJ. Several very diverse cultures were represented in the group (Filipino, Russian, German, American, African, Hispanic, Arab, and Jewish). They were amazed and enjoyed it - and everyone understood. Some said, “I finally got it!” “I’ll read my Bible again.”

Ariel, Filipino visiting in New Jersey

Resources for Middle School, Junior High, and Senior High Students

The Story of Hope Bible Class

The Story of Hope Workbook - English Version

A time-flexible resource for presenting the Bible’s big redemptive story in as few as fifteen minutes or as long as twenty or more hours. Designed for evangelistic Bible studies, one-on-one or in small groups, but also helpful in teaching God’s redemptive plan to believers. Includes a study of 40 Bible events (20 Old Testament and 20 New Testament) and Bible maps. 64 pages and plastic coil binding. FREE Leader's Guide and FREE Classroom Facilitator Guide available as downloads from this site.

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Class Facilitator’s PowerPoint

Class Facilitator Presentation for The Story of Hope - CD

400+ PowerPoint slides for facilitating a Bible class study through The Story of Hope. Designed to accompany the FREE Class Facilitator Guide for The Story of Hope (curriculum for 31 class sessions).

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No boring sessions in this study!

Students are constantly engaged in active learning, as they study the Bible from Genesis through Revelation in 31 class sessions (or more or less).
Underlying the teaching of the Bible’s BIG Story in this study, students are also being equipped to use The Story of Hope to lead others through the study.
The 120-page professionally designed Class Facilitator’s Guide is available as a FREE download.
A professionally designed PowerPoint with 400+ slides is also available for class facilitators.
FREE access to an online Instructor’s Resource Center for teaching The Story of Hope Class.

FREE Instructor's Resource Center Online - Go There

LifeStories

A FREE leader's guide for using 20 Bible events from The Story of Hope with members of the Millennials generation, as well as others. For use in telling and teaching the Bible's redemptive story as a metanarrative that people can understand and embrace. More than 100 pages of material, beautifully and professionally designed. Teaching resources included.

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LifeStories

FREE Evangelism Resource

100+ Professionally Illustrated Pages

This leader’s guide covers 20 events from the Bible’s redemptive story and engages participants following this pattern:

Do the You
Me, Too
Tell the Story
Ask Questions (Easy)
Facts of the Story
“Measure Up” Questions
Others Tell the Story
Painting a Picture of God

The lesson plans are designed with millennial students in mind — allowing them to tell their own stories that are related to some of the major redemptive events in the Bible’s BIG Story.

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We all want to share our faith effectively…but how do we do it?

For YOU, the Released Time Bible Teacher to equip you to teach the Bible more effectively.

Learn to share the gospel, God’s story of hope, in a way that people will clearly understand it, sincerely embrace it, and hold fast to it.

Good Soil Evangelism & Discipleship Seminar Workbook

Available to those that have received Good Soil Trainer Certification. Workbook used in training Worldview-Relevant Evangelism & Discipleship.

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The top ten takeaways from Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship training:

Learn how to initiate conversations that open up to unobtrusive opportunities to share the gospel.
Learn how to determine where a person is on his/her level of understanding of the gospel and receptivity to knowing more about salvation through Jesus Christ.
Learn how to present the truth of the gospel in a way that it isn't misunderstood by the person with whom you are sharing, regardless of his/her religious worldview.
Learn how to share God's story of redemption, from Genesis through Revelation, so that the recipient will understand the Biblical context for the good news of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.
Learn how to present the gospel, using the Chronological Bridge to Life.
Learn how to share the gospel, using your own faith story.
Learn a variety of ways to use The Story of Hope, in evangelism, with confidence.
Learn how to use The Way to Joy, in discipling believers who are still weak in their faith.
Learn about a wide variety of evangelism and discipleship resources that you may find to be helpful in your ministry.
Learn to teach others what you have learned about evangelism and discipleship, and train them to do what you have learned to do through the training you have received.

Good Soil Basic Seminar

Two Days in May or October

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Good Soil Trainer Certification

A Third Day in May or October

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Always, engaging, interactive, and FUN learning.

Moving Beyond Lecture Workshop

Two Days in October

As a Bible teacher with elementary and secondary students, you will love and appreciate this workshop!

It will enhance your ability to teach the Bible creatively, with increased interest and participation, beyond what you can probably imagine. You will…

Learn a seven-step process for developing lessons for teaching and training.
Enlarge your teaching toolbox with lots of creative techniques and tips for teaching.
Become more sensitive to classroom factors that can enhance your teaching-learning environment.
Engage your students more actively and make learning FUN for them.
Become much more confident in your teaching.

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BibleStorying Workshop

Two Days in May

One of the keys to effective Bible teaching with any age is telling Bible stories so that historical Bible events “come alive” in the minds of those who hear them!

This BibleStorying (Bible story telling) workshop will enhance your skills as a Bible story teller and teacher. You will learn lots of tips and techniques for improving your ability to tell Bible stories that will gain and hold student interest. And, you will learn about—and practice using—several Good Soil Bible teaching resources.

Day One: How to Learn Bible Stories
Day Two: How to Tell Bible Stories

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Gaining Ground with Good Soil

Want to understand more about Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship? This is the place to start! NEW Visually Enhanced 2016 Edition - An evangelism and discipleship training narrative that is a scaled-down version of the Good Soil E&D seminar in a narrative format. Full color throughout.

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Gaining Ground with Good Soil

You will enjoy the missionary story around which this book was created, as well as the very attractive colorfully and beautifully illustrated contents. You will learn some important principles about teaching the Bible in a way that people will understand and embrace it. And, buy some for other members of your Bible teaching team.

The Roots of Faith - Old Testament

The Roots of Faith Old Testament Instructor Kit

A kit providing the resources needed to teach the Old Testament portion of the Bible's Big Story chronologically.

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The Roots of Faith - New Testament

The Roots of Faith New Testament Instructor Kit

A kit providing the resources needed to teach the New Testament portion of the Bible's Big Story chronologically.

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Did not have the opportunity of attending a Bible college, but sort of wish you did? Or, even if you are a Bible college or seminary graduate, you will learn a lot from The Roots of Faith, because of the unique way it was created. A chronological Bible study, built on 100 key events in the Bible’s BIG Story—50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament.

Courses offered in the latter weeks of June each year at the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, near Harrisburg, PA. One week per course, but you can attend the Old Testament this year and the New Testament course the next year.

Guaranteed to give you more confidence in teaching the Bible. Junior highers and senior highers (even well-behaved older elementary kids) can attend with you.

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