Lesson Planning

Lesson planning is much simpler than it used to be for me. We have two studies going on at once right now. One is called the 7 Arrows method; the other is called Grow Curriculum. Sunday morning I teach the 7 Arrows and it is pretty simple with minimal preparation. We are currently in the book of John and we will go through a chapter a week really breaking it down with the hope of getting into depth with conversation and questions. 7 Arrows make up 7 questions: What does this passage say? What does this passage mean to its original audience? What does this passage tell us about God? What does this passage tell us about man? What does this passage demand of me? How does this passage change the way I relate to people? How does this passage prompt me to pray? The idea is each student will read the chapter and ask these questions to themselves in preparation. I try to lead an open discussion class on Sunday mornings and attempt to dig a little deeper after hearing the student’s responses to the 7 Arrows questions while applying to daily life. Next week we will talk about the detailed preparation that goes into a Wednesday night lesson.