Curriculum Review: Youth and Adult

    All of these curriculum resources are available through Kregel Bookstores and may be ordered on-line utilizing the Curriculum Order Form at the end of these evaluations.  Kregel Bookstores offers all the same valuable benefits for ordering youth and adult curriculum resources as they do for ordering children's curriculum resources!

    The following reviews are for quarterly curriculum resources.  We will include additional reviews for Small Group resources for youth and adults as well as reviews of non-quarterly youth and adult resources to follow these reviews.

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 Quarterly Curriculum Order Form

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Sunday School Curriculum Choices -
Youth and Adult Quarterly Ministry Resources

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Group Publishing
FaithWeaver

1. Teacher's Book
2. Driving Home the Point Flyers

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Reproducible resources for use in class and for students to take home
• Three year, chronological Scope and Sequence to take students through the Bible
• Unified curriculum - everyone in the family studies the same lesson the same week
• Resources to encourage families to continue to study and learn together at home during the week - excellent!
• Teacher Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Active and interactive, designed to get students to think, talk and take out of the class to live in their everyday lives - excellent!
• Bible Background to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they are more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Written to teach in ways students learn
• Heavy emphasis on applying Scripture to student's everyday lives

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David C. Cook
Bible In Life

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Two year scope and sequence
• Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they will be more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Resources to encourage daily Bible study at home
• Connects Scripture to contemporary and home issues

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Scripture Press

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Two year scope and sequence
• Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they will be more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Resources to encourage daily Bible study at home

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Echoes

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Unified Scope and sequence for themes
• Resources to encourage daily Bible study during the week
• Two year scope and sequence
• Teacher Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they will be more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Connects Scripture to contemporary and home issues
• Artwork reflects Black home and community
• Adult curriculum available in Large Print

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Accent On the Bible

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• Two Year Scope and Sequence
• Teacher Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they will be more effective in presenting the lesson to their students

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Concordia Publishing House
Our Life in Christ

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Available in braille/Large Print
• Information on kids with special needs - excellent!
• Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they will be more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Focus on Application to encourage students to live in their every day lives
• Three year unified Scope and sequence
• Resources to encourage parents to continue the learning at home during the week
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Activity to involve students so they will remember and live lesson point
• Teacher friendly curriculum - easy to understand and utilize

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Regular Baptist Press
Regular Baptist Press

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• Each lesson includes a Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they are more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Two year scope and sequence
• Teacher friendly curriculum - easy to understand and utilize

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Standard Publishing
Standard Publishing

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Unified lessons for Jr High through Adult
• Two year scope and sequence
• Teacher friendly curriculum - easy to understand and utilize
• Lessons are interactive and active to encourage small group interaction
• Resources to encourage students to continue to study Scripture throughout the week
• Focus on topics related to life
• Each lesson includes a Teacher's devotional to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they are more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Questions at the end of the lesson to help teachers evaluate how they did and where they could be more effective the following week - excellent!

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Urban Ministries
UMI

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Unified in scope and sequence
• Strong on Bible content
• Emphasis to encourage students to Think It Through and to apply to their life
• Weekly assignments to aid students in living the point
• Explains words that may be unfamiliar
• Complete Bible background for teachers to help them be more effective in teaching to their students.
• Illustrations and stories that reflect the Black family and community life

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Union Gospel Press
Union Gospel Press

1. Teacher's Book
2. Student's Book

• Favorite Feature:
• Scripturally Sound

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Sunday School and Small Group Curriculum Choices -
Youth Ministry

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1-800-776-0988
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Non-Quarterly Curriculum Resources Order Form

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Group Publishing
Hand's-On Active Curriculum

1. Teacher's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Reproducible Resources
• Each Teacher's Book covers one everyday issue such as, dating, music, friends, etc. and includes lessons for four weeks
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Active and interactive, designed to get teens to think, talk and take out of the class to live in their everyday lives - excellent!
• Bible Background to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they are more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Written to teach in ways students learn
• Heavy emphasis on applying Scripture to the everyday issues students face in life

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Core Beliefs Curriculum

1. Teacher's Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Reproducible resources
• Each teacher's book covers one core belief topic, such as the Bible, Jesus, Prayer, etc. and includes lessons for four weeks
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Options for teachers to select from to fit their class, time and students
• Active and interactive, designed to get teens to think, talk and take out of the class to live in their everyday lives - excellent!
• Bible Background to aid teachers in understanding and living the lesson so they are more effective in presenting the lesson to their students
• Written to teach in ways students learn
• Heavy emphasis on applying Scripture to student's everyday lives

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Prayer in Motion

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student Journals
3. Video
4. Audio CD

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Complete resource for teaching teens about prayer and how to pray effectively
• Four complete lessons plus plan for a "concert of prayer"
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and take out of the class to live in their everyday lives - excellent!
• Point focused lessons to involve students in unexpected experiences to enable them to connect with other students while they learn how to truly talk with their God
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Tremendously effective tool to help students learn to really pray
• Journals allow teens to keep track of their journey in prayer

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Diving Deep

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student Journals

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• 13 complete lessons to help teens grow deeper in their walk with God
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and take out of the class to live in their everyday lives - excellent!
• Point focused lessons to involve students in unexpected experiences to enable them to connect with other students as they grow deeper in their walk with God
• Includes complete plan to involve students in a retreat to further their growth
• Student journals allow kids to keep track of their journey closer to God

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Christian Character Development Series

1. Leader's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Each Guide includes 8 complete lessons on Christian character building topics
• Focus on living out their faith as they grow closer to God
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and take out of the class to live in their everyday lives - excellent!
• Point focused lessons to involve students in unexpected experiences to enable them to connect with other students as they grow in their faith
• Reproducible handouts for students to journal what they are learning and how their faith is growing

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Youth Specialties
Good Sex

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student Journal
3. Video
4. Drama Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and work through in an open and honest setting the truth about sex in light of God and His Word
• Flexible format to allow you to custom fit it to your teens needs
• Information on how to get the church/parents behind you as you present this information to the teens and info on how to train your volunteers
• Student journal to help teens work through this important topic and make wise decisions as a result
• Good Sex Drama Book also available

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Girls
Guys

1. Leader's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and work through who they are, how God sees them and how they can respond to God's love for them
• Reproducible resources
• Ten, Biblically grounded lessons
• Web resources to aid leaders in customizing the lessons to fit your kids
• Video options available

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Downloading the Bible

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student Book

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Eight lessons to provide students with an overview of the Bible
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and come to understand an overview of God's Word and how they can live it in their life

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Zondervan Publishing
Boundaries in Dating

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student's Workbook
3. Boundaries in Dating book
4. Video curriculum

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Active, interactive lessons designed to help teens think, talk and come to understand how to make sound dating choices

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Becoming A Contagious Christian - Youth Edition

1. Video
2. Power Point CD-ROM
3. Leader's Guide
4. Student's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally sound
• Leader devotions
• 8 complete sessions
• focus on training students to share their faith
• active, interactive lessons designed to get teens thinking, talking and ready to live what they are learning
• Teacher Friendly - easy to understand and utilize

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Student Impact Series

1. Small Group Books

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally sound
• focused small group studies designed to involve students in growing strong relationships while they learn the basics of their faith
• active, interactive lessons designed to get teens thinking, talking and ready to live what they are learning
• four different studies to build student's lives
• teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize

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Serendipity House
Serendipity Small Group Designer for Youth

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student's Guide
3. Serendipity Student Bible
4. Serendipity Designer CD-ROM

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Each Leader's/Student guide will work students through a specific topic to enable them to grow closer to God and each other
• Serendipity Bible includes complete lessons with Ice breaker activities, Bible study and Caring time
• Designer CD-ROM includes hundreds of complete lessons in Felt Needs, Group Types and finding it in the Bible sections with reproducible resources
• Designed to involve students in relationships with each other and God as they grow in their walk

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Gospel Light Publishing
Youth Builders

1. Leader's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Reproducible resources
• Active, interactive lessons designed to involve students so they will think, talk and take home with them to live in their live the lessons learned
• Each lesson includes options for younger and older teens
• Each lesson includes reproducible resources to give to parents so they know what their student learned and how to continue the learning at home - excellent!
• Resources to send home with students to encourage them to continue to study and grow at home

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Sunday School and Small Group Curriculum Choices -
Adult Ministry

Non-Quarterly Curriculum Resources Order Form

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Group Publishing
HomeBuilders Couples Series

1. Leader's Guide
2. Participant's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Application focused and designed to get couples and other couples thinking, talking and living out in their marriage the principles taught
• Flexible format for Sunday school or small group
• Each study covers material for six or seven weeks
• Participant's Guide involves couples in continuing to learn together at home between classes

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A Follower's Life:  12 Group Studies on What it Means to Walk With Jesus

1. Leader's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Reproducible resources
• Lessons focused to engage students in learning the basics about the Christian life for the first time or to serve as a refresher course
• Focused on involving students so they will think, talk and understand how to live in their everyday lives
• Flexible format to fit needs of class

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Apply-It-To-Life Adult Bible Curriculum

1. Leader's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Reproducible resources
• Each Book includes four complete lesson on a specific topic related to every day live and their walk with God
• Active, engaging lessons to involve students in thinking, talking and living out God's Word in their every day life
• Designed to encourage discussion among students

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Serendipity House
Serendipity Small Group Designer for Youth

1. Leader's Guide
2. Student's Guide
3. Serendipity Leader's Bible
4. Serendipity Designer CD-ROM

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of understanding
• Teacher friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Each Leader's/Student guide will work students through a specific topic to enable them to grow closer to God and each other
• Serendipity Bible includes complete lessons with Ice breaker activities, Bible study and Caring time
• Designer CD-ROM includes hundreds of complete lessons in Felt Needs, Group Types and finding it in the Bible sections with reproducible resources
• Designed to involve students in relationships with each other and God as they grow in their walk

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Gospel Light Publishing
What the Bible is All About - Bible 101, Bible 102, Bible 201, Bible 202

1. Teacher's Guide
2. Course on CD-ROM

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of Understanding
• Teacher Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Designed to walk students through the Bible in a complete manner with the goal of helping them learn to understand and live God's Word
• Reproducible resources
• Provides a overview of the entire Bible

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Zondervan/Willow Creek Resources
New Community
Pursuing Spiritual Transformation
Interactions
Walking with God
Tough Questions
Great Books of the Bible Series
Fruit of the Spirit Bible Study Series
Tough Questions
Living Encounters Bible Study Series
The Discipleship Series

1. Leader's Guide/Participant's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• NIV for ease of Understanding
• Leader friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Designed to involve students as they think, talk through and take out of the church to live in their every day lives
• Encourages the building of relationships while learning how to grow closer to God
• Each study has six or seven sessions

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An Ordinary Day with Jesus
Becoming a Contagious Christian
Network

1. Videos
2. Leader's Guide
3. Participant's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Each study is Scripturally Sound - designed to help students learn:
• how to live their lives with the presence of Jesus every day
• how to share their faith
• how to learn their Spiritual Gifts so they will know where to serve in their church
• Leader friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Designed to involve students as they think, talk through and take out of the church to live in their every day lives
• Complete, comprehensive resource for effective classes for adults
• Studies encourage participation and interaction of students

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Zondervan Publishing
Women of Faith Bible Study Series
Women of the Bible Study Series
Counterpoints

1. Leader's Guide/Participant's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• Leader friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Designed to involve students as they think, talk through and take out of the church to live in their every day lives
• Encourages the building of relationships while learning how to grow in their walk with God

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Faith Lessons On the Promised Land
Faith Lessons On the Prophets and Kings of Israel
Faith Lessons On the Life and Ministry of the Messiah
Faith Lessons On the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah
Faith Lessons On the Early Church

1. Videos
2. Participant's Guide
3. Leader's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• Filmed on location in Israel
• Complete curriculum with 5 - 10 lessons, depending on the series
• Leader friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Designed to help believers today make connections between Scripture and contemporary living by looking at the lives of the first Christians and people from the Bible
• Interesting, unique and enjoyable studies for adults

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The Jesus I Never Knew
What's So Amazing About Grace?

1. videos
2. Book
3. Leader's Guide
4. Participant's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• Leader Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Complete curriculum with 14 and 10 sessions
• Lessons designed to help involve students so they will better understand Who Jesus Is and What Grace is all about
• Challenging discussions to help students interact, participate and take the truths out of the class with them to live in their lives

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Boundaries
Boundaries in Marriage
Boundaries in Dating
Raising Great Kids
Relationships
Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts
Mentoring Engaged and Newly Wed Couples
10 Great Dates
The Second Half of Marriage

1. videos
2. Books
3. Leader's Guide
4. Participant's Guide

• Favorite Features:
• Scripturally Sound
• Leader Friendly - easy to understand and utilize
• Complete curriculum
• Active, interactive to involve participants so they will think, talk and take home with them to live in their lives and families
• Very application focused curriculum designed to truly impact and affect lives/marriages/families
• Topics of interest to adults - they will enjoy these classes

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