SPRING QUARTER (Jun/Jul/Aug)

ADULT / YOUNG ADULT (18 AND ABOVE)

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THE WORD OF GOD

BIBLE BASIS: ACTS 2:1-7, 12; 1

BIBLE TRUTH: The need for finding a common understanding is necessary whether people are speaking in different native languages as in Acts 2 or unknown spiritual languages as in 1 Corinthians 14.

MEMORY VERSE: “What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with he spirit and I will sing with the understanding also.” ( 1 Corinthians 14:15)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will DISCOVER how the Holy Spirit helped people communicate in both different native and spiritual languages. EMPATHIZE with people in situations in which language inhabits communication; and FIND ways to communicate with diverse people to foster common understanding. 

JUDGEMENT ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH

BIBLE BASIS:Amos 2:4-8

BIBLE TRUTH: God will not overlook injustice, but will punish the unjust. 

MEMORY VERSE: Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah and for four, I will to turn away the punishment thereof because they have despised the law of the lORD and have not kept his commandments and their lies caused them to err after the which their fathers have walked (Amos 2:4)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: REVIES God’s judgement of Judah and Israel; ENCOURAGE sensitivity toward social injustice; and ADDRESS issues of injustice in their local and global communities.

GOD IS NOT FOOLED

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 5:14-15, 18-27

BIBLE TRUTH: Amos declared to the people that God will not be fooled by insincere offerings and will severely punish all sinners.

Memory Verse: “But let judgement run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” (Amos 5:24)

LESSON By the end of the lesson, your students will: KNOW how God establishes justice for the rightoeous and punishes deceivers; RECOGNIZE and reflect on actions of injustice within the community of faith; and IDENTIFY unjust practices, commit to stop our participation in them and help others do the same.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Amos 5; Hosea 11:1-7 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from background scriptures into your study of the lesson.

REBUKED FOR SELFISHNESS

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 6:4-8, 11-14

BIBLE TRUTH: God will dispossess the greedy and selfish and thus demonstrate God’s justice.

MEMORY VERSE: ” Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock. (Amos 6:12)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: EXPLORE God’s response to injustice as recorded by Amos: REFLECT on ways people practice greed and selfishness; and UNCOVRER and discover ways God does justice amid injustice and ways human an join God in the fight against injustice.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Amos 6; Psalm 119:31-38 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

GOD WILL NEVER FORGET

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 8:1-6, 9-10

BIBLE TRUTH: Amos says that God will no longer overlook their misdeeds and will destroy them for all time.

MEMORY VERSE: “And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel;  I will not again pass by them anymore” (Amos 8:2).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: EXPLORE unjust practices and their consequences during Amos’ time; REFLECT on how the church practices injustices and seems to e oblivious; ENCOURAGE the church to address injustices practiced within our community of faith.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Amos 8; Hosea 11:1-7 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

NO REST FOR THE WICKED

BIBLE BASIS: MICAH 2:4-11

BIBLE TRUTH: God gives no rest to those who practice evil against His faithful ones.

MEMORY VERSE: “O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?” (Micah 2:7)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: EXPLORE Micah’s depiction of people who deny their wrongdoing in the community; EXPRESS feelings about people who attempt justify the evil and harm they commit; and RESPOND with appropriate opposition to those engaged in wrongdoing in the community.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Micah 2; Proverbs 11:1-10 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

NO TOLERANCE FOR CORRUPT LEADERS AND PROPHETS

BIBLE BASIS: MICAH 3:5-12

BIBLE TRUTH: God will judge and punish corrupt leaders and prophets

MEMORY VERSE: “But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord and of judgement and of might to declare unto Jacob his transgressions and to Israel his sin. (Micah 3:8)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, students will EXPLORE how Micah confronted corrupt leaders; REFLECT on reactions to leaders who mislead and deceive people; and ADDRESS corruptions in leadership within the church and the broader community.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Micah 3; Matthew 7:15-20— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

JUSTICE, LOVE, AND HUMILITY

BIBLE BASIS: MICAH 6:3-8

BIBLE TRUTH: God instructs the unjust to be just, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with Him.

MEMORY VERSE: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy and walk humbly with they God? (Micah 6:8)

LESSON AIM:By the end of the lesson, your students will: KNOW how to honor God gratefully by exhibiting the character traits that God requires; EXPRESS feelings about living up to God’s expectations for us to be just loving, and humble; and LEAD the community into making God’s requirements a reality.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Micah 6; Deuteronomy 10:12-22 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

GOD SHOWS CLEMENCY

BIBLE BASIS: MICAH 7:14-20

BIBLE TRUTH: God will show compassion and faithfulness to His people, even to the unjust.

MEMORY VERSE: “Where is another God like you, who pardons the guilt of the remnant, overlooking the sins of his special people? You will not stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing unfailing love” (Micah 7:18).

LESSON AIM: By the end of this lesson, your students will: LEARN of God’s mercy even when punishment seems in order; REFLECT on experiences when God’s mercy and compassion were more than expected; and CARRY OUT acts of mercy and compassion.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Micah 7:11-20; Psalm 13– Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

OUR REDEEMER COMES

BIBLE BASIS: ISAIAH 59:15b-21

BIBLE TRUTH: Isaiah and the psalmist promise a time when God will come as a Redeemer with a foundation of righteousness and justice and will place God’s spirit on those who repent of their sins.

MEMORY VERSE: “And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD” (Isaiah 59:20)

LESSON AIM: By the end of this lesson, your students will: EXPLORE how God promises a renewed covenant relationship; REVEAL their feelings about the cruelty and violence of society; and EXPRESS gratitude and joy for God’s salvation from worldly dangers and work toward a renewed community.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 59:15-21; Psalm 89:11-18— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

A CHANCE TO BE JUST

BIBLE BASIS: JEREMIAH 7:1-15

BIBLE TRUTH:Through Ezra and Jeremiah, God sent messages of hope to those who will amend their ways and messages of doom to those who will not.

MEMORY VERSE: “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God os Israel, Amend your ways and your doing and I will cause you to dwell in this place” (Jeremiah 7:3).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: REVIEW the messages of doom and hope found in Jeremiah; REGRET the error of their ways and resolve to change; and ADDRESS their personal unfaithfulness and their community’s corruption.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 7:1-15; Ezra 7:6, 21-28; Jeremiah 26;8-15 – Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

A CALL FOR REPENTANCE

BIBLE BASIS: EZEKIEL 18:1-13, 31-32

BIBLE TRUTH: Ezekiel advises confession and, along with Proverbs, exhorts the people to do the right thing and thereby build a just community.

MEMORY VERSE: “Repent, and turn from your sins! Don’t let them destroy you! Put all your rebellion behinyou, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit” (from Ezekiel 18:30-31)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: REVIEW the messages of Exekiel that God holds each person responsible for his or her own actions; FEEL accountability for personal acts of omission that damage the community; and PRAY for discernment in how to amend our ways and build communities of justice.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 7:1-15; Ezra 7:6, 21-28; Jeremiah 26;8-15 – Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.