Listen to the stories of Jesus' first followers. Learn about the way of life he gave to us. And see what it looks like to live in the new community he is creating.
These weekly lessons guide elementary and middle grade students through the Book of Acts and the New Testament Letters, while also deepening the understanding of parents and teachers. Each lesson provides pithy, content-filled background information for the teacher and a scripted explanation of the biblical passage designed especially for children to grasp with ease.
The accompanying Activity Book, feature the work of talented artists, designers, parents, and educators and provides craft projects, coloring pages, Bible memory work, classroom games, and group activities to accompany every lesson. This fourth volume of the Telling God's Story series completes the student's introduction to the New Testament.
This bundle also includes the graphic novel James: A Letter to the Scattered:
For two thousand years, a single ancient letter has inspired deeds of world-changing bravery and has kindled compassion of millions of lives. In James: A Letter to the Scattered, Earnest Graham's dramatic illustrations follow women and men around the globe and through time. Follow hunted Christians into Roman catacombs, accompany missions of mercy in modern hospital corridors, see courage and kindness amidst the carnage of the Thirty Years' War, witness the fight for justice in 19th-century Mexico, and march beside protestors in 1960s Alabama.
This graphic novel brings the ancient wisdom of the Epistle of James to a new audience.
By:
Earnest Graham,
Rachel Marie Stone
Imprint: The Well-Trained Mind Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 0
Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9781952469244
ISBN 10: 1952469244
Series: Telling God's Story
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 05 April 2022
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
,
English as a second language
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Instructor Text & Teaching Guide: Unit 1: Jesus Departs -- and God is Faithful Unit 2: The Holy Spirit Unit 3: The Cost of Following Jesus Unit 4: Being a New Creation in Christ Unit 5: Who is Paul? Unit 6: The Good News is for Everyone! Unit 7: The Life of the Church Unit 8: After Death Unit 9: Last Things Unit 10: These Three Remain: Faith, Hope, and Love Student Guide and Activity Pages include activities, projects, and coloring pages for each lesson. James: A Letter to the Scattered is a graphic novel retelling of the book of James.
Earnest Graham is an illustrator, writer, and Episcopal priest in Virginia. He holds degrees in art and in theology. With his wife Shirley Smith Graham, he authored The Unlikely Chosen, a fresh interpretation of the stories of Jonah, Esther, and Amos. His work can be viewed at www.earnestillustrations.com Rachel Marie Stone is also the author of Eat With Joy: Redeeming God's Gift of Food. Her work has been published in The Huffington Post, Relevant, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. She, her husband, and their two sons live in the Republic of Malawi, where she teaches writing.
