Lesson Plans

Lesson plans using literature as a central element can be found from this page. These lesson plans are offered with permission for local churches to use them in their ministry. We request that you give credit to the writers whose work you use and it would be wonderful for you to leave a comment on the lesson plan entry letting us know how you used these ideas.

Lesson Plans: Practicing Christianity with Children, Session 3

29 March 2010, Comment are Off

This lesson, third in a series of seven about teaching Christian practices to children, focuses on the psychosocial development of children. Designed to use with parents, this session (and the one on March 26, 2010) sets the context of children and Christian practices in a...

Lesson Plans: Practicing Christianity with Children, Session 2

26 March 2010, Comment are Off

An understanding of how children think and learn can be helpful in exploring how to engage them in Christian practices such as prayer, worship, Bible study and healing. Today’s session, the second of seven, focuses on children’s cognitive development, utilizing the...

Lesson Plans: Practicing Christianity with Children

25 March 2010, Comment are Off

For the next several days, we will be posting a series of lessons written for parents of preschool and elementary children at the South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC. These seven sessions reflect on the Reformed understanding of infant baptism and its...

Miss Fannie and the Widow: A Stewardship Lesson for Adults

19 March 2010, Comment are Off

On February 26, Union-PSCE student Marcia Rauch reviewed Jan Karon’s Miss Fannie’s Hat. Today, she expands on her review by making that book (and Luke’s story of the widow who gave all she had) the centerpiece of a session for adults about stewardship. As...

Confirmation Curriculum: Prayer (Week 22)

11 March 2010, Comment are Off

This week marks the last post related to a 24 week series of lessons intended for use in a confirmation class with youth. Tim Ladwig’s The Lord’s Prayer and When Daddy Prays by Nikki Grimes are used in this session. Although we have only posted four sessions out of...

Confirmation Curriculum: Sin (Week 19)

04 March 2010, Comment are Off

This is the third in a series of lessons written by MDiv/MACE student Katie Todd for a 24 week confirmation curriculum with youth. In this session (one of two) that focuses on sin, sections of Lois Lowry’s The Giver as well as scenes from the movie Harry Potter and the...

Confirmation Curriculum: Providence (Week 17)

25 February 2010, Comment are Off

Over the last two weeks, we’ve posted material developed by Union-PSCE student Katie Todd for a 15-24 confirmation curriculum. (The first two postings can be found here and here.) This is the second session we’re posting, although it is week 17 in the series! ...

Confirmation Curriculum: Creation (Week 3)

18 February 2010, 6 Comments

Last Thursday, we posted the rationale and background for a 15-24 week confirmation curriculum written by Katie Todd, MDiv and MACE student at Union-PSCE, Charlotte. Over the next four weeks, we will share samples from that curriculum so that you can see how she incorporates...

Confirmation Curriculum using Children’s Literature

11 February 2010, 6 Comments

Katie Todd, MDiv and MACE candidate at Union-PSCE in Charlotte, developed a 15-24 week confirmation curriculum for 13 – 16 year olds that incorporates picture books and books for adolescents! Written and used in a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation, the sessions focus...

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