"We will tell the
next generation the
praiseworthy
deeds of the
Lord, His power
and the wonders
he has done...
so that the next
generation would
know them, even the
children yet to be
born, and they in turn
would tell their children.
Then they would put
their trust in God and
would not forget His
deeds but would
keep His commands."

Psalm 78:4, 6-7
(ESV)

 
 

Curriculum Plan    

Ages
2-4
The curriculum for this class will be on a rotating three-year cycle.
Year 1 will consist of Great Commission Publication’s Beginning Kids’ Quest Catechism Club curriculum (blue cover). During this year they will learn questions 1-49 of the Children’s version of the catechism. They will cover the following topics: creation, Trinity, God, Scripture, Adam and Eve, Covenant, Sin, the Fall, and Grace.
Year 2 will consist of Great Commission’s curriculum for preschoolers. This material teaches Bible stories from Genesis and Exodus plus a quarter focusing on Jesus.
Year 3 will consist of Great Commission’s Preschool curriculum
Ages
5-7
The curriculum for this class will be based on a rotating three year cycle.
Year 1 will consist of GCP’s Elementary Kids’ Quest Catechism Club. It will cover questions 1-150 of the children’s version of the Shorter Catechism. Topics will include: God, Adam and Eve, Sin, Grace, Faith, Christ, Ten Commandments, Lord’s Prayer, Sacraments and Jesus’ Return.
Year 2 will consist of GCP’s Younger Elementary Show Me Jesus curriculum. Topics include: Studying God’s Word (The Bible and its place in the lives of God’s children), Loving Jesus (Learning to love Jesus from the Gospels), Living Together (Living as God’s child through stories in Genesis) and Growing in God (growing in faith from stories in Exodus).
Year 3 will continue with the second year of the Younger Elementary Show Me Jesus curriculum. Topics include: Obeying God (the prophets and kings on what it means to obey God), Knowing Jesus (who Jesus is and how he wants us to respond to him), Telling Others (sharing Christ with others–from the book of Acts) and Pleasing God (the Christian life through the Ten Commandments).
Ages
8-11
Year 1 will be a basic apologetics class that makes use of the Shorter Catechism. Students will explore issues of Christianity that they don’t understanding, learning how to search the Scriptures on various topics and defending what they believe. Years 2 and 3 will use Great Commission’s “Older Elementary” materials to survey biblical history (stressing the covenantal throughlines of Scripture). The Young Peacemaker curriculum is also taught.
Ages
12
and
up
Teens will focus on worldview, apologetics, Church history, the creeds and the Westminster Confession, and how to read and interpret the Bible (dealing with inerrancy and hermeneutics.) All the classes are grounded in Scripture. Our curriculum for teens is created by the Christian Education Director of Christ Church to be responsive to the specific spiritual needs of the students.
 
 

Catechism Year

 

Christian Education
Goals and Objectives


Curriculum Plan

Resources for
Christian Education


Service Times