Trying our hand…

I don’t think you should do things just because they seem like they might be a good idea. The more time I spend in ministry, the more I realize that we should be focusing on the things God is directing us to do. In my role as curriculum/creative director at The Ark Church I’ve really felt that God was calling us to attempt writing our own curriculum.  It’s an exciting and scary proposition all at the same time, not to mention an insane amount of work.  The truth is, though, that I’ve felt so blessed and strengthened during the process. I love presenting God’s word and seeing kids inspired by those truths.  We’re hoping over the next two years to cover every section of the Bible. We began in August with the Gospel of John and this month with the Book of Job. We’re working on a series on missions focusing on Paul’s first missionary journey. Each lesson includes a full script that can be taught with only two teachers. Each lesson also has a video called “The Scoop” which is like a mini sitcom that focuses on a group of teenagers that work at the school newspaper. We have been making one additional video that leads into the Bible story. We’ve really been inspired by what Church on the Move, in Tulsa, OK, is doing. They are giving away thousands of dollars of resources away at seeds.churchonthemove.com. They are making a tremendous investment in the kingdom of God. I hope that our church can do the same. We working on the curriculum with the purpose of giving each series away for churches to use free of charge. It’s in a beta process right now, but if you want to try it out and give me some feedback I’d love to give you a link so you can download it too. I’m including a couple of examples of our first two series. One on Job called “Tough Questions.”  The other is on John called “Hello, My Name is…” It might inspire you to do the same in your church.

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