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Lesson 1
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June 01, 2025
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Summer 2025
echoes adult
Let God decide what is acceptable.
Lesson 1
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June 01, 2025
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Summer 2025
Bible-in-Life adult
Let God decide what is acceptable.
Lesson 1
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June 01, 2025
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Summer 2025
high school
As an introduction to the lesson on how we are joined together in Christ, students will learn about the architectural features of the Notre Dame Cathedral—and discuss how the stones were designed to withstand destruction.
middle school
Students will explore what types of skills are required to be a team member and how their spiritual gifts can help as part of God’s team.
Lesson 1
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June 01, 2025
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Summer 2025
upper elementary
Students will learn how to prepare themselves to worship with respect and wonder.
Bible-in-Life adult
Restoration requires following God’s commands.
echoes adult
Restoration requires following God’s commands.
Lesson 11
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May 25, 2025
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Spring 2025
high school
Students will witness siblings reuniting and compare that to other scenarios as they explore how reconciliation repairs relationships.
Lesson 12
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May 25, 2025
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Spring 2025
middle school
As students watch a video about a flight that crash-landed in Houston, they will discuss how potentially disastrous events can have positive outcomes.
upper elementary
Students will watch a video about forgiveness after the Rwandan genocide and consider how it’s possible to forgive, even when they’ve been deeply hurt.
upper elementary
Students will learn what it means to be faithful to God and uncover ways they can be true to Him in every circumstance.
Bible-in-Life adult
Worship in the midst of fear and disappointment.
