TCS: Scope & Sequence
Fall A: Creation to The Gift of Isaac
1. God Creates our World from Nothing-Could be two parts: Days 1-3; 4-7. Genesis 1-2:15
2. God Gives Good Gifts to Adam-Genesis 2:15-24
3. Adam and Eve Believe the Words of the Snake instead of the Words of God-Genesis 3:1-7
4. God Punishes Adam and Eve and Makes a Promise-Genesis 3:8-24
5. God Shows Mercy to Murderous Cain-Genesis 4:1-16
6. God Floods the World-Genesis 6:5-23
7. God Gives The Rainbow Covenant-Genesis 8-9:17
8. God Calls Abram to Move-Genesis 12:1-9
9. Covenant Promises, New Names, and a Birthday-Genesis 15: 1-6; 18-20; 17:1-8; 15-17; Genesis 21:1-7
10. The Golden Thread: Creation to The Gift of Isaac (A review)
Advent Lessons
It is rare to have 5 Sundays to teach the coming of Jesus’ birth so you can easily combine these as you see fit. However, in theory, you have 5 lessons.
Adam Leads Us to Bethlehem-Genesis 1-3
Noah Leads Us to Bethlehem-Genesis 6-9
Abraham Leads us to Bethlehem-Genesis 15, 17, 21
Isaac Leads us to Bethlehem-Genesis 22: 1-14
Christmas: Christ is Born-Luke 2:1-8
Spring A: Isaac to The Giving of the Law
11. God Asks Abraham to Return the Gift of Isaac-Genesis 21: 1-7; Genesis 22: 1-18
12. God’s Passes his Covenant to Jacob-Genesis 28
13. God Prospers Jacob-Genesis 29-30
14. Favoritism, Jealousy, and a Ticket to Egypt-Genesis 37
15. Farther from Home but Closer to God-Genesis 39-41
16. Weeping Turns to Joy: Salvation in a Foreign Land- Genesis 43-50:26
17. The Story of the Golden Thread: Creation -Joseph (A Review)
18. A Redeemer is Born/God Rescues Baby Moses-Exodus 1-2:10; 2:11-25; Hebrews 11:21-24. Acts 7:20-24
19. When Bushes Won’t Burn: God Calls Moses to Rescue His People-Exodus 2: 11-25, Acts 7: 20-24
20. “Let My People Go!” Moses Obeys God and Demands Freedom for the Hebrew People-Exodus 5; 7
21.. God Brings Death and Freedom: The First Passover -Exodus 11-12
22. Bonus Lessons: Children Celebrate the Passover-Exodus 12: 1-28 Children experience a simple Passover meal by tasting of the items on the Passover plate.
23. God’s Grand Rescue-Exodus 13-14
24. Bread From Heaven-Exodus 16-17: 1-7
25. God’s Commands for His People 1-4 (Ten Best Ways to Live-adapted from Godly Play)-Exodus 19; 20: 1-21
26. God’s Commands for His People 5-10 (Ten Best Ways to Live-adapted from Godly Play)-Exodus 19; 20: 1-21
27. The Golden Thread: Creation-The Giving of the Law
Fall B: The Life of Jesus
1. What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting-Luke 1: 5-24
2. God Tells Joseph to Marry Mary and Gives Him Jesus’ Name-Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-5
3. Simeon and Anna Meet the Promised Christ Child-Luke 2: 22-39
4. A Star and Two Dreams Protect Young Jesus, the King-Matthew 2: 1-15
5. Jesus, The Child Teacher-Luke 2: 39-52
6. John the Baptist Proclaims, “Jesus is the Lamb of God Who Takes Away the Sins of the World.” -Mark 1, Matthew 3, John 1
7. The Story of the Golden Thread: The Life of Jesus (A Review to date)
8. Jesus Withstands Satan’s Temptations-Luke 4: 1-14
9. Follow Me: Jesus Calls His Disciples-Luke 5: 1-11; John 1: 43-51
10. Even the Wind and the Waves Obey Him-Matt 8:23-27; Mark 4: 35-41; Luke 8: 22-25
11. Do You See Who I Am? A Blind Man Sees and Worships Jesus-John 9
12. The Bread of Life Feeds Thousands-Matt 14:13-21; Matt 15:32-39; John 6:1-14
13. Jesus Includes the Excluded-Luke 19:1-10; Luke 18:15-17; John 4:5-42
14. Jesus Raises Lazarus to Life-John 11
15. The Story of the Golden Thread: The Life of Jesus (A Review)
16. Advent Stories 1-5* It is unlikely you will have 5 Sundays to celebrate Advent. Because these stories have far less detail, you may easily combine them
to fit your schedule.
I. Zechariah, Elizabeth, and John the Baptist Show us the Way to Bethlehem
II. Mary and Joseph Show Us the Way to Bethlehem
III. The Shepherds Show the Way to Bethlehem
IV. The Wise Men Show Us the Way to Bethlehem
V. John the Baptist Shows Us the Way to Bethlehem
Lent, Easter, Eastertide (Soon more lessons will be added to create Spring B.)
1. The Crowds Welcome Jesus as their King-Matthew 21:1-11;
2. Jesus Serves His Last Supper-Matt 26: 14-30; Mark 14: 12-26; Luke 22:14-24; I Corinthians 11: 23-26
3. Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet-John 13: 1-20
4. The Crucifixion of Jesus-Matthew 27: 1-55; Mark 15; Luke 23: 1-43; John 19
5. Jesus is Alive! Matthew 28: 1-10; Luke 24: 1-12; John 20
6. The Road to Emmaus-Luke 24: 13-35
7. Jesus Shows Himself to Thomas-John 20:24-29
8. Jesus Ascends to Heaven-Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:6-11
9. Pentecost: The Church’s Birthday-Acts 2