Bible study course
A powerful 10-lesson Easter and spring curriculum for third through fifth grade explorers covering Holy Week, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and the bold witness of the early church.
Mary pours out expensive perfume on Jesus at Bethany, demonstrating supreme love and preparing him for his coming burial, while Judas complains about the cost.
Jesus drives money changers and merchants out of the temple court in Jerusalem, boldly declaring that God's house must be a house of prayer for all nations.
In an upper room in Jerusalem, Jesus shares the Passover meal with his disciples, breaks bread, pours the cup, and establishes the new covenant in his blood.
Peter boasts of his loyalty but denies Jesus three times in the high priest's courtyard; Jesus turns, looks at Peter, and shows that his grace is greater than our failures.
Jesus is crucified at Golgotha, carries our sins, forgives his executioners, and yields his spirit, while the temple curtain tears in two from top to bottom.
On Sunday morning, the stone is rolled away, an angel announces that Jesus is alive, and the risen Lord meets Mary Magdalene and the women with joy.
On a mountain in Galilee, the risen Jesus reveals all authority in heaven and earth has been given to him, commissioning his disciples to make followers of all nations.
On the day of Pentecost, the promised Holy Spirit descends with a sound like a rushing wind and tongues of fire, empowering Peter to preach and three thousand to believe.
Peter and John meet a man unable to walk at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the man leaps up, walks, and praises God.
Stephen, full of grace and the Holy Spirit, speaks the truth boldly in Jerusalem, sees Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and forgives his persecutors.