How to Prepare a Sabbath School Lesson

Quarterly Preparation

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The Bible Study Guide

Purpose and Use

What does the cover tell us?

The Source

What does the cover tell us?

That it comes from my church

That it is authentic Adventist information

To me . . . .

What else does the cover tell us?

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What Does a Guide Do?

What else does the cover tell us?

That it has a special purpose

That its special focus is . . .

For me . . . .

What else does the cover say?

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What else does the cover tell us?

Subtitle of the Lessons

What else does the cover tell us?

The Source

The Purpose

The Topic

What Did the Cover Tell Us?

The purpose: “Sabbath School Bible Study Guide”

The topic: “Thy Word is a Lamp Unto My Feet”

The subtopic: “The Bible for Today”

The source: Seventh-day Adventist Church

Chronological Development

Selection of topics each 5 years

S.S. World Curriculum Committee

Selection of authors by editors

Approved by S.S. Publications Board

Manuscripts

Reviewed by Manuscript Evaluation Committees

Approximately 4 years

Chronological Development

Approximately 4 years

Approved by S.S. Publications Board

Manuscripts

Editorial work

Translation

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Page 1: Contents

1. The Voice From Heaven

2. The Final Word3. Bible Prophecy Fulfilled4. The Bible is Reliable5. When the Rocks Cry

Out6. The Bible and Science

7. The Word in Our Lives8. Revelation of Hope9. The Bible and Health10. The Bible and

Happiness11. Daily Wisdom12. Growing Through the

Word13. The Word of God

Endures

Introduction

Introduction

“We believe . . . . “The Bible is the greatest . . . ” “. . . massive amount of evidence “. . . Self-authenticating . . . “. . . Perhaps the greatest evidence . . .” “These, and more, are some of the questions our

Bible Study Guide __________________” “Even more important . . .”

How to Identify the Focal

Point of the Quarter Title and subtitle

“The Bible for Today” The Introduction

“These, and more, are questions . . .” “Even more important . . .”

Scan the lessons (Even better, read them all).

How Long does all this Take?

Title and subtitle. “The Bible for Today”

Introduction. “These, and more, are some of the

questions our Bible Study Guide . . “ “Even more important . . .”

Scan the lessons (Even better, read them all).

Two to three hours

Depends

The Introduction 5 Paragraphs

1. We believe . . .2. The final and ultimate standard . . . 3. The Bible . . .makes claims4. Massive amount of evidence5. Perhaps the greatest evidence . . .6. Despite all the evidence . . . 7. Some people challenge . . . How reliable?8. “The authors show . . . “9. Even more important . . .

What Are We Trying to Do?

The central point for the quarter

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Point A

“My class is here”

Point B

“I want them here”

¡The Point!•In your group make a statement about what the central point of the quarter is.

•How can you keep this central point before the class each week?

• For your class, what is Point A and what is Point?

From that Central Point Emerges a Correlation

Chart

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This diagram illustrates a central point

The problem

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Correlation Chart

Illustrations/Evidences

ProphecyReliabilityArcheologyScience

Our lives Bible for today

IllustrationsHope – Health – Happiness – Wisdom – Growing

SummaryResults

Another Example

1. The End Times2. The Seals opened3. Signs in the Heavens4. The Last Church5. Global Distress6. The Antediluvians

and the End Times7. Moral Degeneration8. Transformed

Christianity

9. Religious Trends

10. Fascination with Spiritism

11. The Diffusion of Spiritism

12. Deceptive Miracles

13. Natural Calamities

14. Human Solutions or a Savior?

“The Time of the End”

Locating the Time of the end1. Chronology2. Chronology and the

judgment3. Signs in the heavens

The resposibility of God’s people4. The last church

Outline of world events5. Global distress6. The example of the

antediluvians

Major problems during the end times7. Moral decadence8. Transformed Christianity9. Religious trends10. Fascination with spiritism11. The diffusion of spiritism12. Deceiving miracles

The weapons of God13. The role of nature

Our anchor14. The Savior

The Beatitudes

1. The Kingdom of Heaven

2. Poor in Spirit

3. The Mourners

4. The Meek

5. Those Who Hunger and Thirst

6. The Merciful

7. The Pure in heart

8. The Peacemakers

9. The Persecuted

10. “When Men Revile You”

11. “You Are the Salt”

12. “You Are the Light”

13. The Two Gates

1. The Kingdom of God– A current realityThe Citizens of the Kingdom

2. Poor in spirit3. The mourners4. The meek5. Those who hunger and thirst6. The merciful7. The pure in heart8. The peacemakers9. The persecuted10. The reviled

Nine characteristics approved by God

The blessed become to blessings11. Salt of the earth 12. Light of the world

To be or not to be – That is the question!13. The two gates

How to Prepare Students for the

Quarter

Opening – no more than 10 minutes

Introduction to the lessons for the new quarter – General lesson study

Lesson of the week

Weekly Preparation

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How Much Time Does it Take?

The general rule is 2 hours study for each hour in class.

40 minutes in class

80 (1’ 20”) minutes in weekly preparation

20 hours during the quarter

How to Divide Up the Time?

10 minutes in prayer. 50 minutes in direct lesson preparation. 20 minutes studying.

80 minutesPrayer

Preparation

Study

Four Steps in Lesson Preparation

Read the entire lesson, including the additional materials for teachers.

Place the lesson on your correlation chart.

Decide on the central point of the lesson

Choose a teaching method.

Use a Code System

* A new concept

A personal need

+ Personal help

= Something that the class needs to understand

# Important information of data

@ An important theological point

Developing the Lesson

Sabbath: The weekly texts, key thought, short introduction

Sunday: The Source of Wisdom Monday: Social Wisdom Tuesday: Wisdom in the Workplace Wednesday: The Bible and Wealth Thursday: Wise Leadership Friday: Further Study. Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions:

Developing the Lesson

What is the most complicated point in this weeks lesson that students need to understand?

Monday. “We are not only private persons but public citizens”

Wednesday: Prov. 30: 8, 9 “Give me neither poverty nor riches. . .”

Developing the Lesson

Tuesday’s lesson: “Wisdom in the Workplace” Relationships with employer and/or

employees. What kind of “wisdom” is this? Christian personality and

characteristics Thursday’s lesson: Wise Leadership.”

What is that?

Teaching Methods in the Bible Study Guide

“I Have To Teach Tomorrow” Lesson Outline

Learning Cycle Step 1: Motivate Step 2: Explore Step 3: Practice Step 4: Apply

Other Methods Information giving and development of

understanding and Resolve problems. First hand expereinces Activities and personal interests. Skill development. Share concepts and opinions. Discover biblical truths

Five Methodology Fundamentals

Content

Applications

Controversial issues

Controversial people

Special points in the lesson