LifeWay’s New Urban Curriculum

• YOUYOU is a curriculum specifically is a curriculum specifically designed to meet the needs of designed to meet the needs of urban/multicultural churches.urban/multicultural churches.

• Any church can use Any church can use YOUYOU..

• Released Fall 2008Released Fall 2008

• Follows a modified version of the Follows a modified version of the KNOWNKNOWN outlines outlines (adults/students can study the (adults/students can study the same topics)same topics)

• Relevant topics minus Relevant topics minus sugarcoating sugarcoating

Staying Spiritually Fit

• This is a process-driven This is a process-driven curriculum.curriculum.

• YOUYOU intentionally intentionally incorporates the LifeWay incorporates the LifeWay adult Connect, Grow, Serve, adult Connect, Grow, Serve, Go strategy. Go strategy.

• An explanation of the CGSG An explanation of the CGSG process appears each process appears each quarter (see p. 3).quarter (see p. 3).

• Each quarter, a list of Each quarter, a list of discipleship resources discipleship resources that correspond to the that correspond to the units of study will be units of study will be provided (see p.7).provided (see p.7).

• Aids the minister of Aids the minister of education, education, superintendent, or superintendent, or Sunday School director Sunday School director in easily providing a in easily providing a comprehensive ministry comprehensive ministry of Christian educationof Christian education

Suggested Resources

• YOUYOU has a simple and easy-to-understand table of contents has a simple and easy-to-understand table of contents (pp.4-5) that visually portrays how each lesson fits into each (pp.4-5) that visually portrays how each lesson fits into each unit, and how each unit fits into the CGSG strategyunit, and how each unit fits into the CGSG strategy

Table of Contents

• Each lesson begins with printed Scripture that is reader friendly (HCSB)

• Key Words help learners dig deeper into the text

• The Lesson Question and Lesson Point guide the lesson

Scripture Page

Sample Lesson Page

• Emphasizes the lesson title Emphasizes the lesson title and provides a color band to and provides a color band to indicate the CGSG category indicate the CGSG category (p. 12)(p. 12)

• Undated, so Undated, so YOUYOU can be can be used on whatever date you used on whatever date you choosechoose

• Repeats the question that Repeats the question that guides the lessonguides the lesson

• Outlines the focal passageOutlines the focal passage

Lesson Overview

• Interactive lesson for Interactive lesson for leaders and learners (built-leaders and learners (built-in Bible study and in Bible study and personal reflection personal reflection questions) questions)

• Encourages active Encourages active participation in the learning participation in the learning processprocess

Lesson

Did You Know?

Highlights little Highlights little known facts to help known facts to help users contextualize users contextualize the Scripture and the Scripture and understand the understand the

lesson better (p. 14)lesson better (p. 14)

• Provides an option for those Provides an option for those desiring deeper understanding of desiring deeper understanding of selected topics/words (p. 13)selected topics/words (p. 13)

• Includes some information and Includes some information and allows users to search the allows users to search the Scriptures on their ownScriptures on their own

Digging Deeper

• Emphasizes life Emphasizes life application (p. 15)application (p. 15)

• Challenges users Challenges users to connect the to connect the lesson to real lifelesson to real life

So What?

• Four included for each Four included for each week of studyweek of study

• The first two review the The first two review the previous lessonprevious lesson

• The second two The second two prepare learners for the prepare learners for the next lesson (p. 16)next lesson (p. 16)

Daily Readings

• Shares the Shares the realreal stories of stories of realreal people and their people and their realreal spiritual victories (p. 53)spiritual victories (p. 53)

• Connects real Connects real experiences to spiritual experiences to spiritual principles taught in the principles taught in the lessonslessons

• Helps readers connect Helps readers connect the lessons to real lifethe lessons to real life

This Is My Story

• Creates awareness of the Creates awareness of the work of churches and work of churches and missionaries at home and missionaries at home and abroad (p. 79)abroad (p. 79)

• Challenges learners to Challenges learners to consider and obey God’s consider and obey God’s calling for them to servecalling for them to serve

• Reinforces principles taught Reinforces principles taught in the lessonsin the lessons

Missions Articles

• Provides steps for Provides steps for preparing an interesting, preparing an interesting, interactive, and interactive, and transformational learning transformational learning experience (p. 102)experience (p. 102)

• Equips teachers with Equips teachers with more than just what to more than just what to teachteach

• Describes how to prepare Describes how to prepare a lesson to meet students a lesson to meet students where they are.where they are.

Before You Teach

• Provides an option for teaching as Jesus taught with Provides an option for teaching as Jesus taught with common objects (p.102)common objects (p.102)

• A great teaching idea or discussion starter for reaching all A great teaching idea or discussion starter for reaching all learnerslearners

Object Lesson

• Take-along Teaching Plan Take-along Teaching Plan (pp. 103-104)(pp. 103-104)

• Structured enough to give Structured enough to give directiondirection

• Flexible enough for Flexible enough for teachers to adapt their teachers to adapt their lessons to their learnerslessons to their learners

Teaching Plan

Provides practical life application ideas and questions Provides practical life application ideas and questions (p. 104)(p. 104)

Connecting the Text to YOU

• Designed especially for Designed especially for teachers (p. 105)teachers (p. 105)

• Provides more Provides more information about the information about the lesson text without lesson text without being overwhelmingbeing overwhelming

Commentary

Additional commentary, Additional commentary, Biblical IllustratorBiblical Illustrator articles, and articles, and a midweek/sermon series are available online for a midweek/sermon series are available online for YOUYOU users at no additional charge (p. 105). users at no additional charge (p. 105).

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