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Sunday School |
SUMMER QUARTER
JUNE JULY AUGUST 2000
UNIT I: |
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CHRIST THE BASIS OF UNITY |
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March |
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5 |
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Helping A Chruch Confront Crisis |
March |
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12 |
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The Holy Spirit As Teacher |
March |
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19 |
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The Church And Its Leaders |
March |
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26 |
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The Need For Discipline Within The Church |
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UNIT II: |
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UNIT IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS |
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April |
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2 |
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Counsel Concerning Marriage |
April |
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9 |
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Concerning Love And Knowledge |
April |
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16 |
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Spiritual Gifts |
April |
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23 |
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Christ's Resurrection And Ours |
April |
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30 |
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The Way Of Love |
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UNIT III: |
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THE POWER OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY |
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May |
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7 |
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The Christian March Of Triumph |
May |
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14 |
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Trials And Triumphs Of Christain Ministry |
May |
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21 |
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The Collection For Jerusalem Christian |
May |
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28 |
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Living In The Faith |
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Editorial Staff: Bishop Roy L. H. Winbush, Editor-in-Chief
& Writer
Bishop Chandler. D. Owens, Presiding Bishop
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HELPING A CHURCH CONFRONT CRISIS
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 1:2-17.
BIBLE TRUTH: Focusing on Christ will result in unity.
MEMORY VERSE: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there
be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in
the same mind and in the same judgment.
I Corinthians 1:10
LESSON AIM: That you will commit to maintaining unity by focusing
on Christ. |
THE HOLY SPIRIT AS TEACHER
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 2:1-16.
BIBLE TRUTH: The Spirit of God brings discernment to believers.
MEMORY VERSE: Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that
are freely given to us God.
I Corinthians 2:12
LESSON AIM: That you will respond obediently to what God's
Spirit reveals. |
THE CHURCH AND ITS LEADERS
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 4:1-13.
BIBLE TRUTH: Christian servanthood is humble, not glamorous.
MEMORY VERSE: Therefore judge nothing before the time,
until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of
darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts.
I Corinthians 4:5a
LESSON AIM: That you will commit to serve God humbly and to
refrain from judging others' service. |
THE NEED FOR DISCIPLINE WITHIN THE CHURCH
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 5:1-13.
BIBLE TRUTH: Unrepentant sin within the church calls for
responsible action.
MEMORY VERSE: For what have I to do judge them also that
are without? do not ye judge them that are with?.
I Corinthians 5:12
LESSON AIM: That you will commit to dealing responsibly with
unrepentant sin among church members. |
COUNSEL CONCERNING MARRIAGE
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 7:1-5,
8-16.
BIBLE TRUTH: Christians are called to high standards in
marriage or single life.
MEMORY VERSE: What? Know ye not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own?.
I Corinthians 6:19
LESSON AIM: That you will commit to live by God's standards
in marriage or single life. |
CONCERNING LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 8.
BIBLE TRUTH: Believers can choose to limit their freedom
out of concern for others.
MEMORY VERSE: But take heed lest by any means this liberty
of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
I Corinthians 8:9
LESSON AIM: That you will choose to put the spiritual welfare of
others ahead of personal freedom. |
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 12:4-20,
26.
BIBLE TRUTH: God works l though each believer's spiritual
gifts.
MEMORY VERSE: Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same Spirit... And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same
God which worketh all in all.
I Corinthians 12:4, 6
LESSON AIM: That you will ask God for His help in discovering
and using spiritual gifts. |
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND OURS
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 15:20-27,
35-44.
BIBLE TRUTH: Christ conquered death so believers could
live with Him.
MEMORY VERSE: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and
become the firstfruits of them that slept... For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ shall all be made alive.
I Corinthians 15:20, 22
LESSON AIM: That you will receive Christ and tell others about
Him and the power of His resurrection. |
THE WAY OF LOVE
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: I Corinthians 12:31;
13:13.
BIBLE TRUTH: Actions without love are meaningless.
MEMORY VERSE: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.
I Corinthians 13:13
LESSON AIM: That you will commit to live out the biblical
characteristics of love. |
THE CHRISTIAN MARCH OF TRIUMPH
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: II Corinthians 2:4-17.
BIBLE TRUTH: Forgiveness brings repentant sinners back
into meaningful fellowship.
MEMORY VERSE: Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth
us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge
by us in every place.
II Corinthians 2:14
LESSON AIM: That you will resolve to forgive repentant believers
and to help bring them back into full Christian fellowship. |
TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: II Corinthians 4:5-15.
BIBLE TRUTH: God gives us grace to make it through life's
trials.
MEMORY VERSE: We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast
down, but not destroyed.
II Corinthians 4:8-9
LESSON AIM: That you will pledge to trust in God's grace through
life's trials. |
THE COLLECTION FOR JERUSALEM CHRISTIANS
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: II Corinthians 9.
BIBLE TRUTH: Generous giving reaps generous blessing.
MEMORY VERSE: Every man according as he purposeth in his
heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth
a cheerful giver.
II Corinthians 9:7
LESSON AIM: That you will pledge to give cheerfully and generously. |
LIVING IN THE FAITH
BIBLE BASIS: Lesson Scripture: II Corinthians 13:1-14.
BIBLE TRUTH: Spiritual self-examination is good for Christians.
MEMORY VERSE: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the
faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus
Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
II Corinthians 13:5
LESSON AIM: That you will conduct a spiritual self-examination. |
*Last update: Saturday,
March 24, 2000
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In Christ
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