Lessons for children on the character and nature of God
Through the study of God’s character and nature, children come to know their God as author of all that is true, and begin to see the world from His perspective. To know God is to know His character.
The program contains:  Bible Stories Personal testimonies Plays Art / Craft activities Games Modern day stories Songs Reproducible activity sheets |
The following twelve themes on God’s character are repeated at each year level, using different teaching material. This provides a seven year teaching program.
 God is Creator |  God is Love |  God is Wise |
 God is Protector |  God is Powerful |  God is Truth |
 God is Pure |  God is Patient |  God is Servant |
 God is Life |  God is Provider |  God is Peace |
Download Themes for Christian Studies:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | Level 7
You will find songs to use with Themes for Christian Studies on the Primary Music page.
Download posters of attribute symbols:
Colour pdf
Black and white pdf
Christmas and Easter Themes
Christmas play pdf Christmas play Word doc
Fruit of the Spirit
Teaching package on the nine Fruit of the Spirit
Goals for Christian Growth
A leveled summary of the goals for Christian growth covered in “Themes for Christian Studies”, (ages 5 through to 12)
Download pdf Dowlnload Word doc
Biographies and Christian testimonies
Themes for Christian Studies contains the following biographies and testimonies:
Level 2 Biographies pdf Level 2 biographies Word doc
Helen Keller (God is Love)
Level 3 biographies pdf Level 3 biographies Word doc
Florence Nightingale (God is Servant)
Level 4 biographies pdf Level 4 biographies Word doc
Mary Jones (God is Truth); Granny Smith (God is Life)
Level 5 biographies pdf Level 5 biographies Word doc
Caroline Chisholm (God is Love); Reona Peterson’s Escape (God is Protector); Galileo (God is Truth); John Flynn (God is Servant); Gladys Aylward (God is Provider); Blondin (God is Peace)
Level 6 biographies pdf Level 6 biographies Word doc
Christopher Columbus (God is Wise); Miracles in Java (God is Powerful); Ian McCormack (God is Powerful); William Booth (God is Servant); Hudson Taylor (God is Servant); Jim Elliot (God is Servant); Corrie Ten Boom (God is Provider); Don Richardson and the Peace Child (God is Peace)
Level 7 biographies pdf Level 7 biographies Word doc
Brother Andrew (God is Protector); Simpson and his Donkey (God is Servant); Father Damien, friend of Lepers (God is Servant); George Muller (God is Provider); Mary Slessor (God is Peace); Martin Luther King (God is Peace)
Alternative Beacon Media Bible Program: See the Overseas Assistance page for another complete Bible program, written for the Methodist schools of Fiji.
Timelines:
Because Biblical stories and passages are studies under the themes of the character and nature of God, the Bible will not be studies in the sequential order of the books of the Bible. It is therefore suggested that students become familiar with the Biblical time line, so that as stories and passages are studies, they can identify and mark the time period in which they occurred.
Timeline 1
Instructions for timeline:
Print out and cut each A4 page in two. Join half pages together in a long strip.
Students can use this as a working document, using a highlighter to mark off stories as they are covered throughout the year. Students can then see where the stories occurred in history. Note that this is not a timeline of when books of the Bible were written, but a timeline of events and accounts of major characters in the Bible.
Timeline 2
This is a simplified visual timeline of world history from a Biblical perspective.