HOLY STONE MINISTRY | Bible Education Guide

Dear Holy Stone Families,

Shalom!

The HOLY STONE MINISTRY TEAM is sharing our Grade-Level Bible Education Curriculum so that the church and our families can work together in building a strong biblical foundation for our children.

This curriculum is not taken from one single published program. It has been developed and organized through more than 23 years of continuous Sunday School and children’s ministry experience, together with commonly used principles of children’s Bible education, biblical literacy, age-appropriate discipleship, and gospel-centered teaching.

For more than 23 years, without missing a single year, I have had the privilege of teaching and serving children in Sunday School ministry. Over those years, I have worked with children of many different ages, backgrounds, and levels of Bible knowledge. I have also watched many children grow from elementary ministry into Youth and beyond.

Through that experience, one thing has become increasingly clear: children need a strong biblical foundation before they move into the Youth years.

They need to know the major Bible stories, but they also need to understand how those stories fit together. They should gradually learn how to open the Bible, find a book, chapter, and verse, understand the basic structure of the Old and New Testaments, and eventually read and discuss Scripture for themselves.

Most importantly, at every age they need to hear the heart of the gospel:

Who is God?
What is sin?
Who is Jesus?
What is grace?
How should we respond to God?

That is why this curriculum follows the Bible’s larger story—

Creation → Exodus → Kings & Prophets → Gospels → Church

—while returning every year to the gospel truths of God, Sin, Christ, Grace, and Response.

Parents, we encourage you to look through the curriculum and use it as a simple guide at home.

Ask your children:

• “What Bible story are you learning?”
• “Who is this person in the Bible?”
• “What does this story teach us about God?”
• “Can you find this book in your Bible?”
• “What did Jesus do for us?”
• “What verse are you memorizing?”

You do not need to give your child another Bible lesson at home. Even a few minutes of conversation, opening the Bible together, reviewing one story, or practicing one verse can make a lasting difference.

Our goal is not simply that our children will know more Bible information.

Our prayer is that they will know God’s Word, understand the gospel, grow in faith, love the Church, and learn to follow Jesus in everyday life.

The church cannot build this foundation alone, and neither should families have to carry it alone.

Church and home must work together.

May we faithfully help our children become deeply rooted in Scripture and firmly grounded in the gospel—one Bible story, one verse, one prayer, and one conversation at a time.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
— Psalm 119:105

ONE BIG STORY. ONE FAITH. ONE GOD.

With love and prayer,
HOLY STONE MINISTRY TEAM