*These are suggested dates for beginning in June 2020. Click the link below for starting September 2020 or scroll to the bottom of the page for ideas to start on another date*
Click here to see an alternate schedule beginning in September 2020
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Part |
Dates |
Week |
Story |
Part 1: Primeval History
|
06/07/20
06/14/20 06/21/20 |
Week 1
Week 2 Week 3 |
Creation
Adam and Eve Cain and Abel, Flood, Babel |
Part 2: Family of God
|
06/28/20
07/05/20 07/12/20 |
Week 4
Week 5 Week 6 |
Call of Abram and Sarai
Jacob and Esau - Quarrel and Reconciliation Joseph Saga |
Part 3: People of God
|
07/19/20
07/26/20 08/02/20 08/09/20 08/16/20 |
Week 7
Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 |
Moses - Baby to Burning Bush
Passover Deliverance - Plagues to Red Sea God's Provisions - Ten Commandments, Manna and Quail Learning to be a people: Daughters of Zelophehad Law of Love: Shemah |
Part 4: A New Land
|
08/23/20
08/30/20 09/06/20 09/13/20 |
Week 12
Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 |
The Jordan and Jericho
The Judges Cycle - Deborah Ordinary People - Ruth and Naomi Call of Samuel |
Part 5: Kings and Prophets
|
09/20/20
09/27/20 10/04/20 10/11/20 10/18/20 10/25/20 |
Week 16
Week 17 Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 |
David's Songs (Psalms)
Solomon Builds a Temple Jeroboam and Rehoboam Elijah and the widow of Zarephath King Josiah Prophetic vision: Jeremiah's shorts |
Part 6: People in Exile
|
11/01/20
11/08/20 11/15/20 11/22/20 |
Week 22
Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 |
People in Exile
Exile Prophet: Ezekiel and the dry bones Exile Story: Esther Ezra - rebuilding of the temple |
Part 7: Advent
|
11/29/20
12/06/20 12/13/20 12/20/20 |
Week 26
Week 27 Week 28 Week 29 |
Isaiah and the prophets
Genealogy of Jesus Mary's story Travel to Bethlehem |
Part 8: The Messiah is Born
|
12/27/20
01/03/21 01/10/21 |
Week 30
Week 31 Week 32 |
Jesus' birth
Simeon and Anna Magi |
Part 9: Jesus' Beginnings
|
01/17/21
01/24/21 01/31/21 |
Week 33
Week 34 Week 35 |
Escape to Egypt
Jesus at the temple John the Baptist and Jesus' baptism |
Part 10: LENT
Life and Teachings of Jesus |
02/07/21
02/14/21 02/21/21 02/28/21 03/07/21 03/14/21 |
Week 37
Week 38 Week 39 Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 |
Sermon on the Mount
Jesus calms the storm Feeding of the Multitude Mary and Martha Jesus Blesses the Children The Greatest Commandment and the Parable of the Good Samaritan |
Part 11: Jesus' death and resurrection
|
03/21/21
03/28/21 |
Week 43
Week 44 |
Holy Week
Easter Week |
Part 12: Disciples to all the Nations
|
04/04/21
04/11/21 04/18/21 |
Week 45
Week 46 Week 47 |
Pentecost story
Sharing in Community Stephen's story |
Part 13: The Early Church
|
04/25/21
05/02/21 05/09/21 |
Week 48
Week 49 Week 50 |
Saul's story
Peter's dream Lydia - and Philipians |
Part 14: The Story Continues
|
05/16/21
05/23/21 |
Week 51
Week 52 |
New Heaven and New Earth
Zechariah's Song |
What if I want to start this later in the year?
You can begin this at any point in the year, but beginning in June does make the weeks line up nicely with the church year. If you begin in September, for example, and want to study Jesus' birth at Christmas, there are a few ways you could do this.
You can begin this at any point in the year, but beginning in June does make the weeks line up nicely with the church year. If you begin in September, for example, and want to study Jesus' birth at Christmas, there are a few ways you could do this.
- Marathon-style: Do one big week of watching all the videos to catch up on the story. Do your project in parts instead of stories so that you can catch up.
- Learn in parts instead of smaller stories: Do one part per week, which will gradually catch you up. You could watch the video summaries of all the stories in Part 1, for example, the choose one story that you want to dig into for your conversation and project.
- Learn the big song and jump right in! To create the songs, Jonathan boiled the stories down to their essence, so singing the song can catch you up sufficiently to continue the year. If you want to do more in-depth work with each story later, you can always do that as the year comes around again. But the songs will help you learn the chronological story.