*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

Part

Dates

Week

Story

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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
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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

Peter's dream 
Saul's story
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. 

• 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. ​​