GOD'S STORY, GOD'S SONG
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Ideas for Use
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Community Sharing
  • Access This is the Story...

Overview of Stories

*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
​Click here to download a printable copy of the Overview

Part

Week

Story

Scripture               Shine On 


Part 1:
​Primeval History    
Week 1: 06/07
Week 2: 06/14
​Week 3: 06/21
Creation 
Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel, Flood, Babel
Genesis 1-2
Genesis 3
​Genesis 4-11
10-15
17
​18-22

Part 2:
​Family of God
Week 4: 06/28
Week 5: 07/05
​
​Week 6: 07/12
Call of Abram and Sarai
Jacob and Esau 

​​Joseph Saga
Genesis 12
Genesis 25:19-34, 27:1-28:5, 32-33
​Genesis 37-47
25
34
--​
​37-39

Part 3:
​People of God
Week 7: 07/19 
Week 8: 07/26
Week 9: 08/02
Week 10: 08/09
Week 11: 08/16
Moses - Baby to Burning Bush
Passover Deliverance
God's Provisions 
​Learning to be a people
Law of Love: Shemah
​Exodus 2-4
Exodus 7-15:21
Exodus 16, 20:1-17
Numbers 27:1-11
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
40-44
46-48
51-53
65
​67

Part 4:
​A New Land
Week 12: 08/23
Week 13: 08/30
Week 14: 09/06
​Week 15: 09/13
The Jordan and Jericho
The Judges Cycle - Deborah
Ordinary People - Ruth and Naomi
​Call of Samuel
Joshua 3-4, 6:1-20
Judges 2:16-23, 4:4-24
Book of Ruth
​1 Samuel 3
72-75
--
79-80
​83-84

Part 5:
​Kings and Prophets
Week 16: 09/20 
Week 17: 09/27
Week 18: 10/04
Week 19: 10/11 
Week 20: 10/18
​Week 21: 10/25
David's Songs (Psalms)
Solomon Builds a Temple
Jeroboam and Rehoboam
​Elijah and the widow of Zarephath
King Josiah
Prophetic vision: Jeremiah's shorts
Psalm 57
1 Kings 8
1 Kings 11-12
1 Kings 17
2 Kings 22: 1-23:25
Jeremiah 13
--
99
--
103
112
​--
​

Part 6:
​People in Exile
Week 22: 11/01
Week 23: 11/08
Week 24: 11/15
​Week 25: 11/22
People in Exile
Exile Prophet: Ezekiel and the dry bones
Exile Story: Esther
Ezra - rebuilding of the temple
Psalm 137
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Book of Esther
Ezra 4-6
--
123
--
118

Part 7:
​Advent
Week 26: 11/29
Week 27: 12/06
Week 28: 12/13
Week 29: 12/20
Isaiah and the prophets
Genealogy of Jesus
Mary's story
​Travel to Bethlehem
Isaiah 40
Matthew 1:1-17
Luke 1:26-56
​Luke 2:1-5
138
--
161
​--

Part 8:
​The Messiah is Born
Week 30: 12/27
Week 31: 01/03
​Week 32: 01/10
Jesus' birth
Simeon and Anna
Magi
Luke 2:6-20
Luke 2:21-40
Matthew 2:1-12
165-167
169
​170

Part 9:
​Jesus' Beginnings
Week 33: 01/17
Week 34: 01/24
​Week 35: 01/31
​Week 36: 02/07
Escape to Egypt
Jesus at the temple
John the Baptist and Jesus' baptism
Jesus Calls the Disciples
Matthew 2:13-23
Luke 2:41-52
​Matthew 3
Mark 1:16-45; John 1:35-51;
​Matthew 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11
173
174
​177-178
​184

Part 10: LENT
Life and Teachings of Jesus
Week 37: 02/14
Week 38: 02/21
Week 39: 02/28
Week 40: 03/07

​Week 41: 03/14
​
​Week 42: 03/21
Sermon on the Mount
Jesus calms the storm
Feeding of the Multitude
Jesus Blesses the Children 

​The Greatest Commandment and the Parable of the Good Samaritan
​Mary and Martha
Matthew 5-7
Matthew 14:22-33
Mark 6:30-44; Mark 8:1-10
​Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16
Luke 10:25-37

Luke 10:38-42
194-203
212
210
238

223

224

Part 11:
​Jesus' death and resurrection
Week 43: 03/28
​Week 44: 04/04
Holy Week 
Easter Week 
*Click here to see Scriptures
249-269
​270-278

Part 12:
​Disciples to all the Nations
Week 45: 04/11
Week 46: 04/18
​Week 47: 04/25
Pentecost story
Sharing in Community
​Stephen's story
Acts 2
Acts 4
​Acts 6-7
280
283
​287

Part 13:
​The Early Church
Week 48: 05/02
Week 49: 05/09
​Week 50: 05/16
Peter's dream 
Saul's story
Lydia - and Philipians
Acts 10
Acts 13:13-43
​Acts 16:11-40
295
291
​301

Part 14:
​The Story Continues
Week 51: 05/23
​Week 52: 05/30
New Heaven and New Earth
​Zechariah's Song
Revelations 21:1-7
Luke 1:67-79
315
​158
*Disclaimer: This series is still being written and small changes may be made to the Overview*
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. ​​
Copyright © 2021 College Mennonite Church, All rights reserved.
Copyright 2021 Jonathan Reuel. Art Copyright 2020 Jonathan and Christa Reuel. Copyright 2020 Rodolfo Gonzalez. 

Written by  Talashia Keim Yoder and Daniel Yoder. Artwork by Christa and Jonathan Reuel. Song lyrics and music by Jonathan Reuel and Rodolfo Gonzalez. 
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Ideas for Use
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Community Sharing
  • Access This is the Story...