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Mission Statement:

The Sunday school is the Bible teaching Ministry of the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church whose purpose is to lead the entire church and community to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ while serving Him in Worship, Evangelism, Fellowship, Discipleship, and Ministries for all ages.  

Aim:

bulletProvide Systematic Bible Teaching
bulletPresent Claims of Christ
bulletPromote Church Growth
bulletBuild Character
bulletTransform Lives 

Teacher’s Meetings:      Wednesday’s: 10:30am to 11:30am

   Wednesday’s:  7:15pm – 8:15pm

   Sunday Morning’s: 7:30am  (upon request)

 

Sis. Mattie Mitchell, Gen. Supt.                             Rev. Louis Forsythe, II, Pastor
   

                 

 

 

 

 

Spring Quarter Study: March, April, May, 2006

 

General Theme: Living in and as God’s Creation

         

In these lessons study the student will learn that there is no excuse for not living a fully Christian life. Whether young or old, regardless of our circumstances, we are created and called to glorify Christ with our lives. So, in these studies we will look at wisdom from the Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes and Proverb to show us how as God’s created being we are to live.

            Unit 1, The Glory of God’s Creation – March, 2006

            Unit 2, Living with Creation’s Uncertainty – April, 2006

            Unit 3, Lessons in Living – May, 2006

 

 

          Pray              Preparation            Proclamation

 

 

CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHER STUDY OUTLINE

 

Unit 1: The Glory of God’s Creation                                  March 2006

Lesson 1:  “God Made Us Special”                                                   March 5, 2006

Devotional Study: Genesis 1:26-31

Background Study: Psalm 8:1-9

Teaching Text: Psalm 8:1-9

Focus Text: Psalm 8:4,5 – What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou has made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Lesson Focus: This lesson set the stage for the quarter. For what was man created to do other than exalt and praise the creator. Man is the crown of the created process. We are not God, but His creation, made lower than the angels, but made special and for a purpose.

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Lesson 2:  “God Created Wonderful Things”                                        March 12, 2006

Devotional Study: Psalm 104:31-35

 Background Study: Psalm 104

Teaching Text: Psalm 104:1-13

Focus Text: Psalm 104:1 – Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.

Lesson Focus:  This lesson allows us to look and thank, God for His Created work. In this text the psalmist reflects on the glory of God, then he sees the angels as ministerial agents and then the glory of the earth’s oceans and waters.

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Lesson 3:  “God Created and Knows Us”                                               March 19, 2006

Devotional Study: Psalm 100

Background Study: Psalm 139

Teaching Study Text: Psalm 139: 1-3, 7-14, 23-24

Focus Text: Psalm 139:14 – I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Lesson Focus: This lesson answers an age old question, is the Being who set creation in motion actually aware of me, on a personal basis? God tells us that He made us and He knows all about us and thereby He loves us.

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Lesson 4:  “A Hymn of Praise to the Creator”                                         March 26, 2006

Devotional Study: Psalm 150

Background Study: Psalm145

Teaching Study: Psalm 145:1-13

Focus Text: Psalm 145:8 – The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Lesson Focus: This lesson share that praising God should be continuous and shared within the community of faith. Praising is the Christian’s response to God’s goodness and mercy. Our Praise is a way to witness to others of God’s greatness.

 

 

Welcome Back, from our Winter Bible Study

 

Unit II: Living with Creation’s Uncertainty                                     April 2006

 

Lesson 5:  “When Tragedy Occurs”                                                          April 2, 2006

Devotional Study: Psalm 22:1-11

Background Study: Job 1-3

Teaching Text: Job 1:14 -15; 118-19, 22; 3:1-3:11

Focus Text: Job 2:10 – He said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Lesson Focus:   Job gives us understanding how to handle difficulties in life. Hard and testing times will come and we must keep the faith and know that God loves us, as we go through.

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Lesson 6:  “When All Seems Hopeless”                                               April 9, 2006

Devotional Study: Job 36:24-33

Background Study: Job 14;32:1-8; 34:10-15; 37:14-24

Teaching Text: Job 14:1-2, 11-17; 32:6, 8; 34:12; 37:14,22

Focus Text: Job 14:14 – If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Lesson Focus:    Job in this lesson continues to trust in God when his friends turn their back on him and it seems like his situation is hopeless.

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Lesson 7:  “God Responds with Life”                                                    April 16, 2006

Devotional Study: Luke 24:1-9

Background Study: Job 38:1-4, 16-17; 42:1-6; Mark 16

Teaching Study Text: Job 38:1,4,16-17;42:1-2,5; Mark 16:1-7, 9-14,20

Focus Text: Mark 16:6 – He said unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth , which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place were they laid him.

Lesson Focus: This lesson shows that the resurrection of Jesus is the underlining truth and answer to Job’s search in his suffering.

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Lesson 8:  “Finding Life Meaning”                                                         April 23, 2006

Devotional Study: Luke 24:36-48

Background Study: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11; John 20:19-23

Teaching Study: Ecclesiastes 1:1-9; John 20:19-23

Focus Text: John 20:19 – Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week,… came Jesus and stood in the mist, and said unto them, Peace be unto you.

Lesson Focus:  This lesson use stories from both Ecclesiastes and John to show the fulfillment in the resurrection of Christ

Lesson 9:  “In God’s Time”                                                                    April 30, 2006

Devotional Study: Psalm 34:1-8

Background Study: Ecclesiastes 3

Teaching Study: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 14-15

Focus Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1- To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

Lesson Focus: This lesson paints a clear picture that as Christians go through life we are to focus on God’s purpose daily in our lives. We must learn to live today, for Christ and not worry about tomorrow.

 

Unit III: Lessons in Living                                                       May 2006

 

Lesson 10:  “A Treasure Worth Seeking”                                                    May 7, 2006

Devotional Study: Proverbs 2:6-15

Background Study: Proverbs 2-3

Teaching Text: Proverbs 2:1-5; 3:1-6, 13-18

Focus Text: Proverbs 3:13 -  Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Lesson Focus: This lesson deals with the need to understand the value of wisdom. Wisdom is an essential guide to fearing the Lord. God is the source of true wisdom.

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Lesson 11:  “Wisdom’s Invitation”                                                           May 14, 2006

Devotional Study: Proverbs 8:10-21

 Background Study: Proverbs 8-9

Teaching Text: Proverbs 8:1-5, 22-31

Focus Text: Proverbs 8:1 – Doeth not wisdom cry? And understanding put forth her voice?

Lesson Focus:  This lesson the writer claims that wisdom is the foundation both of creation and the perceptive life. God’s word is the source for knowing what is right and just.

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Lesson 12:  “The Path of Integrity”                                                           May 21, 2006

Devotional Study: Proverbs 10:27-32

Background Study: Proverbs 11

Teaching Study Text: Proverbs 11:1-14

Focus Text: Proverbs 11:3 – The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressor shall destroy them.

Lesson Focus:  This lesson focuses on the everyday values of integrity, righteousness, and uprightness in our social relationships. Our day by day action and interaction with each other, I cal it “playground theology”.

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Lesson 13:  “Living Out Wisdom”                                                             May 28, 2006

Devotional Study: Proverbs 4:10-15

Background Study: Proverbs 31

Teaching Study: Proverbs 31:8-14, 25-30

Focus Text: Proverbs 31:30 – Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Lesson Focus: This lesson shows a picture of a woman, a wife, a person who set an example in kindness and sensitive to the needs of others. Able to transmit godly values to her children, husband and others she interacts      .                                                                      

 Teachers:  Servants of God Sowing Seeds For the Kingdom Of God. Luke 8:5

 

 

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