Lessons 2015-16

The source of our stories is the Website www.btstories.com. There are 260 stories on the site many of which you can use for personal study or to tell to your children.

For the 2015-16 year, we are doing “Themes” from the Bible. We will cycle through four themes (described at end of list). After each lesson, you can also read a wrap-up of the lesson here. Titles marked with a (*) are the actual lessons with the questions.

Lesson/Date Theme Title Leader
Sep 8 Finances Jesus Watching People Give* Paul Konstanski
Sep 22 Failure Peter Denies Knowing Jesus* Denny Smith
Oct 13 Family Four Friends and a Hole in the Roof* Dave Hudson
Oct 27 Focus Building an Empire* DG Elmore
Nov 10 Failure The Twelve Spies* John Rabold
Nov 24 Family Rebekah – A Wife for Isaac* Aaron Brown
Dec 8 Special Visits with Baby Jesus* Marc Kellams
Jan 12 Finances Second Chance Offer* Paul Konstanski
Jan 26 Focus Jonathan’s Victory* Josh Holden
Feb 9 Failure Winning Back Two Disciples* Rick Thacher
Feb 23 Family Joseph’s Family Reunion* Ron Remak
Mar 8 Finances Paying Temple Tax* Jon Holden
Mar 22 Failure Speak to the Rock* Sean Chambers
Apr 12 Focus Sun Stood Still* Aaron Brown
Apr 26 Family Twelve Year Old Jesus* Paul Konstanski
May 10 Focus Three Hundred Men* Sean Chambers
May 24 Finances Speckled, Spotted and Streaked* DG Elmore

The Four Themes

  • Failure: times when somebody blew it or did’t accomplish what they hoped
  • Focus:​ stories of leadership, getting something done, accomplishment
  • Family: ​relationships in general, needed a word starting with F, could be parenting, marriage, or friendships
  • Finances: pretty straight forward, stories that deal with money

View master list of thematic story choices.