Pathway Curriculum

In the faith formation of all Christians, I believe that Sunday School and Bible Study are two of the key factors to the formation of believers. It is through curriculums, that one might develop a steady road map for the success of one’s formation. Curriculums serve as guidelines for the teacher and student a like that there might be a destination and outcome from each lesson. This essay will survey and review the Sunday school publishing boards “Pathway” adult curriculum. I will address the strengths and weaknesses within the curriculum, and how I see this curriculum effecting Christian education across the lifespan. Within this section, I will address the lesson outlines that are used within the Pathway curriculum. Each lesson contains
Providing students with a historical background and insight, placing the lesson in its proper cultural context and allowing the student to paint a literary picture of where the lesson took place. Following the introduction, which paints a present day picture of the scripture. The biblical content, takes the scripture back to the historical moment when the text was written. One good thing I believe this curriculum exhibits, is how the biblical content is only included in the preteen through late adulthood booklets. This allows those in the middle to early childhood to be taught things that will not overwhelm them beyond their capacity to comprehend, but I think this section is a strong part of the curriculum for
Causing the students to reflect upon a statement that gathers all of the portions of this curriculum together. Also this life application requires students to remove the lesson from the book and cause them to bring each lesson to life. I think this part of the curriculum is vital for believes, because it is easy for believers to read the biblical text and it is easy to interpret the text, but the headrest part for believer’s is to take the text and make it applicable for everyday life. This application causes all age levels to bring life of the text according to their comprehension level. In conclusion, reviewing this curriculum, I have come to understand how these lessons impact the life of the Christian faith. This review helped me understand the importance of Christian education across the lifespan. There are many strengthens and weaknesses in this lesson, but I believe as a whole this curriculum is well suited for the advancement of the Christian life. With this curriculum being the present curriculum of my local congregation, I have become greatly appreciative of what the writers offer. I would suggest this curriculum guide to others because of the strength of the content that is