THE JOURNEY STUDY

Syllabus

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Required Material
  • Seamless: Understanding the Bible as One Complete Story by Angie Smith
  • Bible
  • Pen/Pencil

What You Can Expect in Class
  • This will be a fun, fast-paced, and life-changing experience
  • You will sit at tables and interact with the people sitting with you
  • There will be a teaching session with one of our pastors leading
  • You’ll be expected to do your at-home work and be ready to discuss it with your table at the next teaching session

Week 1: Creation
Monday, September 16 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 1: Creation
  • Discuss with your table the questions on pages 10-11 of your Seamless workbook
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, complete Week 1: The Beginning in your Seamless workbook (pages 9-31) before the next in-class teaching session
    • Day One: Getting Started
    • Day Two: Creation & Fall
    • Day Three: Results of the Fall
    • Day Four: The Flood
    • Day Five: Job & Babel
  • Complete Review Week 1 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 34 (be ready to discuss this with your table at the next in-class teaching session)

Key Sermons in the One-Year Journey Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 01: God's Message to All People
Lesson 03: God Creates Angels, Heavens, and Earth
Lesson 05: God Creates Man
Lesson 06: God Places Man in the Garden
Lesson 07: God Creates Woman

Week 2: Corruption
Monday, September 30 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Discuss Review Week 1 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 34 with your table
  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 2: Corruption
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, complete Week 2: The Patriarchs in your Seamless workbook (pages 33-59) before the next in-class teaching session
    • Day One: Abram & The Covenant
    • Day Two: Ishmael and Isaac
    • Day Three: Rebekah, Esau, & Jacob
    • Day Four: From Jacob to Israel
    • Day Five: Joseph
  • Complete Review Week 2 Homework in your Seamless workbook on pages 62-63 (be ready to discuss this with your table at the next in-class teaching session)

Key Sermons in the One-Year Journey Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 08: Satan Rebels
Lesson 09: Adam and Eve Disobey
Lesson 10: God Judges, Curse Given, Deliverer Promised
Lesson 11: God Covers Nakedness; Removes from Garden
Lesson 12: Cain and Abel - Son of the Promise
Lesson 13: God Punishes the World; Promises to Save Noah
Lesson 14: Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel

Week 3: Covenants 1
Monday, October 7 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Discuss Review Week 2 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 62-63 with your table
  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 3: Covenants 1
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, complete Week 3: Exodus & The Promised Land in your Seamless workbook (pages 61-87) before the next in-class teaching session
    • Day One: Exodus
    • Day Two: The Wandering
    • Day Three: To The Promised Land
    • Day Four: From Joshua
    • Day Five: The Judges
  • Complete Review Week 3 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 90 (be ready to discuss this with your table at the next in-class teaching session)

Key Sermons in the One-Year Journey Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 17: Isaac - Son of the Promise?
Lesson 18: Jacob - Son of the Promise?
Lesson 19: Joseph - Son of the Promise?
Lesson 20: Moses - The Reluctant Leader
Lesson 21: God vs. Pharaoh
Lesson 22: God Delivers and Provides
Lesson 23: To Follow of Not to Follow - Mosaic Covenant
Lesson 24: Ten Commandments

Week 4: Covenants 2
Monday, October 21 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Discuss Review Week 3 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 90 with your table
  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 4: Covenants 2
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, complete Week 4: The Kingdom & The Prophets in your Seamless workbook (pages 89-113) before the next in-class teaching session
    • Day One: King Saul
    • Day Two: King David
    • Day Three: The Temple
    • Day Four: The Prophets
    • Day Five: The Prophets Continued
  • Complete Review Week 4 Homework in your Seamless workbook on pages 116-117 (be ready to discuss this with your table at the next in-class teaching session)

Key Sermons in the One-Year Journey Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 26: Disbelief and Wondering
Lesson 27: New Generation, New Leaders, a King
Lesson 28: Prophets Sent; Israel Ignores

Week 5: Christ
Monday, November 4 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Discuss Review Week 4 Homework in your Seamless workbook on pages 116-117 with your table
  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 5: Christ
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, complete Week 5: The Messiah in your Seamless workbook (pages 115-139) before the next in-class teaching session
    • Day One: The Gospels of Matthew & Luke
    • Day Two: The Gospel of Mark & John the Baptist
    • Day Three: Gethsemane
    • Day Four: The Crucifixion & Resurrection
    • Day Five: The Beginning of the Church
  • Complete Review Week 5 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 142 (be ready to discuss this with your table at the next in-class teaching session)

Key Sermons in the One-Year Journey Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 29: John the Baptizer
Lesson 30: The Deliverer Is Coming
Lesson 31: The Deliverer Arrives
Lesson 32: The Deliverer Presented
Lesson 34: The Deliverer Begins
Lesson 35: Jesus Introduces The New Birth
Lesson 37: Jesus' Power Over Nature and the Enemy

Week 6: Cross
Monday, November 18 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Discuss Review Week 5 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 142 with your table
  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 6: Cross
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, complete Week 6: The Letters in your Seamless workbook (pages 141-165) before the next in-class teaching session
    • Day One: Paul’s Journeys Begin
    • Day Two: Paul’s Letters to Churches
    • Day Three: Paul’s Letters to Individuals
    • Day Four: The General Letters
    • Day Five: The Books of John
  • Complete Review Week 6 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 166 (be ready to discuss this with your table at the next in-class teaching session)

Key Sermons in the One-Year Journey Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 40: Jesus, The Son of God
Lesson 41: Jesus is the Only Way
Lesson 44: Jesus And Eternity
Lesson 45: Jesus' Triumphant Entry
Lesson 46: Jesus Arrested
Lesson 47: Jesus' Death, Burial, and Resurrection
Lesson 48: Jesus Appears to Disciples; Returns to Heaven

Week 7: Church
Monday, December 2 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Discuss Review Week 6 Homework in your Seamless workbook on page 166 with your table
  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 7: Church
  • AFTER the in-class teaching, review the Extras in your Seamless workbook on pages 168-170

Key Sermons in The Way Series (For Deeper and Further Study):
Lesson 01: The Glorified Christ Sent the Holy Spirit
Lesson 02: God Commands His Children to be Baptized
Lesson 03: Jerusalem Church Worship/Served the Lord Under Apostles
Lesson 06: Jesus Transforms Saul the Persecutor
Lesson 08: Gospel Spreads to Gentiles; Believers' Persecuted
Lesson 09: Paul's First Missionary Journey - Antioch to Perga
Lesson 10: Paul's First Missionary Journey - Perga to Antioch
Lesson 11: Paul's Second Missionary Journey - Antioch to Philippi
Lesson 12: Paul's Second Missionary Journey - Philippi to Antioch
Lesson 13: Paul's Third Missionary Journey - Antioch to Troas
Lesson 14: Paul's Third Missionary Journey - Troas to Jerusalem
Lesson 15: Paul Arrested, Imprisoned and Sent to Rome

Week 8: Conclusion
Monday, December 9 from 6:30-8:00pm

  • Attend in-class Teaching Session 8: Conclusion
  • Discuss with your table how this study impacted you

For Deeper or Further Study:
View or Download Pastor Tom's Book, Our Journey Home: The Book of Revelation