The program we use for our girls ministry is, by rights, an Assembly of God product. We're not an AG church, but we use the literature just the same.
Back in the day, it went through, oh, early high school. To earn the honors, the girls had to do a ton of memorization and read the entire Bible.
When they added the jr high/high school classes some time ago, they altered the program, putting what had been the top honor in the grade 3-5 club; changing up requirements a bit and only requiring the girls to read the New Testament. They added honor requirements for the older girls; The Friends Club (jr high) then had to read the Bible through in their three years in order to earn their honors.
But, there's no 'step up' for the high school class. After reading the entire Bible in three years, the high school girls are then required to read it through in four years.
That just sounds kinda, well, lackluster to me.
So, since we're just starting the high school class this year, we decided to add a twist to the 'read the Bible through in 4 years' requirement.
As the girls read, they will be asked to write a one-sentence summary of each chapter. When finishing the book, then they use the page (or two!) of summaries to outline the book and write the theme statement.
There's no right or wrong answers...it's how each girl will decipher what she reads.
When she's done, she'll have a notebook of loose-leaf pages containing her own personal outline of the Bible.
Now *that's* a step up!
(I'm still 'reading the Bible through' with my Friends - the Junior High - class. When I finish, I'm going to start my own Bible Survey notebook. Just to keep up with the class....)
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