Curriculum Note to Jr. High Parents

This year your youth will be using a curriculum called Teach Me Your Way. It is a study on surrendering to Jesus Christ in salvation and submitting to His will and way. The following is a brief summary of the contents:



Although created to worship God, man is prone by nature to worship the creation rather than the Creator. We are inclined to pursue the temporal benefits of this physical world over the eternal treasure of the spiritual world. Only God can open blind eyes to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. Surrendering to Christ in salvation involves the mind, heart, and will of the person, and true saving faith results in submission to the will and ways of Jesus.


The evidence of a surrendered heart is obedience, and the mark of the obedient heart is reflected in the true righteousness of the person who has “put off the old self” and has “put on the new self.” Though perfect righteousness has been legally imputed to the believer through the cross, the life of righteous living, though imperfect till heaven, can be reflected in the believer here. The righteous heart attitude and actions taught in the Sermon on the Mount are a picture of the “already but not yet” perfected believer.


Because sin is subtle and man’s nature is sinful, Christians must encourage each other daily to submit to God and to resist sin until Jesus returns and we reflect the perfection of the character of Christ.


This curriculum is not intended to be an exhaustive study of the Sermon on the Mount, but rather a study of surrender to Christ in salvation and subsequent submission to His way using the Sermon on the Mount to demonstrate the character of the true believer.


Your son or daughter will be given a Student Journal to use for classroom note taking and to use at home. The at-home exercises in the journal will be a means of reinforcing and applying the truths taught at church. Please encourage your young person to use the journal and to dialogue with you about what he/she is learning in class and in the journal activities.


In addition, we would like to encourage you to read with your son or daughter, the book The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer. This will give you a springboard for spiritual discussion with your son or daughter. Assigned portions are noted at the end of each week’s journal activities.


“Teach Me Your Way” (Psalm 86:11) is an expression of need, an acknowledgement of dependency, and a prayer for help. Please pray for your son or daughter as he/she is exposed to the great truths of God contained in this curriculum.


Please contact your student’s teacher with any questions or concerns you may have. Thank you for the privilege of ministering to your son/daughter this year.