91 Lessons Across 11 Theme Sets

Every lesson below is included with your annual Head to the Heart membership and available from day one.

Choose complete theme sets, combine lessons from several themes, or build a multi-year sequence around your students, calendar, and congregation. Lessons you don't use for confirmation can also work for retreats, camps, senior high ministry, adult education, and other congregational settings.

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God's Story

A survey of Scripture from the Old Testament through the life of Jesus and the growth of the early church. These lessons give students a broad, narrative understanding of how God has worked in the world and how that story connects to their own faith.

The Old Testament

  1. Old Testament Overview
  2. Creation
  3. The Fall
  4. People of the Promise
  5. The Promise Continues
  6. Moses and the Wanderings
  7. Of Tents and Kings
  8. The Psalms
  9. Wisdom Literature
  10. Voice of the Prophets

Life of Jesus

  1. Gospel Overview
  2. The Birth of Jesus
  3. Baptism and Wilderness
  4. The Teachings of Jesus
  5. The Miracles of Jesus
  6. The Hard Sayings of Jesus
  7. The Last Commandment
  8. The Passion
  9. The Resurrection
  10. The Great Commission

The New Testament

  1. New Testament Overview
  2. The Holy Spirit Comes
  3. Peter and the Early Church
  4. The Damascus Road
  5. The Journeys of Paul
  6. The Letters of Paul
  7. The Letter to the Hebrews
  8. The Universal Letters
  9. The Revelation to John
  10. The Bible and My Life

Faith Foundations

The core of Christian confirmation: the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer. These lessons explore what the church has always taught and what confirmation students are preparing to affirm.

The Ten Commandments

  1. Gods and Idols
  2. Name in Vain
  3. Sabbath
  4. Honoring Parents
  5. Killing
  6. Adultery
  7. Stealing
  8. False Witness
  9. Coveting
  10. Ten Commandments Review

The Apostles' Creed

  1. God the Creator
  2. God the Provider
  3. God the Preserver
  4. Jesus the Savior
  5. Jesus the Redeemer
  6. Jesus the Lord
  7. The Holy Spirit
  8. Church and Saints
  9. Forgiveness of Sins
  10. Resurrection and Eternal Life

The Lord's Prayer

  1. Our Father
  2. Hallowed
  3. Kingdom Come
  4. Will Be Done
  5. Daily Bread
  6. Forgive Us
  7. Time of Trial
  8. Deliver Us from Evil
  9. The Doxology
  10. Lord's Prayer Review

Living the Faith

Themes that connect faith to everyday practice: the Reformation story, Lutheran theology and worship, and the baptismal promises at the heart of confirmation. Includes a five-lesson Confirmation Promises capstone series.

Luther and the Small Catechism

  1. The Stormy Monk
  2. The Protesting Professor
  3. Trouble, Trouble, Trouble
  4. Heretic's Trial
  5. Martin Luther: A Legacy
  6. Ten Commandments Overview
  7. Lord's Prayer Overview
  8. Apostles' Creed Overview
  9. The Sacrament of Baptism
  10. The Sacrament of Communion

Lutheran Life

  1. Baptism: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
  2. Baptism: Newness of Life
  3. Communion: Passover to Last Supper
  4. Communion: Taste and See
  5. Worship: Gathering
  6. Worship: The Word
  7. Worship: Meal and Sending
  8. Confessing My Faith
  9. Confirming My Convictions
  10. Claiming My Calling

Confirmation Promises

  1. Living Among God's Faithful People
  2. Hear the Word, Share the Supper
  3. Proclaim Good News in Word and Deed
  4. Serve All People, Following the Example of Jesus
  5. Strive For Justice and Peace

Methodist & Reformed Resources

These theme sets are specifically designed for Methodist and Reformed congregations. Most of the Head to the Heart library, including the Scripture-based lessons and core Christian faith themes above, can also be used across Christian traditions.

Wesley

  1. A Brand from the Burning
  2. The World is My Parish
  3. Wesley: A Legacy

Calvin

  1. Risky Business
  2. Christ Died for Us
  3. Calvin: A Legacy

91 Lessons. 11 Theme Sets. All Included.

Choose the themes that fit your congregation now and keep the rest ready for future confirmation years, retreats, camps, youth ministry, adult education, and other congregational settings.

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