Family Bible Study Series: Quarter 06 - The United Kingdom
Judges, Ruth, Saul, David, and Solomon: Israel's rise from chaos to a kingdom.
Family Bible Study Series, Quarter 6: The United Kingdom is a 13-lesson, 36-page workbook by Ken Weliever, part of a four-year curriculum in which the whole congregation studies the same topic each week.
How This Quarter Helps
The period from the judges to Solomon holds some of the best-known stories in the Bible, along with Psalms and Proverbs, and classes often study them out of order.
This quarter covers Israel's history during the judges and the united kingdom, including the story of Ruth and a brief survey of the wisdom literature written during this period.
What's Inside
- Judges Deliver Israel (Judges 1-5)
- The Great Gideon (Judges 6-12)
- Samson, God's Strong Man (Judges 13-21)
- Faithful Ruth (Ruth-1 Samuel 2:11)
- Eli and Samuel (1 Samuel 2:12-7:17)
- Saul, Israel's First King (1 Samuel 8-14)
- Saul Rejected, David Chosen (1 Samuel 15:1-19:7)
- God Protects David from Saul (1 Samuel 19:8-2 Samuel 1)
- David, The King God Loved (2 Samuel 2:1-12:14)
- Trouble in David's House (2 Samuel 12:15-1 Kings 2:11)
- Solomon, The Wise King (1 Kings 2:12-11:43)
- The Psalms (Psalms 1-150)
- Advice from Proverbs (Proverbs & Song of Solomon)
Format & Features
An 8.5 x 11 workbook with a two-page lesson for each of 13 weeks. Every lesson opens with a memory verse (NKJV) and an introduction, works through outlined points with Scripture references, and closes with numbered "practical lessons for us today". It's also available as a PDF for personal use, and a teacher manual is available as a PDF download.
Who It's For
Congregations using the Family Bible Study Series, with a workbook for each student from the elementary grades through adults, and families who want to study the Bible together at home.
Common Questions
Do we have to start with Quarter 1?
No. Each quarter stands on its own, so a congregation can begin anywhere. It's quarter 6 of 16. It follows Quarter 5: Israel on the Move and leads into Quarter 7: The Divided Kingdom.
Is there a teacher manual?
Yes. The teacher manual is a PDF download, available as an option on this page. It includes teaching suggestions and objectives for the quarter.
How do younger classes use it?
Teachers adapt each lesson to their age group and make their own worksheets and visuals. The Curriculum Guide covers the characteristics of each age group.
About the Family Bible Study Series
The Family Bible Study Series is a four-year, sixteen-quarter Bible class curriculum. Every class in the congregation, from age two through adults, studies the same topic each week, so parents can reinforce the lesson at home in a short daily family devotion (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). Teachers cover each lesson from Wednesday through Sunday and adapt the material to their age group, and many preachers preview the coming week's topic in the Sunday evening sermon. The Curriculum Guide explains the program and gives teaching help for every age.
- Quarter 1: Getting to Know God
- Quarter 2: God's Plan for Man's Salvation
- Quarter 3: The Church That Jesus Built
- Quarter 4: In the Beginning
- Quarter 5: Israel on the Move
- Quarter 6: The United Kingdom (this quarter)
- Quarter 7: The Divided Kingdom
- Quarter 8: God's Plan for the Family
- Quarter 9: By What Authority?
- Quarter 10: In His Steps, Part 1
- Quarter 11: In His Steps, Part 2
- Quarter 12: The Acts of the Apostles
- Quarter 13: Themes from the Epistles, Part 1
- Quarter 14: Themes from the Epistles, Part 2
- Quarter 15: As He Thinketh
- Quarter 16: Things Most Surely Believed
About the Author
Ken Weliever was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and earned his degree from Florida College before further study at the University of South Florida and Wright State University. He has preached for churches in Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, and Texas and has led workshops on teacher training and strengthening family life. Arnold Schnabel began the curriculum that became this series in 1976, and Weliever rewrote it in 1986 for the Eastland church in Louisville, Kentucky, adding the teacher's manuals.
Product Details
- Author: Ken Weliever
- Publisher: Spiritbuilding Publishers
- Series: Family Bible Study Series, Quarter 6 of 16
- Lessons: 13
- Pages: 36
- Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Translation: NKJV
- Format: Workbook; PDF eBook (personal use); PDF teacher manual