Family Bible Study Series: Quarter 08 - God's Plan for the Family
Every family needs to hear God's design for the home, and every member of the family needs to hear it together.
Family Bible Study Series, Quarter 8: God's Plan for the Family is a 13-lesson, 33-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
Modern theories and arrangements have confused what a family is supposed to be, and children often absorb the culture's ideas long before they hear God's.
This quarter shows God's plan and design for the home, with special emphasis on God's marriage laws and the duties of husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, and parents and children.
What's Inside
- In the Beginning...the Family
- Enemies of the Family
- Marriage Is Honorable
- God Hates Divorce
- Christ in the Home
- Family Communication
- How to Show Love in the Family
- Planning Family Activities
- God's Man in the Family
- God's Woman in the Family
- Duties of Godly Parents
- What I Owe My Parents
- Building Strong Families
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 discussion questions and practical family activities, with the lesson divided into Day 1 to Day 5 readings. 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 8 of 16. It follows Quarter 7: The Divided Kingdom and leads into Quarter 9: By What Authority?.
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
- Quarter 7: The Divided Kingdom
- Quarter 8: God's Plan for the Family (this quarter)
- 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 8 of 16
- Lessons: 13
- Pages: 33
- Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Translation: NKJV
- Format: Workbook; PDF eBook (personal use); PDF teacher manual