Wow! Thanks for taking the time to respond to these two questions! Your responses will help us develop materials that churches find useful. And you’ll help us be good stewards of the resources we’ve been entrusted with.
Here are the three curricula we’re thinking about developing:
- Possible Curriculum #1: Equipping people to be more intentional and skilled at reaching out to others in need. This topic is, in essence, what friendship among believers should look like, and we think it could be structured well by using the “one another” passages in the New Testament.
- Possible Curriculum #2: Helping people who are discouraged or depressed. Life in a fallen world is challenging, and it is easy for anyone to become discouraged or even depressed when facing trials.
- Possible Curriculum #3: Encouraging sexual purity among men. This topic is offered in response to the number of times articles about it have been viewed on CareLeader.org. This curriculum would be set up as a campaign to encourage sexual purity rather than as a program for those already steeped in sexual immorality.
In case you’re wondering
So where did we come up with these three ideas for new curricula? The ideas came from a recent survey of CareLeader.org readers. You can learn more about the results here. Read the post, and you’ll learn the challenges pastors and lay leaders frequently face and which ones they feel least equipped to handle. It’s an interesting read.
Again, thanks for helping us out with this.