In 1982, after many years of struggling to find Sunday School materials that were both substantial in biblical content and doctrinally compatible with the confessional position of our church, the elders of Faith Reformed Baptist Church in Media, PA decided to undertake the massive project of preparing our own, with the hope that it would be useful to others who faced the same dilemma. Our goal was to prepare a cyclical Sunday School curriculum for use by Calvinistic Baptist churches for children and young people from age 3 through high school.
Thus far, we have succeeded in preparing materials for age four through grade 12. Largely through word-of-mouth publicity and this website, we have received orders for all or part of the curriculum from more than 240 other churches around the country and overseas. At the request of some of the churches using the material, I have also made available a number of my adult Sunday School courses for those who are interested.
The big news is the launching of a new imprint to make available some of the courses taught by the editor in his long career in Christian education. Planters Press opened for business with the publication of Eternal Values for a Valueless Age, which contains the Christian Ethics course I have taught for more than 35 years, Making Dry Bones Live, the Church History text that my students have been using in unpublished form since 1995, and Thinking Inside the Box, my Christian Perspective course for high school seniors. Lord willing, books containing my Bible Doctrine and Life of Christ courses will follow in the years to come. I have also changed the sample lessons to .pdf files so one can get a better idea of their actual appearance and see the kinds of graphics that are part of our materials.
Click on the following to view information about the Faith Reformed Baptist Church Sunday School Curriculum Project:
Overall Scope
and Sequence, quarter by quarter
Ages 4-5 Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Ages 4-5 Sample Lesson
Grades 1-2 Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Grades 1-2 Sample Lesson
Grades 3-4 Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Grades 3-4 Sample Lesson
Grades 5-6 Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Grades 5-6 Sample Lesson
Grades 7-8 Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Grades 7-8 Sample Lesson
Grades 9-12 Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Grades 9-12 Sample Lesson
List of Adult Courses
Adult Scope and Sequence, lesson by lesson
Adult Sample Lesson
Description of VBS Programs
VBS Sample Lesson
The material is available in two forms - electronic and hard copy. The electronic version costs $25 per quarter per grade level, while the hard-copy version sells for $30 per quarter (adult as well as children and youth). Electronic files will be sent in .pdf format unless you specify that you would like a text file; these can be sent in MS Word 2003 (.doc) or WordPerfect (.wpd) format. Those who purchase the lessons may duplicate them as necessary for their own use (we would appreciate it if you wouldn't make copies and pass them around to other churches, of course). Since the lessons are cyclical, it is not necessary to purchase new materials every year.
If you wish to place an order for any of the available curriculum, write to the e-mail or "snail mail" address below. Be sure to include your name, the church's name, address, phone number and e-mail address (if appropriate), along with a list of the materials you wish to purchase. Please send a check for the appropriate amount with your order, made out to the editor, not the church (for those outside the United States, prices are in US dollars). Materials will be shipped as soon as a check for the appropriate amount is received.
Faith Reformed
Robert C. Walton, editor
(610) 872-5305
Questions? Write to me now at: rwalton@rcwalton.com