4 Step Lessons
These easy-to-teach lessons are broken into Life Connection, Bible Exploration, Bible Interaction, and Life Response. These steps make it easy for teachers (especially substitutes) to quickly grasp and teach.
Culturally Relevant
For nearly 30 years, Echoes has been one of the most widely used resources in the African-American Church, featuring culturally relevant topics and African-American imagery for today’s adults.
Life Application Focus
Echoes promotes community among other adults, and challenges them to continue growing spiritually, pushing them to apply every lesson to their own lives in a meaningful way.
Uniform Series / ISSL
The scope and sequence of Echoes follows the Uniform Series / ISSL scope and sequence. This way, your adult Sunday school will follow the same topics as your pastor from week to week.
Dual NIV and KJV
Echoes prints the NIV and KJV Scripture translation texts side by side for easy comparison.
Superintendent’s Handbook
The Sunday School Superintendent’s Handbook provides multi-grade material to open and close the Sunday school hour. The handbook ensures that, while each Echoes class is age-appropriate, children, youth, and adults focus on the same Bible principle and experience biblical discipleship that connects with life.
Comprehensive Bible Study
A proven adult curriculum which follows the
International Sunday School Lesson cycle (ISSL).
See the ISSL Scope and Sequence
Teacher’s Commentary
Teacher helps, suggested answers, and additional Bible commentary to accompany Comprehensive Bible Study. Also includes Highlights in Black History, introductions to each lesson, and a reduced page reproductions of the Student Guide so the teacher can follow the students easily.
Order two per class, one for the teacher and another for a substitute.
Creative Teaching Aids
With posters, discussion starters, handouts, and other materials, these teaching aids will help ensure that all your students will be able to participate meaningfully.
Student Book
The standard in quarterly Bible study for more than 100 years, this student guide offers biblical commentary and life applications, with Scripture references in both KJV and NIV. Two editions are available to order, regular print and large print.
Order one per student
Power for Living
A full-color weekly take-home paper that has proven an exciting tool for both personal growth and evangelism. With life-related stories of faith, Power for Living connects God’s truth to real life.
Order one per student
The Quiet Hour
A daily devotional guide with readings that relate to the Scriptures taught in each lesson.
Order one per student
Lesson Leaflet
Tear-out summaries/abbreviated lessons from the student book (Comprehensive Bible Study) to be given to newcomers and visitors so they can participate fully in the class. Great for general outreach purposes beyond the class.
Order one per student
Teacher’s Resource Kit
A packet containing an Adult Teacher’s Commentary and the Creative Teaching Aids, including full-color Bible background posters, handouts, and other discussion starters.
Order one per class
Sunday School Superintendent’s Handbook
The Sunday School Superintendent’s Handbook is designed to help Sunday school leaders understand and maintain uniform teaching direction throughout the quarter. Each quarter includes:
- Church and Home Themes
- Highlights in Black History
- Opening Exercises for Each Grade Level
- Lesson Reviews
- Sermon Coordination and more
Order one per class
Understanding the Bible
Take your adult class on a comprehensive study of the books of the
Bible in a quarterly cycle between the Old and New Testaments.
See UTB Scope & Sequence
Leader’s Guide
Teacher helps, activities, and life application suggestions for Understanding the Bible.
Order two per class, one for the teacher and another for a substitute.
Free Online Resource for Adults
Real Life Downloaded (RLD) connects each week with timeless Bible truths to timely current events. RealLifeDownloaded.com offers optional materials for Steps 1 and 4 of the week’s lesson, to provide an in-depth, current event study of the lesson materials.
