{"id":36548,"date":"2023-06-01T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/blog\/is-my-curriculum-deep-enough\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:51:37","slug":"is-my-curriculum-deep-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/blog\/is-my-curriculum-deep-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Is My Curriculum Deep Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is one question that plagues many church leaders as they determine what to teach, what curriculum to use, and how to spend the limited hours they have with the kids and teenagers in their ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is my curriculum deep enough?&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all, the average student will be in our programming for less than 40 hours a year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/orangeleaders.com\/2022\/04\/26\/refine-the-message-with-a-scope-and-cycle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less than 40 hours<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>teach and influence the next generation and build a spiritual foundation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that lasts far beyond their time in our ministry.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the pressure to make sure we are utilizing those hours and getting the most out of what we teach is high.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-but-first-what-does-deep-even-mean\">But first, what does deep even mean?\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For better or worse, a lot of us would consider deep to mean heavy in information.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, that\u2019s research papers, heavy books, big words, and sentences that I have to re-read a few times while I pretend to understand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep would translate to a lot of interesting historical facts, contextual information and thought-provoking quotes that\u2014if we\u2019re being honest\u2014sound really smart, but we don\u2019t totally understand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Deep, a lot of us think, means intellectual.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what if we were thinking of \u201cdeep\u201d in all the wrong ways? What if the way we think of deep is actually shallow?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the truth is, fun tidbits of information might impress someone in a conversation, but if it isn\u2019t growing someone\u2019s faith, is it deep or just interesting?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-know-if-your-curriculum-is-deep\">How to know if your curriculum is deep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask a few questions to understand if your <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/252-kids-ministry-curriculum\/\">children\u2019s ministry<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/xp3-youth-ministry-curriculum\/\">youth ministry curriculum<\/a> is actually deep.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-does-what-we-teach-intersect-with-the-everyday-lives-of-those-we-are-teaching-nbsp\">Does what we teach intersect with the everyday lives of those we are teaching?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep can\u2019t just mean it sounds good and it sounds smart. Information isn\u2019t transformation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep has to translate to the lived experience of those we are investing in. Otherwise, it stays theory and never becomes practice. And <\/span><b>practice is where truths we teach become true transformation.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We might hear the credentials of a 1st century Pharisee and think they sounded like pretty deep teachers. But Jesus reserved his harshest criticism for them, knowing that being deep is about far more than knowing the right things. It\u2019s about doing the right thing, our actions being an overflow of the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A deep curriculum is a curriculum that gives those listening a \u201cgo and do\u201d with what they heard. As Jesus pointed out over and over to the religious leaders, their head knowledge meant nothing without the practice of love.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-does-it-make-the-most-important-thing-the-most-important-thing\">Does it make the most important thing, the most important thing?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the gospel of Matthew, we read a story where a religious leader approaches Jesus and asks a question that I can\u2019t help but think any one of us would ask, if given the chance. \u201cWhat is the greatest commandment?\u201d he wants to know. Isn\u2019t there something in all of us wondering the same thing? \u201cWhat do I have to make sure I get right?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even better than asking the question is the fact that Jesus actually answers it. \u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind\u2026and the second is like it. Love your neighbor as yourself.\u201d It\u2019s almost as if Jesus gives us a cheat sheet tucked into all the pages of the Bible. There\u2019s a lot to cover, a lot that raises questions, a lot that can feel unclear. But when you get down to it, Jesus spells out the most important thing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Love of God, love of self, and love of neighbor.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to determining whether a curriculum is deep or not, one of the most important questions you can ask is: <\/span><b>Does it major in the majors and minor in the minors?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And thanks to this religious leader and his question, <\/span><b>Jesus tells us exactly what the major is: love. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t want a curriculum that covers other things. But the end goal for sending kids and teenagers out of our ministry and out into the world, is a faith rooted in love. A curriculum that teaches kids a lens of love through which they make decisions, see others and grow their faith is a deep curriculum. It centers what Jesus centered. It elevates what Jesus elevated. And it models what Jesus modeled.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkorange.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we build a plan for making sure the most important thing stays the most important thing. We call it a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/orangeleaders.com\/2022\/04\/26\/refine-the-message-with-a-scope-and-cycle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scope &amp; Cycle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Learn more and download each curriculum <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkorange.com\/plan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scope &amp; Cycle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-do-your-kids-or-students-think\">What do your kids or students think?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The older we get and the farther we get from the age group we are teaching, the harder it will be to put ourselves in their shoes and determine what is working for the demographic we are ministering to.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s why my first time working with middle schoolers, I actually thought my curriculum was shallow. But the more time I spent learning middle schoolers, speaking their language, and learning how their brains work\u2014<\/span><b>and I realized it was my understanding of the age was shallow\u2014not the curriculum.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Resources like <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkorange.com\/xp3-youth-ministry-curriculum\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XP3 Middle School<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/store.thinkorange.com\/products\/its-just-a-phase-so-dont-miss-it-why-every-life-stage\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s Just A Phase<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helped shape my understanding of what middle schoolers need at that phase of life.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why, when determining a \u201cdeep\u201d curriculum it\u2019s important to not just rely on our own judgment. Engage the people in your ministry. Ask your leaders.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happens-after-the-message-nbsp\">What happens after the message?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be curious about the dialogues happening <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what is taught on stage. What might seem rich and deep from stage may just lead to quiet small groups and shallow conversation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A deep curriculum does more than just convey information. It isn\u2019t just about the use of fancy theological words that we may like or our leaders may find informative, but don\u2019t have any context in the world of a teenager. That may sound good to us, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but the curriculum isn\u2019t for us<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A deep curriculum connects with the age group it is intended for and prompts conversation and dialogue outside of the day the message was heard. This is how you know a message goes deep\u2014because it was remembered, it was talked about, and eventually, it connected the dots to action.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-build-a-deep-strategy-not-just-a-deep-curriculum\">Build a deep strategy, not just a deep curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The curriculum you teach on Sunday morning or Wednesday night or whenever you put kids in a room is just a small part of your plan.&nbsp; Sure, the curriculum is important. But, if you are going to disciple kids you need to look at more than just what you teach. You have to consider managing and monitoring at least<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/orangeleaders.com\/2020\/01\/10\/even-if-you-dont-use-orange\/\"> <b>five different <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strategies if you\u2019re going to create an effective ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the day, we all want to teach content to the students and kids in our ministries that sets them on a trajectory to become committed followers of Jesus. Choosing the right curriculum (whether it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/orangeleaders.com\/2022\/04\/26\/refine-the-message-with-a-scope-and-cycle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange curriculum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or not) is a great first step for doing just that. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry leaders everywhere ask this question: Is my curriculum deep enough? 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