Curriculum Resources

** Please note that the United Church of Christ is no longer publishing curriculum materials for children and youth;
however, UCC-friendly curriculum materials have been curated by the Association of United Church Educators (AUCE).

** Download AUCE's
Curriculum Overview Chart of Popular Resources
(updated 06/2025)

Christian Educators' Guide to Evaluating and Developing Curriculum
by Nancy Ferguson

Curriculum Material Reviews from Building Faith
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Curriculum Resource Areas

Adult Faith Formation
At-Home Materials for Families (scroll down to "Holy Moments")
Confirmation
Devotionals
Season of Creation
Science & Faith
Sexuality & Sexual Health (Our Whole Lives / OWL)
Vacation Bible School

Curriculum Resource Formats

Bible Story-Based
Each session presents a different Bible story that follows a seasonal theme such as heroes of the Old Testament, the parables of Jesus or the birth of Jesus, for instance. These may or may not be the same story for each age level to accommodate developmental differences.

Lectionary-Based
The Revised Common Lectionary is a listing of scripture readings for each Sunday which covers much of the Bible over the course of three years. Lectionary curriculum materials allow worshippers and learners of all ages to experience the same scripture(s), at their own developmental level, at the same time — the Bible passage that is the focus for worship is the same one being studied in Sunday School and Bible Study.

Godly Play
Based on a Montessori model, this approach models Christian worship, stories, symbols, and rituals.

Workshop Rotation Model
This approach uses a variety of media that presents a single Bible story for several weeks in lab-style settings such as computer, video, drama, art, puppets, food, Bible skills & games, music, and the like.

Recently added to the Curriculum Overview Chart:

New curriculum materials from Picture the Bible!

KidLit

Based on the beautiful images from the

Picture the Bible resource with recommendations from timeless children’s literature,

this is an every-Sunday curriculum resource.

Read more here.

A non-linear, activities-based approach that can be used with a wide variety of age groups and church settings, and is designed to be a "living curriculum" that invigorates congregational life in worship, learning, and serving. The twelve practices can be engaged in any order.

Through an agreement with Pilgrim Press,

AUCE members may access Faith Practices materials on the AUCE Members webpage at no cost.

**Note: Each age group or setting materials are available from The Pilgrim Press for $25 each.This resource contains web links that are either broken or out of date; however, much of the information referenced by the links can still be found via a Google search.

Select from the following age groups or settings:

Worship, Music, Arts
StorySeekers and New Church Participants
Intergenerational
Workshop Rotation
Adults (ages 35 and above)
Young Adults (ages 18-35)
Older Youth (ages 15-19)
Youth (ages 11-15)
Older Children (ages 7-11)
Younger Children (ages 3-7)
Multiage (ages 5-14)
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