Sunday School

Elder Andrew Smith, Superintendent

Lesson 5: January 4, 2026

A BRIDE WORTH WAITING FOR

BIBLE BASIS: GENESIS 29:15-30

BIBLE TRUTH: Jacob's love for Rachel was so great, that the additional seven years of labor was no a burden for him.

MEMORY VERSE: "And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years" (Genesis 29:30).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: RECALL the story of Jacob's love for and commitment to marry Rachel; REFLECT on marital relationships and the ways unforeseen circumstances affect those relationships; and COMMIT to finding faith-based resolutions to difficulties before abandoning relationships.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 28-30 & Timothy 1:12-17 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lessons.

Lesson 6: January 11, 2026

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BRIDE

BIBLE BASIS: SONG OF SOLOMON 6:4-12

BIBLE TRUTH: Song of Solomon describes mutual adoration for inner and outer beauty.

MEMORY VERSE: "My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her" (Song of Solomon 6:9).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: EXPLORE love and adoration as pictured in the Song of Solomon; REFLECT on romantic relationships and the ways to nurture them; and SEEK ways to recognize and express appreciation, in appropriate ways for inner and physical beauty in others.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Song of Solomon 6 & John 10:7-15 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 7: January 18, 2026

AN UNFAITHFUL BRIDE

BIBLE BASIS: HOSEA 1

BIBLE TRUTH: Israel's alienation from God and His plans for restoration in experienced in marriage of Hosea and Gomer and their children.

MEMORY VERSE: "The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD" (Hosea 1:2)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: LEARN how God commanded Hosea to marry Gomer as a model for His Love for Israel despite their unfaithfulness; REFLECT on the meaning of marriage and unfaithfulness and God's desire for the restoration of broken relationships; and DEMONSTRATE faithfulness to God through a commitment to maintain faithful friendships, relationships, and marriages

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Hosea 1-3 & Psalms 89: 24-29 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 8: January 25, 2026

A WEDDING IN CANA

BIBLE BASIS: JOHN 2:1-12

BIBLE TRUTH: Jesus performed His first miracle in Cana and His glory was revealed.

MEMORY VERSE: "And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now" (John 2:10).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: UNDERSTAND that Jesus performed His first miracle when He met an important hospitality need; REFLECT on the meaning and practice of hospitality; and PRACTICE ways in which the learners can demonstrate hospitality.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: John 2:1-12 & Matthew 5:12-16 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.