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Welcome to the Year 3 Youth School Sunday School Lessons page. Below are 25 lessons, organized into 8 sessions. Each lesson is centered around a Bible story. Every session is centered around a theme or character that connects the stories in the session. For more information about the lessons, including usage hints, year-long teaching objectives, and sections included in each lesson, click here.

Free Workshop Rotation Model Lessons - Season 2

Year 3 - Session 1


Samuel the Prophet

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1 Samuel 3:1-20



Samuel Hears God

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1 Samuel 8:1-21



Israel Wants a King

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1 Samuel 15:10-11; 16:1-13



Samuel Anoints David as King

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Session 2


Elijah the Prophet



1 Kings 18:21-29; 36-41



Elijah and 450 Baal prophets

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1 Kings 19:1-4; 9-16



God is not in the storm

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2 Kings 2:1-14



The Chariot of Fire

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Session 3

John the Baptist and Jesus


Luke 1:5-22



Birth of John the Baptist

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Matthew 1:18-25



Other Birth Story of Jesus

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Mark 1:1-11



John the Baptist & Jesus Team-up

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Session 4

Jesus and the Crowd



Luke 4:38-44



Jesus escapes the crowd to pray

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Luke 4:14-30



Jesus’ hometown rejects him

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Mark 2:1-12



The crowd is not in-sync with Jesus

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Session 5

Jesus and the Pharisees



Mark 3:1-6



Pharisees Do Not Approve

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John 3:1-17



Jesus and Nicodemus Talk

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Mark 12:13-17



Pharisees Try to Trick Jesus

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Session 6

Jesus and his Disciples



Matthew 16:21-25



Jesus Calls Peter, “Satan”

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Luke 11:1-13



Jesus teaches his disciples to pray

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Luke 10:1-11; 17-18



The disciples do ministry like Jesus

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Session 7

Holy Week


Mark 12:1-12



Parable of the vineyard tenants

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Matthew 27:11-26



Jesus’ (Roman) Trial

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Luke 23:32-53



Jesus is crucified

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Session 8

Post-Crucifixion


John 20:19-29



Resurrection & Doubting Thomas

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Acts 1:1-14



Jesus’ Ascension

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Acts 2:1-21, 41, 44-47



Pentecost

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