On the Move is a unique heritage-based, multicultural, Christian educational resource that is perfect for Vacation Bible School!  The curriculum focuses on how God’s spirit gave momentum to the Civil Rights Movement in different places, drawing the people of God towards greatness through blessing, justice, truth, and reconciliation.  The lessons promote God’s power for life in building up the community, as persons are reconciled to one another and to Jesus Christ.

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Day by Day Lessons

Moving with God Towards Justice (Judges 4:4-10)

Bible: Deborah, the unlikely judge and warrior, leads the people out of oppression from the Canaanites.

Heritage:  African diplomats traveling from NY to Washington, DC are unable to be served at restaurants in Maryland.  Gloria Richardson emerges as an unlikely leader for justice in Cambridge, MA.

Affirmation:  I will work with others for God’s justice!

Moving with God Towards Greatness (Genesis 39:1-2; 41:14-21, 25, 39-40)

Bible: Joseph enters slavery, goes to jail, but becomes prime minister of Egypt.

Heritage:  Many Africans entered into American slavery in the port cities of      Savannah and Charleston (the Lowcountry).  Here, schoolteacher, Septima Poinsette Clark taught literacy/citizenship as part of the Movement.
Affirmation:   I will achieve greatness in God!

Moving with God Towards Blessing (Luke 9:12-17; Matthew 14:21)

Bible: Jesus blesses the food and 5000 in groups of fifty are fed.

Heritage:  In Mississippi, all civil rights groups cooperate as one COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) and deal with hunger and poverty.

Affirmation:   I am blessed to be a blessing!

Moving with God Towards Truth (1 Kings 10:1-10, 13)

Bible:  The Queen of Sheba seeks new knowledge and truth.

Heritage:  At the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, civil rights workers gained new skills and knowledge for the Movement.

Affirmation:  I am a queen/king; I will seek the treasure of God’s truth!

Moving with God Towards Reconciliation (Acts 15:36-41; 2 Timothy 4:9-11)

Bible:  In traveling, Paul argues with John Mark.  They later reconcile, with Paul seeing the gifts John Mark brings to the ministry.

Heritage:  CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) sponsors the first freedom ride in 1947.    Known as the Journey of Reconciliation, it started in Virginia, and tested the new interstate transportation laws.

Affirmation:   I am your brother/sister in Jesus Christ!

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