A brief history of the Body Builders:

  In 2003 my wife and I had the opportunity to assist in our first children’s membership class using Stephen Smallman’s Understanding the Faith. This publication worked very well with our 5^th and 6^th grade children but left the younger children in the class frustrated and overwhelmed. After seeing one too many tears from this younger group we sat down with pencil and paper in hand to write a curriculum that would fill the need that our church had to prepare our younger children for church membership that was written from a Reformed/Presbyterian perspective.

 This curriculum is a work in progress. Each fall the curriculum is reworked with the hope that the material gets better and better. Two summers ago the Body builders curriculum went through a major overhaul with two very smart and people who cleaned up a lot of the grammar and formatting issues that have plagued this curriculum from the beginning. My hope with the materials in its 3^rd edition is the best that it possibly can be at this present time but as the summer progresses I hope to update the materail.

 My wife and I are always open to constructive and edifying suggestions that you may have to make these materials even better for the next edition next summer. You will find on this web site the class presentations as well as the audio recording of the lectures that I use for this class. If I can be of any help to you, please contact me.

 Looking forward to Glory,

 Rev. Paul De Young (2 Peter 3:18)

Parent Meeting              Lesson 1                               Lesson 2
Audio Portion                      Lecture                                 Lecture
Handbook                             Handouts                             Handouts 

Lesson 3                             Lesson 4                              Lesson 5             
Lecture                                 Lecture                                 Lecture
Handouts                             Handouts                             Handouts

Week 6                                Week 7                                Week 8
Lecture                                 Lecture                                 Lecture
Handouts                             Handouts                             Handouts

Week 9                                Week 10                             Week 11                
Lecture                                 Lecture                                 Lecture
Handouts                             Handouts                             Handouts

Week 12                              Week 13                              Review  
Lecture                                 Lecture                                 Lecture
Handouts                             Handouts                             Handouts

Glossary of Terms 07-13-08