The Front Yard: student ministry curriculum. Scripture first.

Name: The Front Yard Curriculum
Brand: House Curriculum
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The Bible, not Bible verses.

Student ministry curriculum for middle and high school that starts with Scripture and lets the text set the agenda. One story, Genesis to Revelation, all of it pointing to Jesus.

One full series free, up to 6 weeks. No credit card.

Year 1 · On the Doorstep · Available now

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Encounters of the Jesus Kind
For Real?
Back to the Basics
Shameless Audacity
Rooted & Fruitful
God’s Sovereignty When…
Seekers
Every lesson

Your students are building a worldview one fragment at a time.

A verse from a post.
A take from a video.
A screenshot with a reference under it.
An answer to a question they never thought to ask.

None of it is necessarily wrong. All of it arrived out of order, from someone else’s agenda, with no story around it. It adds up to students who know what the Bible says about a dozen topics without actually knowing the Bible at all.

Most student curriculum starts with a question from the culture and goes to Scripture for the answer. It feels relevant. But it quietly teaches a habit:

Read Bible verses, not the Bible.

And a Bible you only consult can’t convict you. So we started building in the other direction.

Bible verses.The Bible.

The Front Yard starts with Scripture and lets the text set the agenda.

Students read whole passages and whole books, and they follow the arc from Genesis to Revelation, so they can see what most of them never have: one story, about who God is, with all of it pointing to Jesus. Culture still gets addressed. Hard questions still get asked. They just aren’t in charge.

Start with the text.
A story can’t be understood in fragments. We teach whole passages and whole books in context, and every series shows how the text connects to the rest of Scripture and to Jesus.
Taught well, then talked through.
The history behind the passage, the meaning of key words, the connections across the Bible. Then students own it by wrestling with it in conversation.
Repeated on purpose.
Key passages, promises, and patterns return across series and across years, because repetition builds memory and confidence, and because Scripture does the same thing.
Knowing God comes before doing.
We don’t end every lesson with a to-do list, because the Bible isn’t one. A student who knows who God is will discover that trust and obedience follow.
Built for the leader who’s actually there.
A one-page prep, a deeper background guide, a narrative to teach from, discussion questions, and a guided prayer. A first-year volunteer can lead it well, and an experienced pastor can go deeper.
One room, every student.
Most ministries can’t split middle and high school. Every series is written for the whole room at once: clear enough for a sixth grader, substantial enough for a senior.

Five things we want every student to know.

We mean “know” the way Scripture does: to know God is to be in relationship with Him, not just to hold facts about Him. Every series moves at least one of these forward.

Know the Bible

Students should be able to open the Bible, find their way, and see how it fits together.

The Bible is one story, not a collection of quotes, and it’s where we learn everything else we believe.

By the time they leave, a student can

Find their way around a physical Bible without an app
Read a passage in context: who wrote it, to whom, and what kind of writing it is
Tell the story of Scripture from creation to new creation, and where Jesus fits in it

Know God

Students should be able to say who God is, and where they learned it.

Scripture is God making Himself known: His holiness, His justice, His mercy, His sovereignty, His faithfulness.

By the time they leave, a student can

Describe who God is from Scripture, not from feelings or the internet
Explain who Jesus is and what He has done
Explain the gospel in their own words in about two minutes

Know Who You Are

Students should understand who God says they are and let that settle who they say they are.

Identity is received, not achieved or invented. It rests on who God is, not on how strongly a student feels it.

By the time they leave, a student can

Say who God says they are, and where that comes from
Recognize the voices telling them who they are (peers, platforms, their worst days) and answer them with truth
Confess sin and receive forgiveness without hiding or despair

Know What You Believe

Students should be able to say what they believe and why, and stay standing when it’s tested.

A faith that only works when nothing is questioned won’t last. Honest questions and doubt are part of Scripture’s own story.

By the time they leave, a student can

Say what they believe and why
Face a hard question or a season of doubt without leaving the faith or faking it
Recognize the worldview underneath a song, show, or post and respond to it with Scripture
Explain the Christian hope: Christ will return, justice will be done, and God will make all things new

Know How to Follow

Students should belong to a body of believers and know what it looks like to follow Jesus among the people around them.

Discipleship isn’t a step added at the end. It’s what the other four grow into.

By the time they leave, a student can

Pray out loud, alone and with others
Belong to a local church and take part in it
Stay in relationships through conflict
Talk about Jesus with a friend
Make hard decisions by Scripture, and give generously of their time and money

Five years. Start anywhere.

Each year has one emphasis, so nothing important gets left out over time. It isn’t a ladder. No year assumes another, and no series depends on another.

Every published series stays in your library. Teach them in any order. Year 1 is complete, and starting with Year 2, new series release every quarter.

1
On the Doorstep
Know God
Who Jesus is, what it means to meet Him, and how a student responds.
Available now
2
Where You Stand
Know Who You Are
Who God says you are, and what that changes.
New series every quarter
3
What You Stand On
Know the Bible
The Bible from Genesis to Revelation as one story.
4
In the Weather
Know What You Believe
Doubt, suffering, and hard questions, and a faith that holds up when it’s tested.
5
Out in the Open
Know How to Follow
What faith looks like in public: in friendships, family, money, and witness.

Year 1: On the Doorstep.

Seven series and a full year of teaching, all available now. Year 1 starts where everything starts: who Jesus is, what it means to meet Him, and how a student responds. Every lesson below is real.

Encounters of the Jesus Kind

What happens when real people actually meet Jesus.

Real encounters between Jesus and real people. Each lesson examines how Christ meets individuals in their questions, shame, pride, curiosity, and need, and how those moments lead to conviction, repentance, restoration, and mission.

Lessons: 12
Books: Luke, Mark, Matthew, John

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Encounters of the Jesus Kind

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
Washing Feet
Luke 7:36–50
Big Truth: Those who understand how much they’ve been forgiven love Jesus deeply.
2
Everyone Matters
Luke 19:1–9
Big Truth: Jesus seeks and saves the lost. No one is beyond the reach of His grace.
3
Crying Out
Mark 10:46–52
Big Truth: Stand strong regardless of persecution in matters of faith.
4
One Thing You Lack
Matthew 19:16–30; Mark 10:17–31; Luke 18:18–30
Big Truth: Even God’s good gifts can become idols that compete with our love for Jesus, revealing what we truly worship.
5
Living Water
John 4:1–42
Big Truth: Jesus offers living water that satisfies the deepest thirst of the human soul.
6
Just Say the Word
Matthew 8:5–13
Big Truth: True faith takes God at His word and trusts His authority completely.
7
Come Out
John 11:1–44; 12:9–11
Big Truth: Nothing is impossible for God to accomplish.
8
Through the Roof
Luke 5:17–26
Big Truth: Jesus doesn’t just fix what’s broken on the outside. He forgives what’s broken on the inside. An encounter with Him changes everything.
9
First Stone
John 8:1–11
Big Truth: God loves you more than you can comprehend.
10
Remember Me
Luke 23:32–43
Big Truth: Salvation is not earned through time, effort, or moral improvement. It is received by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and it is available to anyone, at any point, who humbles themselves and trusts Him.
11
Daughter
Mark 5:24–34
Big Truth: You don’t need a perfect life or a perfect prayer to come to Jesus; you simply need to reach for Him in faith, and He is faithful to restore you.
12
Do You Love Me?
John 21:1–20
Big Truth: Jesus restores broken people and calls them forward into purpose. No failure is final with Him.

For Real?

Parables of Jesus

Do you know Him, or do you just know about Him?

Everybody’s heard the prodigal son. Each week takes one parable and pushes past the version students already have memorized, until it lands on who God actually is and what that truth means for how they live.

Lessons: 7
Books: Luke, Matthew

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For Real?

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
The Lost Son
Luke 15:11–32
Big Truth: No matter what, you are always wanted and welcomed in God’s family.
2
The Better Builder
Matthew 7:24–27
Big Truth: A life that survives the storm is built on Jesus, and you build on Jesus by doing what He says.
3
The Sower and the Seed
Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23
Big Truth: God’s Word, the seed, is always good. What it grows depends on the ground it lands on.
4
The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25–37
Big Truth: Loving God means choosing to show mercy to someone who needs help, even when they aren’t in your friend group.
5
Two Sinners, One Good God
Luke 18:9–14
Big Truth: Because of Jesus, God accepts the person who stops defending himself and simply asks for mercy.
6
Don’t Bury the Money
Matthew 25:14–30
Big Truth: What God puts in your hands, He puts there to be used for Him.
7
Don’t Miss the Party
Luke 14:15–24
Big Truth: The seat at God’s table is already bought and paid for, and most people who miss it never say no; they just keep saying later.

Back to the Basics

Who Jesus is, how to follow Him, share Him, and defend Him.

Every follower of Jesus has to own four things. This series rebuilds all four from the ground up, catching both the student who’s been coasting and the friend who just walked in for the first time.

Lessons: 4
Books: Romans, Isaiah, John, Deuteronomy, Revelation, 1 Peter

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Back to the Basics

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
Who Is Jesus & What Is Faith?
Romans 3:21–26; Isaiah 53:4–6, 10–11
Big Truth: Jesus is God in the flesh who lived the life we couldn’t live and died the death we deserved, and faith is trusting Him, not trying harder.
2
How Do I Actually Follow Jesus?
John 15:1–11; Deuteronomy 6:4–9
Big Truth: Following Jesus isn’t about trying harder. It’s about staying connected to Him, because the same grace that saved you is the same grace that grows you.
3
How Do I Share My Faith?
Revelation 12:11; John 4:4–42
Big Truth: Your story plus the gospel is how God moves people toward Jesus. You live it out, you’re ready when they ask, and sometimes you’re the one who says, “Can I tell you my story?”
4
How Do I Defend My Faith?
John 8:58; 10:30–33; 1 Peter 3:15
Big Truth: Jesus isn’t a “good teacher.” He claimed to be God, which means everyone has to decide if He was lying, crazy, or telling the truth.

Shameless Audacity

Bold prayer, persistent faith, and the courage to act on it.

Most teenagers have been trained to keep their faith quiet, their prayers short, and their expectations low. Starting from one Greek word in Luke 11, anaideia, “without shame,” this series builds a picture of bold, persistent, costly faith.

Lessons: 5
Books: Luke, Genesis, Mark, Esther, Acts

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Shameless Audacity

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
The Call to Shameless Audacity
Luke 11:5–8
Big Truth: God does not want timid prayers from distant children. He wants bold, persistent, shameless faith from sons and daughters who know they belong at His table.
2
Keep Knocking
Genesis 18:22–33; Luke 18:1–8
Big Truth: Persistent prayer is not about wearing God down. It is about refusing to let go of the God who already wants to answer.
3
Whatever It Takes
Mark 2:1–12; 5:25–34
Big Truth: When you’re desperate enough to believe Jesus is your only hope, no obstacle is big enough to keep you from Him.
4
He Called My Name
Luke 19:1–10; Mark 10:13–16
Big Truth: Jesus doesn’t have a VIP list. He came for the overlooked, the unwanted, and the underestimated. And He’s never once turned away someone who came looking for Him.
5
If I Perish, I Perish
Esther 4:10–17; Acts 4:13–20
Big Truth: Shameless audacity doesn’t stop at prayer. At some point, bold faith has to get up, walk out the door, and do something, even when the cost is real.

Rooted & Fruitful

The fruit of the Spirit is overflow, not output.

Not nine traits in nine weeks. This series traces the fruit of the Spirit back to its source: a sovereign God who changes the soil, unites believers to Christ the True Vine, and grows His own character in them from the inside out.

Lessons: 5
Books: Matthew, Galatians, Exodus, Lamentations, John, Philippians, Titus, Nehemiah, Revelation

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Rooted & Fruitful

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
The Soil
Matthew 13:1–23
Big Truth: Good soil is God’s doing, start to finish.
2
Rooted in Covenant Love
Galatians 5:22–23; Exodus 34:6; Lamentations 3:22–23
Big Truth: God’s own covenant character, hesed and emet, is what the Spirit is producing in you.
3
Rooted in Storms
Galatians 5:22–23; John 14:27; Philippians 4:6–7
Big Truth: Because Christ Himself is our peace, the Spirit produces in us a rest that holds and a patience that doesn’t run out.
4
Fruitful Toward Others
Galatians 5:22–23; Titus 3:4–5; Nehemiah 8:10
Big Truth: God is kind, good, and the origin of all joy. The Spirit reproduces that character in you.
5
Fruitful in Strength
Galatians 5:22–23; Titus 2:11–12; Revelation 22:1–2
Big Truth: The God who is sovereign over all things produces in His children, by His Spirit, a Spirit-given mastery over self: not white-knuckled willpower, but Christ our Sanctifier reigning where impulse used to rule.

God’s Sovereignty When…

For every unanswered question your students are already carrying.

God’s sovereignty is easy to affirm in theory and harder to trust in practice. Five moments in Scripture where faith collides with silence, pressure, loss, and exhaustion, and what it means to trust that God is ruling anyway.

Lessons: 5
Books: Habakkuk, Hebrews, Daniel, Esther, Ruth, 1 Kings

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God’s Sovereignty When…

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
I Keep Praying But Nothing Changes
Habakkuk 1:1–5; 2:1–4; Hebrews 10:37–38
Big Truth: God’s timing isn’t late. His silence isn’t absence. And when nothing seems to change, He’s still working in ways you can’t see yet.
2
I Have to Choose Between God and Fitting In
Daniel 3:1–18, 24–27
Big Truth: God’s sovereignty means you don’t have to bow to the world’s pressure. He controls the outcome, so your job is faithfulness through the Spirit’s power, not survival.
3
I’m Not Even Sure He’s Listening
Esther 4:1–17
Big Truth: God doesn’t have to be loud to be present. His silence is not His absence. He works through ordinary events, ordinary people, and ordinary timing to accomplish extraordinary purposes.
4
Everything I Counted On Is Gone
Ruth 1:1–5, 19–21; 4:13–17
Big Truth: God’s sovereignty doesn’t stop when life falls apart. He weaves redemption through loss, and His plan is always bigger than your pain.
5
I Feel Alone and Spiritually Exhausted
1 Kings 19:1–18
Big Truth: God’s sovereignty is steady even when your soul is not. He meets the exhausted, feeds the depleted, and speaks in the whisper when you can’t handle the storm.

Seekers

Four weeks, four questions, one King.

The wise men didn’t stumble onto Bethlehem. Seekers puts students on the same trail, through the prophecies of the Hebrew Scriptures, promised in specific, checkable detail centuries before the manger.

The Christmas series. It works in December or in June.

Lessons: 4
Books: Genesis, 2 Samuel, Isaiah, Micah, Malachi, Numbers, Hosea, Matthew, Galatians

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Seekers

Titles, scripture, and Big Truths

1
Where Was He Coming From?
Genesis 49:10; 2 Samuel 7:12–16; Isaiah 11:1; Micah 5:2
Big Truth: Centuries before Jesus was born, God had already named the exact tribe, family, and town the Messiah would come from.
2
How Would He Arrive?
Isaiah 7:14; Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 40:3; Numbers 24:17; Hosea 11:1
Big Truth: God said the Messiah would show up in ways nobody expected, and every strange detail still landed exactly as promised.
3
Who Would He Be?
Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 9:6–7; 7:14; 2 Samuel 7:14
Big Truth: The baby in the manger has always been God: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Immanuel, “God with us,” wrapped in newborn skin.
4
Why Does It Matter?
Genesis 12:1–3; 22:18; Matthew 2:1–12; Galatians 3:8, 16; 4:4
Big Truth: The wise men’s journey to Bethlehem was proof that God’s ancient promise to bless every nation through Abraham was already coming true, and it’s still reaching people who have no built-in claim on it, including you.

Built for the leader who’s actually there.

Not every ministry has a seminary-trained pastor, and it shouldn’t need one. A first-year volunteer can lead a Front Yard lesson well, and an experienced pastor can go deeper.

Every lesson

Nine parts, each tagged for who uses it, so leaders, large group, and small groups see what they need.

Leader Prep One PagerLeaders
Leader Prep Deep DiveLeaders
Activity SuggestionAll
Teaching Guide: Full Outline & NarrativeLarge Group
Teaching PointsLarge Group
ConclusionLarge Group
Small Group DiscussionSmall Group
PrayerSmall Group
Memory VerseAll

The lesson view for “I Keep Praying But Nothing Changes”: scripture, Big Truth, and a nine-section outline tagged Leaders, Large Group, Small Group, and All. — The real lesson view in the portal

Plan months ahead

Schedule a series and assign a leader to every lesson, weeks or months out, so everyone has time to prepare.

On Sunday, each volunteer opens their lesson on their phone, filtered to large group or small group.

The portal’s Assign Volunteers dialog for “I Keep Praying But Nothing Changes” on Sunday, January 10, with one leader assigned. — Assigning a leader · sample names

A volunteer’s lesson on a phone, with All, Large Group, and Small Group filters and the Leader Prep One Pager open. — A volunteer’s Sunday lesson on their phone

Beyond the hour

The Table: Faith Conversations carries Sunday into the week. Connected families get daily conversation starters tied to the lesson, along with anything your church sends them.

Your lesson this week said God’s silence isn’t the same as God being absent. Do you think that’s true, or does it feel like wishful thinking sometimes?

From “I Keep Praying But Nothing Changes.” Tip for parents: Welcome doubt. “I’m glad you said that” keeps the door open.

The Table app’s Conversation Starters screen, showing this week’s lesson starter about Habakkuk. — The Table app · sample family

Written by people in the room.

Everyone on our team serves in church leadership, some as full-time staff and some as volunteers. Our two founders are ordained ministers who serve in student ministry every week. Someone actively serving students writes every lesson, so it has to work in a real room, on a real Sunday, with a leader who may have had little time to prepare.

Every lesson goes through a theological review against our statement of faith before we publish it.

What we believe

The Bible2 Timothy 3:16–17
GodDeuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19
Jesus ChristJohn 1:1, 14; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Acts 1:9–11
The Holy SpiritJohn 16:8; Romans 8:9–11
People and sinGenesis 1:27; Romans 3:23
SalvationEphesians 2:8–9
God’s sovereignty and gloryPsalm 115:3; Romans 11:36
EternityMatthew 25:46; Revelation 21:1–5

Read our statement of faith

“Unlike several other curriculums that only allow a 2–3 week look ahead, the House Curriculum provides a month-to-month view of what series are upcoming.”

IsaacHigh School Pastor

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The House Curriculum has been awesome. It’s been super easy to navigate and implement in our Sunday bible study groups. Each lesson is biblically based with numerous cross references, side notes and helpful tips for leaders to teach the lesson and facilitate conversations. Each lesson also comes with a fun relatable game. One of the best features of the actual House Curriculum online platform is the ability for me as a pastor to schedule my leaders in advance for specific lessons, which gives everyone more than enough time to prepare. Additionally, unlike several other bible study curriculums that only allow a 2-3 week look ahead, the House Curriculum provides a month-to-month view of what series are upcoming. Overall, I am very pleased with what we have paid for and I would recommend the House Curriculum to any youth group that is serious about Jesus, His word and developing students within the gospel!

“The weekly lessons help our students go beyond the surface and understand the true meaning of Scripture.”

JakeMiddle School Pastor

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We’ve really enjoyed using The House Curriculum in our student ministry. The weekly lessons help our students go beyond the surface and understand the true meaning of Scripture. I also love the historical background included in each lesson. It gives valuable context that helps bring the Bible to life. The discussion questions naturally guide meaningful small group conversations without feeling forced. Even though this curriculum is designed for students, I’ve learned a lot from it myself. More importantly, I’ve seen our students grow in their understanding of God’s Word and gain greater confidence and clarity about who they are in Christ. I highly recommend The House Curriculum to any student ministry looking for a biblically sound, engaging, and easy to use resource.

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Your students are building a worldview one fragment at a time.

Bible verses.The Bible.

Start with the text.

Taught well, then talked through.

Repeated on purpose.

Knowing God comes before doing.

Built for the leader who’s actually there.

One room, every student.

Five things we want every student to know.

By the time they leave, a student can

By the time they leave, a student can

By the time they leave, a student can

By the time they leave, a student can

By the time they leave, a student can

Five years. Start anywhere.

On the Doorstep

Where You Stand

What You Stand On

In the Weather

Out in the Open

Year 1: On the Doorstep.

Encounters of the Jesus Kind

Washing Feet

Everyone Matters

Crying Out

One Thing You Lack

Living Water

Just Say the Word

Come Out

Through the Roof

First Stone

Remember Me

Daughter

Do You Love Me?

For Real?

The Lost Son

The Better Builder

The Sower and the Seed

The Good Samaritan

Two Sinners, One Good God

Don’t Bury the Money

Don’t Miss the Party

Back to the Basics

Who Is Jesus & What Is Faith?

How Do I Actually Follow Jesus?

How Do I Share My Faith?

How Do I Defend My Faith?

Shameless Audacity

The Call to Shameless Audacity

Keep Knocking

Whatever It Takes

He Called My Name

If I Perish, I Perish

Rooted & Fruitful

The Soil

Rooted in Covenant Love

Rooted in Storms

Fruitful Toward Others

Fruitful in Strength

God’s Sovereignty When…

I Keep Praying But Nothing Changes

I Have to Choose Between God and Fitting In

I’m Not Even Sure He’s Listening

Everything I Counted On Is Gone

I Feel Alone and Spiritually Exhausted

Seekers

Where Was He Coming From?

How Would He Arrive?

Who Would He Be?

Why Does It Matter?

Built for the leader who’s actually there.

Every lesson

Plan months ahead

Beyond the hour

Written by people in the room.

What we believe

What pastors say

One subscription. Every series.

Start with one series.