The Orange strategy infuses your students’ hearts with wonder, discovery, and passion. This curriculum aligns church leaders and families to make a more significant impact on young generations. Using a unique scope and cycle, the Orange strategy teaches children to take hold of fundamental truths that will stick with them through life.
Integrity
An orange curriculum understands multiple influences in a child’s life. This is why they create biblical resources that unite the home and church (ministry leaders like you) to impact a kid’s life instead of relying on just one influence. This strategy is reflected in the name of the curriculum–Orange. The color orange represents the combination of light (yellow) and love (red). This signifies that Orange brings together influential voices to help a kid’s faith thrive. Unlike other children’s church curricula, Orange strives to create relatable lessons that differ between age groups while fostering a unifying strategic plan across all grades. This helps kids see their ministry experience from preschool through youth as part of a larger, connected community that supports them in their faith journey.
Connecting with God
One of the most powerful things we can do in learning is to connect with God. This means recognizing that he is the ultimate source of all knowledge and truth, so seeking his wisdom in every subject is natural. It also means recognizing that he speaks to us in many ways. For example, Adam and Eve heard him directly in the garden, Teresa of Avila experienced him through visions, and Francis of Assisi found his voice in nature. We need to develop a deeper spiritual connection to learn thoroughly, and this can be accomplished through intentional prayer and Bible study. Imagine if your son’s school had an Orange Shirt Day, but instead of asking him to wear an orange shirt, they asked him to bring a picture of his great-grandfather from the Carlisle Indian Residential School to share with his classmates. He would feel seen, understood, and connected to his community. This is the type of holistic learning experience that our children need. That’s why thousands of churches partner with Orange every year. Through world-class resources and developmentally relevant experiences, they equip their leaders to meet the needs of kids and teens at every stage of life.
Building Community
Like food, water, and shelter, feeling a sense of community and belonging is a fundamental human need at every age. Developing a classroom community is essential to a positive learning environment. Building teamwork through collaborative learning experiences, class discussions, and group activities can create an atmosphere where students feel connected. These techniques help cultivate the feeling of community vital to student success. In addition to the curriculum, Orange offers a wide variety of resources for both parents and leadership. Orange Specialists can answer questions and assist leaders in implementing the curriculum. They also offer live training events and the annual Orange Conference, which brings leading family ministry experts to local churches. One of the key things that sets Orange apart from other church curriculums is its emphasis on family ministry. The organization believes that the church and home are strongest when they work together. Their strategy is rooted in the biblical concept of “yellow and red.” Yellow symbolizes the heart of the home and the love of God, while red represents the church’s light. When these two influential voices combine, they create Orange, which has a more substantial impact than either influence alone. With its unique blend of world-class content and strategic support, Orange equips church leaders to meet the holistic needs of kids and teens at every stage of life. By offering a range of event experiences and digital ministry resources, they encourage the alignment of church and home to impact the next generation with the gospel.
Growing in Faith
The Orange strategy uniquely creates a holistic learning environment focusing on the intersection of church, family, and home. It’s also the only curriculum to offer a unifying strategic plan across preschool through high school. The orange color represents the idea that when the light of the church (yellow) combines with the heart of the home (red), they make a more substantial impact on the life of kids. This is why they create biblical resources that help align ministry leaders with the home to make an even more significant impact on kids. In doing so, they prioritize relatable lessons that make it easy for students to connect with them and understand the message. They also work to provide subtle adjustments from one age group to the next based on developmental growth and learning principles. They even include a free parenting app for families to support the teachings in the classroom. However, it’s important to note that this approach is profoundly colonial and disregards the identities of students and their cultures. In addition, it encourages them to add Jesus to their already existing worldview, which is rooted in critical race theory and other liberal ideologies. This is not the biblical gospel and can be damaging to young minds. This is why it’s so crucial that we understand how to promote holistic learning without promoting liberal ideology.
