Second Mile Curriculum Outline

Second Mile materials consist of  80 sessions organized into four Pathways and a Leader's Guide for each Pathway.

Each session constitutes one lesson and includes the following kinds of materials:

- worship resources
- biblical texts & reflections
- perspectives from history
- stories and analyses
- questions for discussion and
- a list of supplementary resources

Additionally, each Second Mile session includes STEPS which encourage congregations to act on their commitments

Pathway topics are grouped as follows. Please note that all Pathways include an introductory session, as well as one or two sessions on Conflict Transformation and A Spirituality of Peace.

Pathway A :
THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU*

Creation Care
The Shadow of War

Pathway B :
HEADING FOR THE PROMISED LAND*

Walking with First Peoples
The Economy of God

Pathway C :
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS*

Peace Begins at Home
Communities of Refuge
Being the Church
Lives of Service

Pathway D :
WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY*

All God’s People: Confronting Racism
In the Image of God: Confronting Sexism
Restorative Justice: Responding to Crime
Lives of Service

* All Pathways include an introductory session, as well as one or two sessions
 on Conflict Transformation and A Spirituality of Peace.