Click the age level to view the scripture passages used with Shine’s regular curriculum. Or click to download all the Bible memory passages for Fall 2025–Spring 2026 curriculum year.
Fall 2025
PreK-Kindergarten
Sessions 1–7
Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my life.
—Psalm 23:6a (CEV)
Sessions 8–13
When you call me and come and pray to me, I will listen to you.
—Jeremiah 29:12 (CEB)
Elementary
Sessions 1–4
Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God All-Powerful. Then you will say to the Lord, “You are my fortress, my place of safety; you are my God, and I trust you.”
—Psalm 91:1–2 (CEV)
Sessions 5–13
Our Lord, I will sing of your love forever. Everyone yet to be born will hear me praise your faithfulness. I will tell them, “God’s love can always be trusted.”
—Psalm 89:1–2a (CEV)
Junior Youth
Sessions 1–4
Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God all-powerful. Then you will say to the Lord, “You are my fortress, my place of safety; you are my God, and I trust you.”
—Psalm 91:1–2 (CEV)
Sessions 8–13
Our Lord, I will sing of your love forever. Everyone yet to be born will hear me praise your faithfulness. I will tell them, “God’s love can always be trusted.” You are strong and mighty! Your kingdom is ruled by justice and fairness with love and faithfulness leading the way.
—Psalm 89:1–2a, 13–14 (CEV)
Winter 2025–26
PreK-Kindergarten
Sessions 1–5
But the angel said, “Don’t be afraid! I have good news for you, which will make everyone happy. This very day in King David’s hometown a Savior was born for you. He is Christ the Lord.”
—Luke 2:10–11 (CEV)
Sessions 6–13
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
—Matthew 5:9 (NRSVue)
Elementary
Sessions 1–5
A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.”
—Isaiah 40:3–4 (NRSVue)
Sessions 6–13
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
—Matthew 13:31–32 (NRSVue)
Junior Youth
Sessions 1–5
A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
—Isaiah 40:3–5 (NRSVue)
Sessions 6–13
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
—Matthew 5:3–10 (NRSVue)
Spring 2026
PreK-Kindergarten
Sessions 1–8
You must love each other, just as I have loved you.
—John 13:34b (CEV)
Sessions 9–13
Above all, clothe yourselves with love.
—Colossians 3:14a (NRSVue)
Elementary
Sessions 1–8
Jesus then said, “And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?”
“Yes, Lord!” she replied. “I believe you are the Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world.”
—John 11:26–27 (CEV)
Sessions 9–13
After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. 10 They cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!”
—Revelation 7:9–10 (NRSVue)
Junior Youth
Sessions 1–8
Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?”
“Yes, Lord!” she replied. “I believe you are the Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world.”
—John 11:26–27 (CEV)
Sessions 9–13
Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
—Colossians 3:12–15 (NRSVue)
