ADVANCED TRACK
Duration: Weekly | Frequency: 2 sessions per week | Session length: 90 minutes
Program Objective
To develop advanced theological understanding, creative leadership, design-thinking maturity, and a clear sense of purpose in teenagers, preparing them to use their creative gifts for influence, service, kingdom impact, and future vocational direction.
Curriculum
Stage 1: Foundation
Objective Rudimentary Principles
- Deepening theological understanding of making, holiness, calling, and kingdom visibility
- Exploring creativity as divine responsibility rather than mere talent or ambition
- Introducing theopoetics and creative expression as theological reflection
Conceptual Knowledge
- Christ as Creator, Redeemer, and the center of all creative purpose
- Beauty, holiness, and transcendence as part of a biblical understanding of creativity
- Personal theology of creativity and making within God's larger plan
Applied Theories
- Personal theology of creativity essay
- Visual theology project communicating a theological concept with written artist statement
Stage 2: Formation
Objective Rudimentary Principles
- Strengthening empathy research, observation, and systems thinking for deeper design challenges
- Teaching iterative prototyping as a process of faith, courage, and refinement
- Connecting design to restoration, justice, healing, and kingdom values
Conceptual Knowledge
- Salvation's design and redemptive problem-solving in a broken world
- Cultural engagement through design that confronts brokenness and offers redemptive alternatives
- Design-thinking methodology as a framework for kingdom-minded innovation
Applied Theories
- Major design challenge addressing a real-world issue through biblical design thinking
- Process journal documenting research, ideation, prototyping, testing, and theological reflection
- Formation-focused praise session with testimonies and reflection on the design journey
Stage 3: Mastery
Objective Rudimentary Principles
- Developing creative leadership through team guidance, service, and vision
- Building collaboration skills, conflict navigation, and role-based project execution
- Preparing students to mentor younger creatives with humility and care
Conceptual Knowledge
- The artist or designer as leader, servant, and steward of influence
- Stewardship of creative influence through humility, accountability, and integrity
- Leadership as part of faithful creative maturity
Applied Theories
- Leading a collaborative creative project with a team from concept to presentation
- Mentorship experience with younger students in the Level 1 program
Stage 4: Purpose & Application
Objective Rudimentary Principles
- Teaching discernment of calling through Scripture, prayer, counsel, and Spirit-led confirmation
- Helping students distinguish vocation, avocation, and kingdom purpose in creativity
- Guiding students in envisioning creative impact in church, marketplace, missions, and community life
Conceptual Knowledge
- The creative life as witness, service, and lifelong stewardship
- Faith in the creative marketplace and the challenge of maintaining integrity in professional spaces
- Calling, vocation, and legacy as part of kingdom-minded creativity
Applied Theories
- Capstone project presentation to peers, mentors, parents, and academy leadership
- Creative calling statement in written and oral form
- Creative celebration through praise, testimony, and commissioning ceremony
Materials for Instructions
Scripture Resources
- Advanced Bible-study passages, theological reading prompts, calling and vocation reflection texts, and Scripture cards centered on holiness, stewardship, and purpose
Teaching Demonstration Materials
- Theological case studies, leadership models, project-planning guides, testimony resources, slides, and creative leadership discussion tools
Student Practice Materials
- Journals, research templates, empathy-map sheets, process documentation tools, project boards, presentation materials, and mentoring support resources tied to the student's primary discipline