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Character Units · included in membership

Meet the twelve heroes

A free lesson is one evening. A Character Unit is a week with a real hero: a true story, God’s Word, activities, a week-long challenge and a certificate.

Thirteen pages each, for ages 8 to 12. All twelve come with membership.

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  1. Painting from the unit The Man Who Wouldn’t Run: a runner alone on a track at sunset

    Conviction

    Eric Liddell

    He gave up his best race because of what he believed.

    From the unit The Man Who Wouldn’t Run

  2. Painting from the unit The Nickname He Never Asked For: a young store clerk at a frontier counter

    Honesty

    Abraham Lincoln

    Small honest choices built a name people trusted.

    From the unit The Nickname He Never Asked For

  3. Painting from the unit The Girl Who Ran Toward the Wounded: a girl caring for someone sick in bed

    Kindness

    Clara Barton

    A girl too shy to speak to a stranger, until someone needed her.

    From the unit The Girl Who Ran Toward the Wounded

  4. Painting from the unit Fanny, Be Brave: a young woman standing before a full hall

    Courage

    Fanny Crosby

    She did the next right thing while still afraid.

    From the unit Fanny, Be Brave

  5. Painting from the unit Everything Has a Name: a teacher and a small girl at a water pump

    Perseverance

    Anne Sullivan

    At twenty, she went to Alabama to teach a little girl who could neither see nor hear.

    From the unit Everything Has a Name

  6. Painting from the unit The Woman Who Asked for a Day of Thanks: a woman writing at a desk by a window

    Gratitude

    Sarah Josepha Hale

    She asked a whole country to stop on one day and give thanks together.

    From the unit The Woman Who Asked for a Day of Thanks

  7. Painting from the unit The General Who Kept His Temper: a general speaking to a room of officers

    Self-Control

    George Washington

    He spent his life learning to rule his temper.

    From the unit The General Who Kept His Temper

  8. Painting from the unit The Scientist in the Shed: two scientists at work in a wooden shed

    Humility

    Pierre Curie

    He spoke up so the person working beside him was not left out.

    From the unit The Scientist in the Shed

  9. Painting from the unit The Shoemaker’s Map: a young shoemaker at his bench under a hand-drawn world map

    Diligence

    William Carey

    A village shoemaker who kept studying at his bench.

    From the unit The Shoemaker’s Map

  10. Painting from the unit The Nurse Who Would Not Hate: a nurse walking a long hospital ward

    Forgiveness

    Edith Cavell

    She chose to have no hatred or bitterness toward anyone.

    From the unit The Nurse Who Would Not Hate

  11. Painting from the unit The Plant Doctor: a boy kneeling in a garden at sunrise

    Stewardship

    George Washington Carver

    He grew up with very little, and he wasted almost none of it.

    From the unit The Plant Doctor

  12. Painting from the unit The Boy Who Read the Books He Bound: a young bookbinder reading at his workbench

    Wisdom

    Michael Faraday

    He read the books he was binding and tested what they said.

    From the unit The Boy Who Read the Books He Bound

One membership, the whole trail

Every lesson, every unit, one household: a short Bible story to read together, and simple steps to practise when that hard moment comes again.

More than 40 lessons and 12 Character Units, with new lessons added every month.

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