Glean best practices from two of the country's most experienced, influential junior high leaders--Kurt Johnston, junior high pastor at Saddleback, and Scott Rubin, junior high pastor at Willow Creek Church. This book includes a collection of "the best of the best" from Kurt Johnston's columns on junior high ministry in GROUP Magazine. Then, Scott "salts" this stew of great ministry ideas by adding his insights...feedback, criticisms, and ideas. From recruiting, to rockin' great games, to developing junior high workers' spiritual lives you'll discover "can do" strategies for a practical, impactful youth ministry.
What do you hang on to when there's nothing left to grab? That's the question explored in this 6-week, DVD-led Bible study that helps teenagers and adults discover how to respond to pain in their lives. Features interviews with leg-amputee and mountain-climbing accident survivor Craig DeMartino and his family.
Hope lives, and that hope is personified in Jesus Christ. We can offer that hope to our world but we are also to help relieve the pain and suffering so prevalent in our world. So let's go on a journey together and take our children with us. A journey into the heart of Jesus. A journey that transforms hearts. A journey in which the words of God are proclaimed and the works of God are done. A journey of restoration. Hope Lives , a five week series, is more than a group Bible study and devotional experience because it provides opportunities for students to take this heart-changing information and apply it. Youth apply what they learn though prayer, service, commitments, and relationships. Use this series to encourage your students to develop a Jesus-centered, compassionate response to poverty.
Lessons Topics: Week 1: Poverty of the Heart Week 2: Who Is My Neighbor? Week 3: For Such a Time as This Week 4: The Power of Prayer Week 5: Be the Change
Kit Includes: Hope Lives Book, Youth Leader Guide, Youth DVD containing professional video clips exploring a Christian response to poverty through interviews with ordinary Christians who have responded to God's call to reach out to the poor, man-on-the-street interviews, and other compelling images. Bonus Hope Cards - 28 reproducible full-color cards introduce your students to real people who, with God’s grace and the work of Compassion International, have triumphed over unimaginable poverty, hardship, and disease. Check out related products for more Hope Lives titles and resources.
After a few decades in youth ministry, we've realized something--guys and girls are different. And significantly so, at that. So rather than the usual "one message fits all" approach, we've created an extensive 10-week small group curriculum with two paths, each specifically tailored for one gender or the other. This small group curriculum series will help your students get solid biblical insight on topics ranging from friendships and gossip to peer pressure and sex. Designed to get your students talking about significant and real issues that they face everyday, you'll see your students begin to open up, share their thoughts and feelings, and witness the formation of deep and lasting friendships. And since the entire series is written twice, one geared for guys and one for girls, you can be certain you'll get examples, discussion starters, and goal setting tips that you can use right away.
Guy Topics Include:
Being a Man
Self Image
Relationships
True Strength
Girls
Lust
Wounds
Responsibility
Leading
God-given Tools
Girl Topics Include:
Appearance
Friendships
Girl Politics
Gossip
Image
Kindness
Purity
Sex
Value
Worth
On the CD-ROM you'll find: Leader guides and student handouts Promotional ecard, postcard, poster, and desktop background Editable letter from youth worker, & 2 editable postcards Journals for guys & girls for personal use Customized t-shirt & sticker designs for guys & girls
If you're looking for a simple and effective way to implement small groups, we've got the answer. The Bible Stuff junior high DVD curriculum removes the stress of preparation and teaching from small group leaders and lets them focus their time on students. In the "Bible Stuff" series, junior high pastor Kurt Johnston digs into the Bible and puts a practical, relevant face on five deep biblical truths. Each DVD series includes video of Kurt teaching 10-12 minute lessons, along with leader and student guides. The leader guide has probing questions that will help your students open up and really wrestle with these questions.
Topics for the "Bible Stuff" series include: A Camel, A Needle, And A Rich Guy The Most Important Word That You Hardly Ever Use Jesus Paul Who? Jesus Calms the Storm From teaching to discussion, there's never been an easier way to run a meaningful junior high small group!
Topics for the "Bible Stuff" series include:
A Camel, A Needle, And A Rich Guy
The Most Important Word That You Hardly Ever Use
Jesus
Paul Who?
Jesus Calms the Storm
From teaching to discussion, there's never been an easier way to run a meaningful junior high small group!
The Tuff Stuff junior high DVD curriculum is designed to remove the stress of speaking and preparation for small group leaders and allow them to focus on how to best connect with their students. Kurt Johnston tackles the hard questions on living life that he gets from his own junior high students in "Tuff Stuff." Each DVD series includes video of Kurt teaching five lessons, along with leader and student guides. The leader guide has probing questions that will help your students open up and guide them to God's answers. Topics for the "Tuff Stuff" series include: Fitting In Why All the Bad/Sad Stuff Aren't All Religions the Same? How Do I Know What's True? End Times It may be the simplest junior high small group session you've ever had to run!"
Topics for the "Tuff Stuff" series include:
Fitting In
Why All the Bad/Sad Stuff
Aren't All Religions the Same?
How Do I Know What's True?
End Times
It may be the simplest junior high small group session you've ever had to run!"
From the shot of the starter's pistol you'll grab your students' attention. These simple yet highly addictive Flash games are a great element to add into your meeting. Students can pick a racer, then cheer them on to victory. Or defeat. Whichever comes first. These are the same style of races used at sporting events, rodeos, or where a crowd and a jumbotron meet. But now they're in your hot little hands. There are 10 different themes and each race is randomized, so you never know who is going to win!
All Race This! games are compatible with Macs or PCs, so have no fear. You can play them straight off the CD or load them up into your favorite presentation software for smooth sailing on meeting night.
