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There's no such thing as "Advent" in the Bible, and there certainly isn't anything about lighting different colored candles. Yet the four weeks of waiting for Christ's coming are more than just made-up ways to get excited for Christmas. Because young...

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Using Psalm 51, the emphasis on this lesson is not on shame or guilt, but on the ■gift that God offers in the moment of confession.

Ash Wednesday
The Importance of Confession

By Lisa Nichols Hickman

Ash Wednesday is the first day in the forty day season of Lent. Some traditions observe Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras) the day before Ash Wednesday. As the journey to the cross unfolds over the next forty days, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a ...

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Using passages from the Bible and definitions of different kinds of love, this ■Valentine's Day study challenges teens to look at love in a new way.

B My Valentine!
What Is Love?

By Sue Washburn

The history of Valentine's Day is as mysterious as the anonymous flower sender! We don't know the actual origin of the day or even which saint named Valentine is honored.Today we celebrate romantic love on this day. Yet there are many different kinds...

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Youth and sports - how can Christian teens learn to be good sports in competitive ■sports?

Be a Good Sport!
Beyond Winning and Losing

By Ellie Roscher

When participating in sports and competitive games, many youth are more focused on winning than they are enjoying the activity or their ability to play. This study focuses on how we can use the gift of a healthy body for competitive sports while stil...

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Be One
Build Unity

By Lisa Nichols Hickman

Is your youth group ready to reflect on its life together? Learn about our unity in Christ by exploring Ephesians 4:1-6 and discover how to reflect on God's call for unity in the church. This one-session study is great for student ministry groups tha...

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Comforting Friends Who've Lost Loved Ones

By Adam Fischer

Many youth have experienced the death of a loved one and have friends who need their support while grieving. This one-session youth study explores the stages of grief, ways that people grieve, and how to comfort a friend who has lost a loved one. Thi...

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Consumerism
If I Had a Million Bucks I'd . . .

By Megan Pillow Davis

From a very early age, we are all taught to want and to spend, the two elements of the consumerism equation. Even very young children are enticed by a barrage of advertising whose main purpose is to encourage desire, to make them want something that ...

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Using Bible passages from John 19:25-27 and Ephesians 5:1-2, 21 and ■Ephesians 6:1-4, this study allows teens to talk about their relationship with their ■parents and explores American family values vs. Jesus' family values.

Dan in Real Life

By Lonna Chang-Ren Lee

Dan in Real Life is a well-made movie for teens to discuss because it portrays realistic, multi-generational, and messy family relationships between parents and children. We see the transformation of one man's life through his learning from these rel...

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Finding a balanced way to maintain relationships while forming new ones is an ■important developmental skill--one many of us spend our lives working to master.

The Dating Game
How to Survive the Roller Coaster

By Kate Ott

Dating relationships can be as different and diverse as the kids involved. Some may fade after a few days while an occasional few may last over a year. Regardless, teens spend a significant amount of time thinking about, planning for, and working thr...

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The Difference I Can Make

By Bruce Main

Dreams are a critical part of any young person's growth and development. Dreams can be a powerful force providing the fortitude to motivate young people to overcome tremendous obstacles or expand their potential gifts and talents.This one-session stu...

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What does the Bible say happens when Christians pray? How do we know if our ■prayers are heard? And how do we know if they are answered?

Does Prayer Change Anything?

By Sue Washburn

The goal for this study is to help teens understand the different theological perspectives of prayer.Christians agree that prayer changes things--somehow. But no one has the absolute answer about what actually happens when we pray. Even within the ch...

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Creationism, Intelligent Design, or Evolution? Must we choose between religion ■and science?

Does Science Conflict with Religion?

By Adam Fischer

This study is designed to help the participants explore their own understanding of science and its relationship to their faith. There are a number of strategies and activities presented in this guide to assist group members in expressing their belief...

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Enchanted

By Lisa Nichols Hickman

Who doesn't want to live in a world of enchantment? To give up gritty, everyday reality for a fairytale life of "happily ever after"? But perhaps the name of this movie, Enchanted, is a misnomer for the plot line of this story. It would be very easy ...

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Evan Almighty

By Lisa Nichols Hickman

Evan Almighty is a story about God's crazy call on Evan Baxter (based on the story of Noah) and the effects that call has on every aspect of Evan's life. Evan is asked to make an ark of gopher wood (Gen. 6:14). To respond to that call he finds he mus...

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"Everybody Hurts"

By Lisa Nichols Hickman

Everybody hurts. Frederick Buechner says that the theological task and one of the main developmental tasks of adolescence is to learn how to be good stewards of pain. This does not mean to endure needless suffering. His words are a call to learn how ...

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