GRADES 9-12 | How Did Jesus Spell Relationship? L-O-V-E We’ve wrapped up our series focusing on the theme “Friends and Family.” Through studying various Scripture passages, students have been learning about their life-giving relationships with other people and with God. In this third lesson, we read John 13:34-35 and discovered the new commandment Jesus gave his disciples right before he died on the cross. This was a simple commandment: to love each other the way Jesus had loved them. This week, I encourage you to spend a few minutes talking with your teenager about our lesson. Consider building your conversation around these questions:
GRADES 6-8 | God’s Plan to Make Things Right Again We’ve wrapped up our series focused on the book of Genesis. Starting at the beginning of the Bible allows us to see how God intended things to be, what went wrong, and how God launched a plan to make things right.
In our final week together, we discussed God’s plan to make things right in this world. When God created the world in Genesis 1, he described it as “good,” even “very good.” That perfection was tarnished when the serpent convinced Adam and Eve to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit. Sin entered the world, and Adam and Eve were forced from the perfect garden. The world was broken—but God graciously provided a solution through Jesus. This week, I encourage you to spend a few minutes talking with your teenager about our lesson. Here are some questions you might want to ask:
Grades 9-12 // In the Beginning, God Created Relationships
We’ve begun a new series focusing on the theme “Friends and Family.” For the next three weeks, students will study different passages of Scripture to discover the powerful, life-giving exchange that happens in relationship with God and with people he’s given to us to share life with. In this first lesson, we looked at Genesis 2:4-25 and Genesis 3:1-11, where God is in relationship with Adam and Eve. Through his perfect love, God gave the first couple everything they needed. Even when they disobeyed his command not to eat the fruit of one tree, God pursued them and brought them out of hiding. God desires to engage in authentic relationship with us, as well, and he wants to be at the center of our relationships with others. God’s perfect love provides all we need, and together we can trust him. This week, I encourage you to spend a few minutes talking with your teenager about our lesson. Consider building your conversation around these questions:
Grades 6-8 // How Things All Got Started We’ve launched a new series focused on the book of Genesis. Starting at the beginning of the Bible allows us to see how God intended things to be, what went wrong, and how God launched a plan to make things right. This first lesson focused on Genesis 1, where we immediately encounter God’s creative nature and see that at the start, God’s creation was good. And while Jesus isn’t mentioned by name, we know from such passages as John 1 that he was there from the beginning and desires to restore us to the relationship that God created us to have with him. This week, I encourage you to spend a few minutes talking with your teenager about our lesson. Consider building your conversation around these questions:
Thank you for all your prayers for our students and our ministry. Have an amazing week!!! Dear parents,
This week we wrapped up our back-to-school series, which has highlighted some of the ways that a new school year brings great opportunities. In our final conversation, we discussed some of the challenges, setbacks, and stormy waters our teenagers may face—which create a different sort of opportunity! Specifically, we discussed that although Jesus never promised us a life without storms, he will guide us and walk with us during those difficult moments, if we invite him to do so. We encouraged our teenagers to decide ahead of time, here at the beginning of the new school year, that no matter what storms they encounter, they’ll hold steady and not give up on their commitments to follow God’s ways and make a mark this year. Spend a few minutes talking with your teenager this week to talk about the things we discussed. Here are a few questions you could ask:
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