2019 Resources
January
The Body of Jonah
(4 Lessons)
Kyle Caudle
Description: You’ve heard the story about Jonah and the whale, but what about the rest of the story? The “Body of the Book of Jonah” is a 4-lesson series on the book of Jonah. Each lesson is designed to help students encounter God’s mercy and compassion by looking at the structure of this quirky biblical story. Students will explore themes of God’s call, prayer, grace, and how to see others as God does.
Lessons:
Hearing God’s Call
Calling Out to God
Getting a Second Chance
Surprise Endings
Cost: $12
February
The Body of Scripture 1
(20 Scriptures)
Andrew Noe
Description: These resources will contain 20 scriptures each. Each one designed to help students in a more engaging way to read a specific scripture passage.
Cost: Free
March
The Body of Christ, Given for You
(4 Lessons)
Ryan Wilson
Description: This 4-session study takes a closer at the Last Supper, the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples. This series will help students to gain a deeper understanding of communion as a Christian sacrament and worship element, and to explore three themes present in the story of Jesus’ last meal: betrayal, thanksgiving, and remembrance. Session one, “Communion 101”, provides an overview of the communion ritual – from its history and variety of
Lessons:
Communion 101
Feeling Betrayed
Giving Thanks
In Remembrance
Cost: $12
April
The Body of Christ at Work
(3 Lessons)
Lauren McDuffie
Description: This study will invite students to think about how the church interacts with and responds to justice issues by engaging with the work of several modern theologians and activists. By reading selections from the work of Walter Rauschenbusch, Howard Thurman, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in conversation with biblical references, the students will consider both the history of the movements in which these faith leaders participated and the contemporary implications for how we as people of faith can be the body of Christ working for justice in the world.
Lessons:
Blessed are They
Good News
Do Justice
Cost: $9
May
The Body of Poetry and Psalms
(8 Lessons)
Ben Brown
Description: From Shakespeare to pop music, poetry is all around us. The words, rhythms, and tunes of poetry and music help us to give meaning to the many reactions and feelings of the teenage experience. The Psalms are a musical anthology of the emotions, songs, and hymns of David and other writers. In this study, students will engage with the Psalter’s emotions and feelings, and youth will have opportunities to engage with their own joys, fears, anxieties, and blessings.
Cost: $24
June
The Body of Scripture 2
(20 Scriptures)
Andrew Noe
Description: These resources will contain 20 scriptures each. Each one designed to help students in a more engaging way to read a specific scripture passage.
Cost: Free
July
The Body of Baptist Beliefs
(4 Lessons)
Laura Edgar
Description: There are certain practices that most Baptists follow in our churches. We don’t always stop to consider the deeper meaning of these practices. In this study, we’ll dig into each aspect of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We’ll take a deeper look at the word many Baptists use to describe these practices: “ordinances” and how that idea stacks up against other denominations’ idea of “sacraments.” Finally, we’ll think about the role of scripture in our faith formation and congregational life.
Lessons:
Ordinances v. Sacraments
Baptism
The Lord’s Supper
Scripture
Cost: $12
August
Body of Resilient Faith
(5 lessons)
Brittani Bair
Description: While it is tempting to look for easy answers and perpetuate common myths regarding suffering, this study challenges the harmful assumptions that teens or adults can just get over the things that overwhelm them in life, and “bounce back” from any adversity through positive thinking. These five lessons to look through Scripture at people who survived tremendous suffering without losing their concept of God and offers an authentic path into the wilderness and tools for surviving it with faith and hope.
Lessons:
A Sign and a Promise
A New Covenant
Daring to Hope
Weeping and Comfort
To Die is Gain
Cost: $15
September
The Body of Scripture 3
(20 Scriptures)
Andrew Noe
Description: These resources will contain 20 scriptures each. Each one designed to help students in a more engaging way to read a specific scripture passage.
Cost: Free
October
The Body and Sensing Faith
(6 Lessons)
Kyle Caudle
Description: People encounter the world around them by using all their senses. Each sense gives us fuller understanding of the world around us. What would faith be like if we encountered God with all 5 senses? It would be a fuller, richer expression of faith. Though churches often emphasize sight and hearing, additional senses such as taste and feel can help us to further explore how our bodies are made to experience God’s fullness.
Lessons:
Using All 5 Senses to Encounter God
Sight
Sound
Feel
Aroma
Taste
Cost: $18
November
December
Welcome to Youth Ministry
(8-10 Items)
Ginny Tourville and Tidwell-Weinzierl
Description: A few items to get you started in youth ministry. We are still finalizing this resource. More concrete details in early 2019!
Items (8-10 total):
A Bible Study Series
A Baptism resource
A information sheet
A retreat
An outline/schedule/info for doing a Lock-In
Three letters of encouragement from Youth ministers who have been
doing this for over 15 years
Volunteer training/help/tips thing
Cost: $20