Download or read book Discussion and Lesson Starters written by Youth Specialties, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 proven openers, questions, and activities that get students involved in your lessons! - A Primer on Leading Discussions . . . Starting a discussion, and keeping it going . . . The importance of confidentiality . . . Asking questions that get responses . . . And working with different personalities. - 35 Creative ways to start a discussion or lesson on any topic . . .Techniques general enough to fit just about any subject, but still quirky enough to attract adolescent attention. - Discussion & Lesson Starters, By Topic . . . What subject are you teaching this week? First, look up your subject -- apologetics, attitude, dating, disabilities, faith, family, the will of God . . . And more than 30 main topics, all arranged alphabetically. Then choose the opener that fits your purposes and your group. In fact, many of these openers are virtually complete lessons in themselves, with questions, activities, parables, object lessons -- all designed to draw opinions, thoughts, and feelings from your students. Whether you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Discussion & Lesson Starters is your storehouse of proven, youth-group tested ideas.

Download or read book Discussion lesson starters 2 for youth groups written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uncommon Object Lessons and Discussion Starters written by Jim Burns and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teens learn best when they talk with each other . . . not when you talk at them. A discussion in which youth discover truths for themselves, with youth leader guidance, is a powerful experience that will stay with them for a lifetime! Now leaders can give their group something to talk about with UNCOMMON Object Lessons and Discussion Starters, designed to get teens’ attention and get them involved in the conversation. Relevant, issue-oriented discussions will help youth actively live out their faith and will turn every group meeting into a dynamic, exciting event that kids look forward to attending week after week!

Download or read book WWJD Spiritual Challenge Journal written by Michael Yaconelli and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six complete youth meetings that tackle fear, temptation, self-identity, Christian behavior, and other issues Christian teens meet head-on every day--complete with bible studies, games, music, and other ideas for customizing the meetings. Youth journal has devotionals for 30 days.

Download or read book Get Em Talking written by Mike Yaconelli and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does your youth group suffer from the "silent complex"? Need help to get them talking about what's really important? Would you like to be a more effective discussion leader? Then look no further! Get 'Em Talking gives you 104 field-tested ideas that will get your kids talking about topics like . . . Rock Music - Dating - Serving God - Death - Friendship - Peer Pressure - Anger - Drugs and Alcohol - Gossip - Family - Parents - The Church - Values - Faith - Cheating - Jesus . . . and many more! Get 'Em Talking is the perfect resource for anyone who leads discussions. You'll glean the insights of two of the nation's most experienced youth professionals on what makes discussion groups tick, how to get a good discussion started, what to do when problems hit, and much more. Learn How to Effectively Use Discussion Techniques Like: - No-risk Discussions - Rug Discussions - "If" Surveys - Yarn-Sharing Experiences - Relay Discussions - Tape Talk - Groupers - Continuum Discussions -- Get 'Em Talking will quickly become an indispensable part of your youth ministry resource library. Whenever you need a great discussion-starting idea, just reach for Get 'Em Talking!

Download or read book More High School Talksheets Updated written by David Lynn and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start Discussions That Matter to Your High Schoolers About God. About themselves, their, beliefs, their questions, their lives.[Burst: More than a quarter-million copies sold in this series!]More High School TalkSheets—Updated! contains the same kind of provocative, compelling, discussion-starting questions that are hallmarks of the best-selling TalkSheets series—now updated for new-millennium high schoolers. Here are 50 more creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics:The FutureDeathPrioritiesAIDSHeaven & HellPremarital SexPrayerKnowing GodHomosexualityMaterialism & Consumerism. . . and 40 more subjects of perennial interest to teenagers.TalkSheets are convenient, effective one-page reproducible handouts with intriguing questions that will get churched kids and unchurched kids alike talking and thinking about the Bible—and how its principles affect their daily lives.Use TalkSheets to launch your own lesson—or use them as stand-alone Bible studies. Each TalkSheet comes with detailed information and suggestions for discussion leaders: Bible references galore, Internet resources, further group exploration, and activities to pursue during and after the meeting.More High School TalkSheets—Updated! is the perfect discussion-starting resource for youth meetings, small groups and cell groups, Sunday school, and camps and retreats.

Download or read book Drama Skits and Sketches 3 written by Youth Specialties, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you ate up the previous two best-selling volumes of Drama, Skits, & Sketches, you’re gonna really dig this next batch of 54 brand-new, youth group-tested thespian exercises! With the help of the scenarios in Drama, Skits, & Sketches 3, you can discuss important issues with pizzazz . . . present Bible stories with humor . . . and add serious significance to your lessons. Use them any way you’d like--whether as fun, informal, no-prep reader’s theater or as guides for seriously polished performances!SCRIPTURE SKETCHES Designed to supplement your Bible teaching--and add flesh and bones to already powerful Bible stories--your students will love acting out scenarios such as "Community Kitchen," "Recipe for a Quiet Time," and "As the Cookie Crumbles: The Search for Fig-nificance." (And we’ve provided an index that lists scripts according to Bible reference--quite the handy tool as you prepare specific lessons!)CONTEMPORARY SKETCHES These 21st-century skits will hit your kids where they live, using terms, imagery, and situations they’re intimately familiar with. Looking to beef up a topic for the evening--or even add some spice to announcements? Try on "Can O’ Blame," "Backward Lip Sync Contest," and "American Master" for size.TV TAKEOFFS These humorous sketches based on television programs are great for lively discussion starters or as openers at camps and conferences.TIMES OF CRISIS Here are scripts that deal with tough issues and tough times. And while many discuss crisis in a lighthearted manner, their themes will grab your students’ attention and prepare them for some excellent dialog.MONOLOGS Time for one kid in your group to shine! These scripts require little or no costumes or props, but they can be as powerful as an ensemble cast’s three-act play!Plenty of skits and sketches here--serious, spiritual, educational, and humorous--to keep your group learning and having fun for months. Drama, Skits, & Sketches 3 is perfect for youth leaders, camp counselors, Sunday school teachers, and recreation directors!

Download or read book The Big Book of Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Children and Teens written by Lindsey Joiner and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For difficult or challenging children and teenagers in therapeutic or school settings, creative activities can be an excellent way of increasing enjoyment and boosting motivation, making the sessions more rewarding and successful for everyone involved. This resource provides over one hundred tried-and-tested fun and imaginative therapeutic activities and ideas to unleash the creativity of children and teenagers aged 5+. Employing a variety of expressive arts including art, music, stories, poetry and film, the activities are designed to teach social skills development, anger control strategies, conflict resolution and thinking skills. Also included are character education activities and ideas for conducting therapeutic day camps, including sample schedules and handouts. The activities can be used in many different settings with all ages, are flexible, and can be adapted for use with individuals or groups. Brimming with imaginative ideas, this resource will be invaluable to anyone working with children and teenagers, including school counselors, social workers, therapists, psychologists and teachers.

Download or read book Wild Truth Bible Lessons 2 written by Mark Oestreicher and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Bible characters . . . wild activities, games, discussion starters, and video ideas . . . wild truths for living. Put them all together, blend well, and you’ve got Wild Truth Bible Lessons 2--12 more dynamite lessons for junior high youth groups by Mark Oestreicher. Like its fun, creative predecessor, Wild Truth Bible Lessons, this book invites kids to discover the adventure of faith through the events and responses of real Bible people who did wild things for God. Based on another 12 personalities from the list of characters in Wild Truth Journal: 50 Life Lessons from the Scriptures, each lesson reaches back into history to help junior highers learn about Bible people and principles--and then reaches forward to challenge students to make better decisions, better friends, and better lives. 12 lessons.

Download or read book Junior High and Middle School Talksheets Psalms and Proverbs written by Rick Bundschuh and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These updated discussion starters based on the wisdom books of the Old Testament can stand alone or lead into a full-blown Bible study with help from the leaders� accompanying instructions. Includes Bible references, Internet resources, and other suggested further activities.

Download or read book Videos that Teach Two written by Doug Fields and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 75 more clips from recent movies you can use to illustrate topics you teach on all the time--with summaries of the movie and the clip, start-stop times, Scripture references for Bible study, and discussion-starting questions to provoke discussions on subjects that matter to today's adolescents.

Download or read book Help I m an Urban Youth Worker written by Ginger Sinsabaugh and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much needed source of information and Biblical solutions for dealing with the struggles and pitfalls of urban youth ministry--peer pressure, street violence, sexual activity, drug abuse, and more.

Download or read book Roaring Lambs written by and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do 16-year-olds live out their Christian faith in class? Flipping burgers? In youth group? By being roaring lambs, that's how. Roaring lambs? They're Christians--your high school students--who leave the Christian ghetto and take the salt of the gospel with them into mainstream culture. This six-session curriculum shows students how to decompartmentalize their faith--to intentionally bring their faith out of the youth room and let it saturate all aspects of their lives--schools, jobs, friends, romance, home, and more--to be a Christ-follower, rather than merely do Christ-things. With topics like this: Bleeding Hearts in Bleating Sheep. Unless your love of God is transformed into outward behavior, you're only a bleating sheep instead of a roaring lamb. Welcome to the Ghetto. Are you in a Christian-programmed culture--a Christian ghetto? Then tear down the walls so you can see the world and the world can see you. Welcome to the World. You're not in Kansas anymore. Here's the difference between being in the world and being of the world. The Salt of the Earth. In praise of a high-sodium diet. You're the flavoring and preservative of the world! Careers 101. Will the real Christians please stand up? Pastors and missionaries are not the only ones who serve God. The curriculum includes a music CD (produced by Squint Entertainment) of all-new songs from top CCM artists, including Jars of Clay . . . Sixpence None the Richer . . . Burlap to Cashmere . . . Delirious . . . Ashley Cleveland . . . Steven Curtis Chapman . . . Michael W. Smith . . . Ladysmith Black Mambazo . . . Over the Rhine . . . and more. For youth workers, Sunday school teachers, small-group leaders, camp counselors, DREs, pastors--anyone who wants to help teenage Christians take their faith out of the youth room and into the world. And become roaring lambs. Inspired by the Bob Briner best-seller Roaring Lambs

Download or read book Crowd Breakers and Mixers 2 written by Youth Specialties and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest volume in the best-selling Ideas Library is Crowd Breakers and Mixers 2--a collection of over 200 of the newest, most creative, youth-group-tested crowd breakers and mixers ever imagined!

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1977 with total page 1624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks written by Wayne Rice and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your search for lively illustrations to spice up your youth talks is over. Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks is here! Veteran youth worker and nationally known speaker Wayne Rice has carefully selected and crafted 100 of the best stories, parables, and anecdotes available anywhere. Rice has collected these illustrations form his own files and from files of some of youth ministry's best speakers -- Mike Yaconelli -- Tony Campolo -- Dewey Bertolini -- Chap Clark -- Les Christie -- Ray Johnston -- Len Kageler -- Rick Bundschuh --- and many more! These stories (all indexed by topic) cover a lot of youth ministry ground -- some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and all of them will make you think. And they all work with teenagers. They're just the thing to give your youth talks that extra spark you're looking for. You'll love what Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks will do for your youth talks. And your kids will love you for it!

Download or read book Help I m a Volunteer Youth Worker written by Doug Fields and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1993-01-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to assist the new youth worker on working with teenagers, as well as ideas for the professional youth worker to better reach young people.