Freebies Archives - YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/freebie-library/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:18:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Youth Bible Study: Jesus Revealed In Scripture https://youthministry.com/youth-bible-study-jesus-revealed-in-scripture/ https://youthministry.com/youth-bible-study-jesus-revealed-in-scripture/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:00:50 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59760 Supplies for this Youth Bible Study
You’ll need a countdown timer (an app on your phone, a stopwatch, an egg timer, or something), a large flipchart or whiteboard for taking notes, colored markers or pens, and enough printed copies of Isaiah 53 for each student.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/youth-bible-study-jesus-revealed-in-scripture/feed/ 0 The Bible gives us a clear understanding of Jesus - his divine nature and human life. This Youth Bible Study calls us to read Scripture to know him.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/jenny-smith-421727-1-270x196.jpg270196 Youth Bible Study: Jesus Invites Us to Be Close https://youthministry.com/youth-bible-study-jesus-invites-us-close/ https://youthministry.com/youth-bible-study-jesus-invites-us-close/#respond Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:00:53 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59728 Supplies for this Youth Bible Study
You’ll need Bibles, sheets of paper, pens, fun snacks, and your favorite music for after the study.
For this youth Bible study, have students each find a partner, then stand facing their partner far away from each other.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/youth-bible-study-jesus-invites-us-close/feed/ 0 Jesus intentionally invites people to come to know him personally and intimately. This youth Bible Study will introduce them to the personal call of Jesus.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/brandon-zack-422844-270x196.jpg270196 Youth Group Activities: Serving and Thanksgiving https://youthministry.com/youth-group-activities-serving-thanksgiving/ https://youthministry.com/youth-group-activities-serving-thanksgiving/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:07:59 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59794 These youth group activities provide ideas for service during the Thanksgiving season and a fun way for your group to gather the food for a Thanksgiving meal.
Youth Group Activities: Serving and Thanksgiving
In Matthew 10:8 Jesus said, “Freely you have received; freely give.”…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/youth-group-activities-serving-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 The Thanksgiving holiday provides excellent opportunities to teach service with gratitude. These activities give you helpful ideas for thankful service.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/simon-maage-351417-270x196.jpg270196 Dangerously Personal https://youthministry.com/dangerously-personal/ https://youthministry.com/dangerously-personal/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:28:33 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=61550 Discipleship that doesn’t trigger a visceral physical reaction or evoke emotion in young people won’t get past their starting gate. Current research is proving that unless we somehow get access to the brain’s emotional center, triggering the area responsible for the decisions young people make, all we’re really doing is dispensing data that’s quickly filed away in the brain’s warehouse, where it gathers dust.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/dangerously-personal/feed/ 0 From ‘Shoulding’ to ‘Coulding’ the Bible https://youthministry.com/from-shoulding-to-coulding-the-bible/ https://youthministry.com/from-shoulding-to-coulding-the-bible/#respond Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:26:21 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61436 As a teenager active in my church, I knew I “should” read the Bible. My youth workers often referenced their “morning quiet time”—I imagined them sitting in an overstuffed chair bathed in soft lighting, sipping fancy coffee, dissecting the original Greek meaning of “the” and “is.”…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/from-shoulding-to-coulding-the-bible/feed/ 0 As a teenager active in my church, I knew I “should” read the Bible. My youth workers often referenced their morning quiet time—meanwhile, I didn't know Matthew from Habbakuk.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/should-to-could-270x196.jpg270196 (Podcast) Eugene Peterson Revisited https://youthministry.com/eugene-peterson-revisited/ https://youthministry.com/eugene-peterson-revisited/#respond Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:48:00 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61469 “One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.” – Eugene Peterson
Join Rick as he pays tribute to Eugene Peterson by revisiting an interview with the beloved pastor and author from our first season.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/eugene-peterson-revisited/feed/ 0 Join Rick as he pays tribute to Eugene Peterson by revisiting an interview with the beloved pastor and author from our first season.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/Season-3-Ep-44-YM.com-Image-270x196.jpg270196 (Podcast) The Post-Testament Life https://youthministry.com/post_testament_life/ https://youthministry.com/post_testament_life/#respond Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:36:54 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61458 At the end of a novel, it’s helpful to see how a character’s past impacts their present. Moments of narrative foreshadowing are revealed and the ending hopefully makes sense.
Is it the same with your own personal story? What does it take to slow down and see the narrative foreshadowing Jesus is using to make you who you are and will become?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/post_testament_life/feed/ 0 “They got more than me.”“Why do they get to and I don’t?”“That’s not fair.”These are phrases we’ve all used when comparing ourselves to siblings or friends, but if we’re honest, could they also describe our attitude toward Jesus when things don’t seem equal?https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/Season-3-Ep-42-YM-Image-270x196.jpg270196 (Podcast) Fight Club, Jesus Style https://youthministry.com/fight_club_jesus_style/ https://youthministry.com/fight_club_jesus_style/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:28:00 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61437 Fight Club (the 1999 cult classic film) tells the story of two bored men searching for meaning and identity, and finding it in underground bare-knuckle brawls.
The film is brutal, violent, and sorta/kinda serves as a metaphor for the life Jesus calls us into.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/fight_club_jesus_style/feed/ 0 “They got more than me.”“Why do they get to and I don’t?”“That’s not fair.”These are phrases we’ve all used when comparing ourselves to siblings or friends, but if we’re honest, could they also describe our attitude toward Jesus when things don’t seem equal?https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/PRATJ-Season-3-Ep-42-YM-Image-270x196.jpg270196 (Podcast) The Comparison Addiction https://youthministry.com/the_comparison_addiction/ https://youthministry.com/the_comparison_addiction/#respond Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:33:37 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61425 “They got more than me.”
“Why do they get to and I don’t?”
“That’s not fair.”
These are phrases we’ve all used when comparing ourselves to siblings or friends, but if we’re honest, could they also describe our attitude toward Jesus when things don’t seem equal?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/the_comparison_addiction/feed/ 0 “They got more than me.”“Why do they get to and I don’t?”“That’s not fair.”These are phrases we’ve all used when comparing ourselves to siblings or friends, but if we’re honest, could they also describe our attitude toward Jesus when things don’t seem equal?https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/Season-3-Episode-41-YM.com_-270x196.jpg270196 (Podcast) Undressed by Jesus https://youthministry.com/undressed_by_jesus/ https://youthministry.com/undressed_by_jesus/#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:54:57 +0000 https://youthministry.com/?p=61416 Redemption is mostly seen in a positive light, especially when talked about in the context of a relationship with Jesus. But when you slow down to look at the cost, the weight, and pain that comes with the process, does redemption turn into something that’s downright terrible?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/undressed_by_jesus/feed/ 0 Redemption is mostly seen in a positive light, especially when talked about in the context of a relationship with Jesus. But when you slow down to look at the cost, the weight, and pain that comes with the process, does redemption turn into something that’s downright terrible?https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/Season-3-Ep-40-YM-Image-270x196.jpg270196