Description
Get Your Students Talking About the Bible And God. And themselves, their beliefs, their questions, their lives. About the things that matter to them.
Do it conveniently and effectively with Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated!, part of the best-selling discussion-starting TalkSheets series from Youth Specialties, now updated for new-millennium students. Here are 50 creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics:
Media Influences--TV, Music, Advertising
Substance Abuse and Peer Pressure
Parents
Self-Image and Physical Appearance
Jesus
Friendships
Prayer and Worship
Trusting God and Dealing with Doubt
. . . and 40 more subjects of perennial interest to teenagers.
TalkSheets are one-page reproducible handouts with provocative questions in a compelling design that will get churched 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.
Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated! is the perfect discussion-starting resource for youth meetings, small groups and cell groups, Sunday school, and camps and retreats. More than a quarter million copies sold in this series!
CONTENTS
The hows and whats of TalkSheets... Feeling Small [feelings of inferiority]... Hangin' [free time]... Great Expectations [preparing for adolescence]... Gotta Get to School [school]... Am I Normal? [growing up]... www.yourfamily.com [family life]... Music to My Eyes [music videos]... Drink, Drank, Drunk [alcohol]... Wanting It All [materialism]... God Talk [prayer]... Channel Surfin' [television]... People Pleaser [peer pressure]... So Nobody's Perfect [sin]... Do-something@world.net [Christian social action]... What's It All About? [basic Christianity]... Wise Up [wisdom]... One is the Loneliest Number [loneliness]... Show Me Love [Christian love]... www.popmusic.today [popular music]... Got the Look? [physical appearance]... So, What's the Difference? [hypocrisy]... The Devil Made Me Do It [temptation]... God in a Bod [Jesus Christ]... Eyes on the Stars [heroes]... What, Me Worry? [worry]... You Make Me So Mad [anger]... PG (Parental Guidance) [parents]... Hunger Hurts [world hunger]... Liar, Liar [honesty]... Problems Plus [adolescent problems]... Youth Group Scoop [youth group evaluation]... So Who You Lookin' At? [self-image and self-esteem]... Go for It! [success]... Can You Buy That? [advertising]... I Wonder [doubt]... Oh, God! [God]... Just Trust Me [trust]... This Means War! [war]... Big Mouth [taming the tongue]... I Ain't Got Nobody [friendship]... Livin' It Up [having fun]... The Big Book [the Bible]... The Choice Is Yours [decision-making]... Looking Up [worship]... The Sunday Situation [church]... To Do or Not to Do [values and behavior]... Got Spirit? [Holy Spirit]... Stressed Out [stress]... User [doing drugs]... Jesus Giveaway [sharing Christ with others]...
Do it conveniently and effectively with Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated!, part of the best-selling discussion-starting TalkSheets series from Youth Specialties, now updated for new-millennium students. Here are 50 creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics:
Media Influences--TV, Music, Advertising
Substance Abuse and Peer Pressure
Parents
Self-Image and Physical Appearance
Jesus
Friendships
Prayer and Worship
Trusting God and Dealing with Doubt
. . . and 40 more subjects of perennial interest to teenagers.
TalkSheets are one-page reproducible handouts with provocative questions in a compelling design that will get churched 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.
Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated! is the perfect discussion-starting resource for youth meetings, small groups and cell groups, Sunday school, and camps and retreats. More than a quarter million copies sold in this series!
CONTENTS
The hows and whats of TalkSheets... Feeling Small [feelings of inferiority]... Hangin' [free time]... Great Expectations [preparing for adolescence]... Gotta Get to School [school]... Am I Normal? [growing up]... www.yourfamily.com [family life]... Music to My Eyes [music videos]... Drink, Drank, Drunk [alcohol]... Wanting It All [materialism]... God Talk [prayer]... Channel Surfin' [television]... People Pleaser [peer pressure]... So Nobody's Perfect [sin]... Do-something@world.net [Christian social action]... What's It All About? [basic Christianity]... Wise Up [wisdom]... One is the Loneliest Number [loneliness]... Show Me Love [Christian love]... www.popmusic.today [popular music]... Got the Look? [physical appearance]... So, What's the Difference? [hypocrisy]... The Devil Made Me Do It [temptation]... God in a Bod [Jesus Christ]... Eyes on the Stars [heroes]... What, Me Worry? [worry]... You Make Me So Mad [anger]... PG (Parental Guidance) [parents]... Hunger Hurts [world hunger]... Liar, Liar [honesty]... Problems Plus [adolescent problems]... Youth Group Scoop [youth group evaluation]... So Who You Lookin' At? [self-image and self-esteem]... Go for It! [success]... Can You Buy That? [advertising]... I Wonder [doubt]... Oh, God! [God]... Just Trust Me [trust]... This Means War! [war]... Big Mouth [taming the tongue]... I Ain't Got Nobody [friendship]... Livin' It Up [having fun]... The Big Book [the Bible]... The Choice Is Yours [decision-making]... Looking Up [worship]... The Sunday Situation [church]... To Do or Not to Do [values and behavior]... Got Spirit? [Holy Spirit]... Stressed Out [stress]... User [doing drugs]... Jesus Giveaway [sharing Christ with others]...
