Take your teens into a solid understanding about the New Testament and important truths it teaches! Twelve sessions in two 6-session units: The Kingdom is Near, The Kingdom is Growing; each Bible lesson features a New Testament person who helps them learn how they can be full members in God's Kingdom, too! • Highlights from the Gospels and Acts • Focuses on faith, surrender and the power of the Holy Spirit • Downloadable easy-print pages for younger teens for each session • Help kids find their identity, purpose and power in Christ

Through the Old Testament, we find out why God made us and the world. But many youth leaders aren't sure how to introduce these stories to their junior high students. The Old Testament, which begins with the story of Adam and Eve, can help leaders introduce tweens to our common history and purpose. They'll examine how God created the world, how the first family est established and how sin entered the world. As they journey forward in time, they'll learn about worship's beginnings in the era of Noah and about the adventure of faith begin with Abraham and many other biblical figures: Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Josiah, Daniel and Esther. Plus, reproducible student handouts and additional lesson options are available for download.

Take your younger teens into Ephesians, where the apostle Paul reveals the secret to being strong in the Lord: spiritual armor! Help teens put on every piece of God’s armor, including the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the footreadiness that comes with knowing the gospel of peace. In the second half of The Armor of God Uncommon Junior High Group Study, students will learn how to use their offensive weapon—the sword of the Spirit, God’s Word. Twelve sessions of active and engaging Bible lessons will equip young Christians to stand strong in their faith and march forward in confidence!

You have challenged the teens in your group to dig into God’s Word and introduced them to key verses that will have a life-long impact. But do they know how those important passages fit into the big picture? With Uncommon: The New Testament, part of the Uncommon youth curriculum series created by veteran youth minister Jim Burns, you can help your students understand how the gospel spread and the Church began, and help them connect that history with their lives today! Twelve sessions of youth-friendly Bible study offer a comprehensive overview from the Gospels to Revelation and introduce the central themes of the New Testament: God’s unconditional love, God’s grace through Christ, becoming part of God’s family and being an agent of change. Plus, download reproducible student handouts and additional options for every session Every session is an interactive, in-depth study of God’s Word. Flexible format—youth Sunday School, midweek meetings, camps and retreats. Adjustable for groups of any size and age, junior high to high school. Created by Jim Burns, one of today’s authorities on youth.

Friends are so important to today's youth, and the good news is that friendship matters to God too! You can teach junior high kids how to have healthy relationships based on respect and acceptance, in ways that make sense for their lives. Becoming a stand-strong, clear-headed teen who is fearless of making healthy, positive choices - even if it means going against the flow - is a challenge.. and that's an understatement! Especially for tweens and younger teens, swimming against the tide of peer pressure can be stressful and confusing. Now, with Friends and Peer Pressure, part of the Uncommon junior high study series created by youth-ministry expert Kara Powell, you can help kids in your group deal with the everyday pressures that come with the territory of growing up. Twelve sessions of activities and exercises will get teens thinking about how to let God reign in their friendships and how to lead rather than follow. Plus, downloadable student handouts and additional options are available for every session.

Help junior high students start growing their faith into something vital, transformational and mature—a faith that trusts God in every circumstance! Listening to God Uncommon Junior High Group Study gvies you great Bible lessons that guide young teens in practical ways they can deepen their relationships with God through Bible study, prayer, and obedience to God. Twelve flexible sessions broken into two units: Seeking God's Voice (in His Word, guidance, prayer, more) and Obeying God's Voice (for salvation, for power, in waiting, more). Plenty of fun, hands-on activities, adaptable for any size group, kids will engage with God's Word through their bodies, minds and hearts!

Life is crazy in junior high or middle school—pressures of physical and emotional changes, teachers, friendships and "fitting in" adon’t seem to ever let up. Dealing with Pressure and Change Uncommon Junior High Group Study gives you what you need to guide kids to walk through stressful situations and r emain connected to God through ups and downs. 12 flexible Bible lessons that adapt to groups of any size to help younger teens discover God walks beside them no matter their situation or stress level. The high-octane activities will help them engage biblical truth with their hearts, minds and bodies, too!

Growing up can be difficult for tweens and parents. Emotions can run hot and cold, and if families aren’t strengthened along the way, they may not be able to handle the extremes. Now youth leaders can help the young teens in their group deal with their wildly fluctuating feelings and relate positively to their parents and siblings. Activities and exercises get teens thinking about how they can let God reign over their emotions and their families. Uncommon puts it all together for youth leaders.

Custom Curriculum allows you to address the issues that students face in today's world in a way that can be fully customized to be a perfect fit for your group.

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.