The New Me
Designed as an evangelistic series at the close of the year, this sermon explores the new life we have in Christ, in contrast to the old life we possessed in sin.
Dependent
This three-week series covers three different psalms expressing thankfulness, gratitude, and a postured heart toward God and his faithful actions toward his people. A thankful heart is always a dependent heart. How do we continue to thank God in the midst of dry seasons?
The Championship
This four-week series uses competitive games to introduce and explore the topic of Christian unity. By flipping our understanding of these games, we can explore the different ways that competition, pride, and our desire for other people’s approval can get in the way of unity. When we see the real value of unity—how it glorifies…
Sharing Faith
This five-week series explains how we should talk to people who don’t believe in Jesus. It encourages kids to stand firm in their convictions while also engaging both with people outside the church and people inside the church who need repentance. When trying to persuade others, we should be motivated by Christ’s love, expect hostility,…
Easter Sunday
This one-week series for Easter shows how Jesus’s death and resurrection served as the “firstfruits” of hope and life for our world. One day, God’s plan of new life will come true forever; while we wait for that exciting day, we get to bring God’s life and goodness to the world in big and small…
DNA
This four-week children’s teaching series addresses our DNA in Christ. Our Christ-centered DNA describes the center of who we are as a group. Everything we do, from the way we live our lives to the way we act in church all come from our DNA. With God’s help, we can help others know Christ’s love…
Hidden Figures
This six-week series explores the stories of six women in Jesus’s genealogy and life, revealing the various ways they have been misunderstood or marginalized. Through these stories, we witness the way the biblical narrative was uniquely communicated through their lives and are reminded to listen and learn from other perspectives. Where the culture may have…
The Old You
Designed as an evangelistic series at the close of the year, this sermon explores the new life we have in Christ, in contrast to the old life we possessed in sin.
Letters To Leaders
This eight-week study of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus explores key principles in Christian leadership, keeping in mind that all Christians are called to be leaders in their various spheres of life. Through the power of Jesus, how might we better lead others to God?
Coin: Faithfulness In The Small Things
This three-week series addresses giving, possessions, and money based on Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 6:19–34. Each week encourages teens to seek a single-minded focus on Christ, instead of allowing material things or wealth to define their values and goals. This series will prepare students with biblical attitudes and beliefs about money, before they face a…
How To Read The Bible
This seven-week series focuses on how God reveals his will and desires for people through each specific section of the Bible. Each genre—including the Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Literature, the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles, and Apocalyptic Literature—provides a unique and special way God has communicated throughout history and helps us understand the Bible as…
The Moral of the Story
Jesus was a master storyteller. He found a way to take objects, customs, and practices that people understood, and use them to illustrate the nature of God, salvation, and obedience. We live in an age dominated by stories. Even more than most, teenagers are captivated by stories. This five-week sermon series guide for students looks…
Guest Speaker
Use this bundle to announce a guest speaker in your children’s service.
Behind the Scenes
A lot of Bible stories focus on guys. In this special series, we stop to remember Jesus cares about girls too! And he cares about people who aren’t necessarily popular or looked at as important. This six-week series tells the stories of six women in Jesus’s family tree and life who struggled a lot or…
Aftermath
This four-week series is designed to follow up the spiritual “high” of a big event like camp. How can students continue to grow as Christians in the aftermath of these mountaintop experiences? In “Aftermath,” participation in Christian community, the Bible, prayer, and holiness are explored as foundations to a healthy Christian life. This series is…
Binge-Reading the Bible
This seven-week series focuses on how God reveals his will and desires for humankind through each specific section of the Bible. Each genre, including the Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Literature, the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles, and Apocalyptic Literature, provides a unique and special way God has communicated throughout history and helps us understand the…
After God’s Heart
This three-week series explores what it means to appreciate God’s goodness. Rather than living for ourselves, seeking after God’s heart helps protect us from living a life of selfishness and pride while empowering us to see the beauty in what God brings to us. When we offer thankfulness to God for his work in our…
Streak: Routines That Matter
This one-week series examines what the story of Daniel says about the importance of spiritual disciples and worship. Designed to be used at the beginning of the year, “Streak” will encourage your students to create routines that matter. On social media, a “streak” is when users are active for days in a row. Will we…
Resurrection Sunday: Flesh and Bone
Intended as a stand-alone sermon for Resurrection Sunday, this guide looks at John’s account of Jesus’s appearance to the disciples after his resurrection. Jesus’s resurrection wasn’t simply spiritual or metaphorical; he rose in flesh and bone. This reality gives us hope that we, too, will rise again after death if we believe that Jesus is…
Fresh
This four-week series dives headfirst into an issue that many young Christians struggle with: the image problem of the church. Even teenagers who love their church will find themselves struggling to explain to their friends outside of church what their congregation does and why it’s different from the negative stereotypes people may have. This series…
Christmas Carols
Kids love to sing! This four-week series provides an opportunity to think about the rich words of hope, lament, joy, and devotion in holiday songs. Christmas is a time to sing what we believe. Each week features a passage of Scripture, as well as a well-known Christmas carol that illustrates the true message of the…
The Letdown: When People Disappoint You
This four-week series deals with the disappointments we face in a broken world full of broken people. Using different passages from the book of Psalms, this series wrestles with issues like personal expectations, relational disappointment, waiting on God, singleness, marriage, abusive relationships, boundaries, and forgiveness. The anthem throughout each week is that even though life…
DNA
This four-week series addresses our DNA in Christ. Our Christ-centered DNA describes the center of who we are as a church. Our mission, values, vision, and strategy for ministry all come from our DNA. We will define this DNA in our love, truth, fellowship, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
Talking Faith
For most students, talking about God is difficult, even scary. This four-week series discusses how Christians can share their faith in a genuine, honest way, despite the fear they may feel. By loving others, understanding persecution, giving a reason for hope, and dialoguing with nonbelievers, we can discover new opportunities to share our faith in…
Crushed: When People Disappoint You
This four-week series examines the disappointments youth face in a broken world full of broken people. Using different Psalms, this series deals with expectations, disappointment, trusting God with our desires, abusive relationships, boundaries, and forgiveness. Throughout these different issues, the theme is the same: we can trust that God wants what is best for us,…
ReBrand: Refocusing Our Mission and Purpose
This four-week series addresses one of the most pressing issues for many Christians today: the image problem of the church. Do we need to “rebrand” our ministry for a world that has increasingly negative perceptions of the Christian faith? Or, should our makeover be more than cosmetics? Could our image problem be a love problem?…
Matthew – Part Two
As a continuation of the study of Matthew, this second installment of the gospel covers the last half of the disciple’s book. This eight-week series guide answers the question “Who is Jesus?” Each week also invites listeners to recognize Jesus as God’s Son and to receive him as Lord of their lives. Check out “Matthew…
Masterpiece In Progress
This nine-week sermon series guide walks through the book of Ephesians, emphasizing God’s action at work in our lives both to restore us to himself and to restore our relationships with each other.
The Movies
This four-week children’s series is ideal for the summer blockbuster season. With so many big-budget movies hitting theaters this time of year, the children in your group can’t help but discuss each week’s latest theatrical release. Why? Because films move our imagination and capture our attention like good art does. The films in this guide…
New: Growing Fresh Faith
This four-week Children’s series addresses a big problem many people have with Christians: Why are there mean people in church? By looking at the books of 1 Corinthians and Acts, this series will help the kids in your group to learn to obey God rather than living selfishly. Rather than letting our faith grow stale,…
Serpents and Doves
This five-week series addresses what the Bible says to Christians who want to stand firm in their convictions and engage both with people outside the church and people inside the church who are in need of repentance. When trying to persuade others, we should be motivated by Christ’s love, expect hostility, act with gentleness and…
DNA
This four-week series addresses our DNA in Christ. Our Christ-centered DNA describes the center of who we are as a church. Our mission, values, vision, and strategy for ministry all come from our DNA. We will define this DNA in our love, truth, fellowship, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
The Content Life
This three-week series explores what it means to appreciate God’s goodness. Gratitude helps protect us from living a life of selfishness, gluttony, or pride while enabling us to see the beauty in what God brings to us. When we offer thankfulness to God for his work in our lives, it allows us to better find…
Family Meeting
Invite your church to gather, evaluate, and reflect as a congregation and as a family. There is no sermon guide included in this bundle.
Uncertain: Answering the Questions of Christianity
This four-week series addresses some of the most common, pressing questions teens have about their faith, the Bible, and the way Christians should live. Sometimes teens in the church are afraid to ask the questions that they have, or they don’t know where to look to find them. This series will not only offer some…
Letdown
This four-week series deals with the disappointments many children face in a broken world full of broken people. Using different passages from the book of Psalms, this series deals with expectations, disappointment, waiting on God, and forgiveness. The anthem throughout each week is that our hope is fixed on God and his faithfulness.
