Archive | TALK SERIES

21 August 2010 ~ 2 Comments

JUST ONE

JUST ONE

graphic adapted from a creative commons photo via eflon Purpose Students at the end of this series will have a greater understanding of what it looks like to love people well and to live a life of missional intention with their family, friends, and acquaintances. Week 1 – One Problem Problem – Moralism is a poison. [...]

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14 May 2010 ~ 2 Comments

STUFF YOU CAN’T HAVE

STUFF YOU CAN’T HAVE

Purpose: This series of talks will help students navigate the realities of trying to live a life based on a sense of entitlement. Note: The idea behind the construction theme was to sell a key phrase… “hauled away.” You can also do walk on skits with construction workers. Week 1: You Can’t Have Your Cake [...]

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23 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

SUPERHERO

SUPERHERO

This talk is best suited for tweens and middle school aged students. High school students would be tempted to find this lense as childish. Determine yourself what your group can absorb and enjoy. Purpose: This series will help students absorb a spiritual definition of what strength, justice, and heart is according to passages and stories [...]

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10 April 2010 ~ 3 Comments

WORTHLESS

WORTHLESS

Purpose Students at the end of this series will have come to know God as very much aware of who they are, loving, and very intentional about seeing them as wonderful and worthy. Week 1 – You were made by God. Problem: Students look for worth in a lot of outlets. When those outlets fail [...]

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05 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

DESTINATION & WHAT IF…

DESTINATION & WHAT IF…

I have two different graphics for the same teaching content. Looking at the “what if” graphic I realized it was a little dark. My intent was to play on the light at the end of the tunnel assumption. The “destination” graphic gives you some energy to talk about journey and life. Purpose At the end [...]

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03 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

POISON

POISON

Purpose At the end of this series students will have taken inventory of things that have the ability to hurt their relationship with other people, their potential future, and ultimately their pursuit of Christ. Week 1 – What’s in it for me? Problem: Jesus teaches us to love others and pursue them with his message [...]

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31 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

FOLLOW ME

FOLLOW ME

Purpose At the end of this series of talks students will have wrestled with being honest about their faith and what they follow. After honest introspection they will be given an opportunity to “reset” their direction and take different steps toward Christ. Week 1 – Who do you follow? Problem: Most people follow themselves or [...]

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31 March 2010 ~ 7 Comments

HOW DO I PREPARE A TALK?

HOW DO I PREPARE A TALK?

It’s tempting to think that doing a talk for students would be like a game of golf. If you’re lining up in the same stand, swinging at it with the same technique, and paying attention to the mechanics that at some point it would get easier… right? It doesn’t. Like golf it can get very [...]

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