Archive | TOPICAL TALKS

17 May 2011 ~ 0 Comments

FINISH – TALK

FINISH – TALK

TALK PURPOSE Help students think through the long term position of following Christ, dying to self, and looking for God in the mundane. PROBLEM Students often hear about the idea that you should finish what you start and seek for God in their life continually while at the same time they are often confronted with constant [...]

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22 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

PERSEVERANCE TALK

PERSEVERANCE TALK

This video showed up in my reader via 22words.com. I think this talk would work well with campaigners for Wyldlife, junior high, or 4-5th grade. Talk Purpose Middle school students, or 4-5th grade group, will leave understanding God’s purpose for trials, testing, and difficult situations. Problem We live in an age of comfort and convenience. We’re often [...]

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04 January 2011 ~ 2 Comments

BEHIND THE SIGN

BEHIND THE SIGN

Talk Purpose: This talk will help students think compassionately about the homeless and give them a vision for what it looks like to see potential in everyone regardless of their situation. Problem: Society views people of poverty and the homeless as useless individuals who are lazy and unable to contribute. Point: Jesus often had compassion [...]

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19 December 2010 ~ 1 Comment

COMMUNION TALK

COMMUNION TALK

Talk Purpose: This talk will help students process the depth of Christ’s sacrifice and the significance of his last meal with the disciples. Problem: We often participate in the Lord’s supper as an event. We’re tempted to miss it’s importance and the message it conveys. Point: This would be Jesus final meal with his good friends. As [...]

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10 December 2010 ~ 5 Comments

BIRTH OF CHRIST TALK

BIRTH OF CHRIST TALK

Talk Purpose Students will leave this talk with a deeper understanding of what it meant for Christ to “come to us” in our world and how our faith is shaped by pursuing him in the same way that he pursued us. Problem: The birth of Christ and what Jesus did when he came to “our [...]

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30 November 2010 ~ 0 Comments

FAITH AND RISK TALK

FAITH AND RISK TALK

Talk Purpose Students will have a chance to dream about God’s next step for them and find confidence to take the risk in following him. Problem: We all have a tendency to quit if we don’t succeed on the first try. If it gets hard we give up if we just can’t figure it out. [...]

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30 November 2010 ~ 3 Comments

GREED TALK

GREED TALK

Talk Purpose Students will come to understand the fruition of unchecked greed in their life as painful and all consuming. Problem: Greed consumes our society and our desire to be comfortable and selfish. Living a life of greed is never sustainable and changes us from who we are to what we are after. Point: Christ [...]

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20 November 2010 ~ 0 Comments

THE NINE

THE NINE

I just thought I would throw out a talk outline for Thanksgiving for you to use in either your youth group or maybe even campaigners. If you meet where there is projection and you like the title slide you’re free to use it. Maybe this will help you out during the season. Enjoy. Purpose This [...]

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