Type of Resource:

a good number of youth topic series

What ages can this work for:

Intermediate

What’s in it:

Leader Guides, studen guides, slides, artworks, videos.

How many sessions:

a good number of series.

What we like about this resource:

These are high quality free lessons.

What it costs:

Free!

Where can I get it:

https://open.life.church/categories/315-youth

How you could use this curriculum:

in a youth group, or small group study.

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Topics:

• Session One // Masterpiece
• Session Two // Worth
• Session Three // New Beginnings
• Session Four // Connection
• Session Five // Story
• Session Six // Guide
• Session Seven // Belong
• Session Eight // Journey

Type of Resource:

Video and discussion.

What ages can this work for:

11-14

What’s in it:

8 free episodes, (12-15 minutes long). Each episode includes discussion breaks for conversation.

It includes guides and supporting materials and training videoa.

How many sessions:

8

What we like about this resource:

NUA is all about exploration: it’s a film series that encourages questions, acknowledges doubt, and offers an engaging perspective on the Christian faith. Discuss your worldview and wrestle with the things that don’t seem to make sense—this film series is about the life-changing experience of working out your faith. This is a high quality product, and it is free!

What it costs:

Free!

Where can I get it:

https://nuafilmseries.org/nua-film-series-registration-form

Sample Curriculum: Episode 1

How Did We Get Here? | NUA Film Series | Episode One from SU Ireland Films on Vimeo.

How you could use this curriculum:

Use the NUA film series to help young people wrestle with the Christian Faith. Either use as a curriculum in your youth group, or organsiae a separate weekly NUA night.

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Topics:

• Session One // How Did We Get Here?
• Session Two // Jesus: Fact or Fiction?
• Session Three // What About The Resurrection?
• Session Four // What Was Jesus Really Like?
• Session Five // Why Do I Like Jesus, But Struggle With Christians?
• Session Six // How Can You Say That God Is Good?
• Session Seven // Has The Church Caused More Harm Than Good?
• Session Eight // What’s Jesus Got To Do With Me?

Type of Resource:

Video and discussion.

What ages can this work for:

15+

What’s in it:

8 free episodes, each around 20 minutes long. Each episode includes discussion breaks for conversation.

It includes guides and supporting materials and training videoa.

How many sessions:

8

What we like about this resource:

NUA is all about exploration: it’s a film series that encourages questions, acknowledges doubt, and offers an engaging perspective on the Christian faith. Discuss your worldview and wrestle with the things that don’t seem to make sense—this film series is about the life-changing experience of working out your faith. This is a high quality product, and it is free!

What it costs:

Free!

Where can I get it:

https://nuafilmseries.org/nua-film-series-registration-form

Sample Curriculum: Episode 1

How Did We Get Here? | NUA Film Series | Episode One from SU Ireland Films on Vimeo.

How you could use this curriculum:

Use the NUA film series to help young people wrestle with the Christian Faith. Either use as a curriculum in your youth group, or organsiae a separate weekly NUA night.

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Topics:

SESSION 1 Creation: The Beginning of Life as We Know It
SESSION 2 God Builds a Nation
SESSION 3 Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh
SESSION 4 Deliverance
SESSION 5 New Commands and a New Covenant
SESSION 6 Wandering
SESSION 7 The Battle Begins
SESSION 8 A Few Good Men . . . and Women
SESSION 9 The Faith of a Foreign Woman
SESSION 10 Standing Tall, Falling Hard
SESSION 11 From Shepherd to King
SESSION 12 The Trials of a King
SESSION 13 The King Who Had It All
SESSION 14 A Kingdom Torn in Two
SESSION 15 God’s Messengers
SESSION 16 The Beginning of the End (of the Kingdom of Israel). 136
SESSION 17 The Kingdoms’ Fall
SESSION 18 Daniel in Exile
SESSION 19 The Return Home
SESSION 20 The Queen of Beauty and Courage
SESSION 21 Rebuilding the Walls
SESSION 22 The Birth of the King
SESSION 23 Jesus’ Ministry Begins
SESSION 24 No Ordinary Man
SESSION 25 Jesus, the Son of God
SESSION 26 The Hour of Darkness
SESSION 27 The Resurrection
SESSION 28 New Beginnings
SESSION 29 Paul’s Mission
SESSION 30 Paul’s Final Days
SESSION 31 The End of Time

Type of Resource:

Video, discussion and book.

What ages can this work for:

12+ (but also have church wide options)

What’s in it:

31 videos, teachers guide, student handouts, and paperback story version of the Bible

How many sessions:

31

What we like about this resource:

This is a great resource for helping your young people learn the big story of the bible.

What it costs:

DVD is US$50
Each paper book is US$17

Where can I get it:

DVD 

Book

Sample Curriculum:

 https://www.thestory.com/sample-resources/youth-ministries/

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Topic:

Mental and Emotional Health

Type of Resource:

Online videos

What ages can this work for:

Aimed at Young Adults but would work for Year 12+or anyone who is suffering or supporting someone else through any mental health issues

What’s in it:

• Episode #1 – Beating Burnout (Burnout)
• Episode #2 – Fighting Fear (Anxiety)
• Episode #3 – Good Grief (Grief) Episode #4 –
• Defeating Depression (Depression)

How many sessions:

4

What we like about this resource:

This resource provides fantastic quirk, well researched insights into for very common mental health challenges that will lots of young people and adults face. It does a great job of integrating modern psychology and counselling with the Christian worldview. This resource also teaches small groups and communities how to do a better job of sharing about life’s challenges and supporting each other

What it costs:

Free!

Where can I get it:

https://www.soultour.co.nz/soul-talk

How you could use this curriculum:

This would be an excellent four-part series to do with your leaders, young adults or senior youth group students. The videos can be watched by large groups and then split into smaller groups for discussion

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Topics:

Prayer

Type of Resource:

Creative Prayer Stations

What ages can this work for:

any age

What’s in it:

Loads of excellent template resources for creating prayer stations.

What we like about this resource:

This resource means you don’t have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to creating thoughtful well presented prayer stations

What it costs:

Free!

Where can I get it:

http://www.prayerspacesinschools.com/search/resources?name=&theme_id=4&tags=0

Sample Curriculum:

sample prayer spaces

How you could use this curriculum:

Create a prayer space for any age group allowing them to move between different stations that you have selected

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Topics:

• Episode 1: Is there more to life than this?
• Episode 2: Who is Jesus?
• Episode 3: Why did Jesus die?
• Episode 4: How can I have faith?
• Episode 5 : How and why should I pray?
• Episode 6: How and why should I read the Bible?
• Episode 7: How does God guide us?
• Episode 8: Who is the Holy Spirit? (Weekend talk 1)
• Episode 9: What does the Holy Spirit do? (Weekend talk 2)
• Episode 10: How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit? (Weekend talk 3)
• Episode 11: How can I make the most of the rest of my life? (Weekend talk 4)
• Episode 12: How can I resist evil?
• Episode 13: Why and how should I tell others?
• Episode 14: Does God heal today?
• Episode 15: What about the church?

Type of Resource:

Video and discussion.

What ages can this work for:

12+

What’s in it:

15 free episodes, each around 20-25 minutes long. Each episode includes discussion breaks for conversation.

It includes guides and supporting materials: everything you need to help plan, manage and promote you Alpha

How many sessions:

15

What we like about this resource:

The film series is designed to take the weight off your shoulders and allow you to create the atmosphere, invite young people, and be fully present during each session. Every episode has breaks for discussion, and shows a variety of youth and young adults from around the world speaking their minds about faith and God. This will set the stage for honest and open dialogue.

What it costs:

Free!

Where can I get it:

http://alpha.org/alpha-youth-series/

Sample Curriculum: Episode 1

How you could use this curriculum:

Use the Youth Alpha Film Series to introduce young people to the Christian Faith. Either use as a curriculum in your youth group, or organsiae a separate weekly Alpha meal night.

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Topic:

A guide to sustainable Christian living

Type of Resource:

Study booklet.

What ages can this work for:

13+

What’s in it:

An A-Z of sustainable living

How many sessions:

Up to 26 sessions, but you could do several chapters in one sitting

What we like about this resource:

This is a great blend of eye-opening information into the effects that our Western lifestyle has on the globe and very practical suggestions for how we can live in a more sustainable manner.

What it costs:

Free

Sample Curriculum

Action points for sustainable Kiwis

Where can I get it:

request copies of from Tearfund

How you could use this curriculum:

This book is best when studied with a group of people. Read one or two chapters together at a time then share your responses and support each other in living out practical action points.

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Topic:

Studies on human trafficking and slavery.

Type of Resource:

Study booklet.

What ages can this work for:

16+

What’s in it:

Short studies blending history, real-life stories, scripture and an invitation to act.

How many sessions:

5

What we like about this resource:

This is a well researched  and well thought out resource  that will help young people to grapple with this terrible hidden crime that affects the 21 million people currently and slaved in the world.

What it costs:

Free

Where can I get it:

request copies of from Tearfund

How you could use this curriculum:

Great for group or personal study,  this workbook will lead the participants through information and questions.

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Topic:

Following Jesus in the hyper-real world

Type of Resource:

DVD

What ages can this work for:

16+

How many sessions:

4

What we like about this resource:

This is a brilliant resource to get folk to think critically about how media and marketing warp our perception of reality. This resource does a superb job of helping participants to clear the smoke from their eyes and get back to God’s reality and has the best animated summary of the biblical narrative that we have ever seen.

Where can I get it:

we suggest you borrow this from the PYM library or from Amazon

How you could use this curriculum:

Watch the film and use the discussion guide to facilitate small group discussion. This resource requires very little preparation time, its basically plug and play. Although you may want to create some of your own questions and perhaps invite participants into some embodied responses after.

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