City of God is a theme with many evocative connections: biblical and theological, classical and contemporary, ancient and future, concrete and mystical. Download City of God At its core, City of God is about being connected in community. As relational creations, how do we connect to our God, to each other, and to the natural world? How do we name and confront the barriers that keep us from connection:
BORN TO BE is about our identity in Christ, not because of our effort but because of his love and mercy (Titus 3:5). Download Born to Be In his monumental writing On Loving God, the Great Christian writer, Bernard of Clairvaux, reminded the saints that they owe God not only their first birth but their second as well. Not only did God love us enough to give us life,
Seeing life from God's perspective. Download Elevate Life often has a way of closing in around us doesn’t it? It is tiring, confusing, loud and enveloping. Wondering if youth don’t feel more and more like that every day in our society. Decisions, stress, relationships, family, finances…all push in on them and it’s hard to know where to look to find answers. The theme of “Elevate” has been designed to
Develop Christ-like characteristics within students as they continue to walk down the journey of faith, hopefully becoming well anchored in Christ alone. Download Rooted A tree’s strength can be determined by how strong its root system is. The deeper its roots, the better the tree’s foundations and the better a tree can grow. With deep roots, the tree is well anchored and almost noting can sway it. In a
Moving students forward towards Christ. Download Momentum Momentum can be defined as a "product of the mass of a particle and its velocity; it is a vector quantity; i.e., it has both magnitude and direction." The aim is to challenge students (and leaders) to live their faith beyond their comfort zone, whether that'd be within their family, their friends, their church walls or even their neighbourhoods. It can also
In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." Matt. 5:16 Download Shine Jesus challenges us to be a light in the world, a light that exemplifies Christ himself. In a world where many feel hopeless and despair, they long to see what a life lived with impact might really look like. So this is our
As a youth leader, you are probably excited (and maybe anxious) for your soon-to-be high school graduates, especially if they’re moving away from home to go to school in September. The Renegotiating Faith report reminds us that a grad is 4x more likely to connect with a new faith community if the sending church helps make that connection. This resource is a quick-glance review of how you can be
Jesus finished well and left this world with a compelling call for revolution – an internal spiritual revolution that transforms our hearts, minds, and spirit while overflowing into the external transformation and revolution of our world. Download Total Revolution Package Following Jesus’ call to internal revolution and external transformation, our theme and prayer for 2003-4 is TOTAL REVOLUTION. The TOTAL REVOLUTION theme will provide the
AS HIGH SCHOOL FINISHES While the support for a youth should have been a long-term approach by a church community, the focused guidance of a high school grad begins at the start of their final year. The soon-to-be-grad will be experiencing a lot of changes and pressures. It is vital to have a mentor (or several adults) who can walk alongside them in the coming months. As
Download Paul's supplemental PowerPoint 3 Takeaways from Paul Understand their story including backstory. Their habits/practices lead them forward. Help them understand how Jesus is speaking to them; he will speak to them about their story. Spiritual formation can be defined as making space for God, become known by God.
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