6:45-7:45pm

We will be doing a youth family-style for the next few weeks. Together with your teens, carve out some time during the week to do the devotion together by clicking the link here to join with the other youth in going through the reading plan.

The reading plan Hope Still Lives Here gives practical steps for what it means to live a life on mission.

Although the plan is set up to be done over 5 days, we’ll go through just one of the “days” per week. They’ll have the opportunity to discuss the material Wednesday evenings with the leaders and youth.

Here are the questions for this week:

Week 3:

• Do you personally believe that your testimony, your unique story of how Jesus has impacted your life, is an effective tool to share your faith and witness to others? Why or why not?
• Think of a time where you’ve shared your faith with someone. How did it go overall? What was the outcome of it? Was it scary, awkward, ineffective, and/or stressful? Was it smooth, impactful, effective, and/or well received?

If you don’t have a time where you’ve shared your faith story with someone, what are the reasons behind that? Think deeply about them, and really articulate those reasons so that you understand them and can begin to address each one.

• Have you ever practiced sharing your testimony? It’s an effective way to know what you need to say, how you’d like to say it, and to anticipate some questions from others that might be asked based off the experience that you’ve shared. You can practice it with friends, family, youth leaders, in your bedroom, on a walk, wherever and however! Take time this week to write out or draft your faith story, use this devotion’s tips if needed, and then practice sharing or speaking your testimony so you can begin to get the hang of it.

Don’t compare the contents of your story to someone else’s; The way God has worked in your life and the circumstances and situations of it are unique to you, and each one of your stories brings glory to God and is a powerful testament of the work He can do in and through you, regardless of whether you think you have a “good” story or not (spoiler: you do!)

Prayer Prompt: 

Jesus, thank you for working in my life and giving me the opportunity to see how you’ve been moving, and used situations I’ve faced or circumstances I’ve been in to see who you are or see you at work. Help guide me in knowing how to share my story, and remind me to rely on your Holy Spirit to give me the words, wisdom and boldness to share who you are and what you can do, and provide me with opportunities to share it. Amen

We’ll still be having an one hour Jr & Sr High Zoom meetings Wednesday evenings using the links below.

The Zoom links stay the same, so if your teen has already registered and been on Zoom then they can continue to use the links that they’ve already been using. If your teen has not yet joined us on Zoom, then please click the appropriate button below to register them! (Reminder- they only need to be registered ONCE, and then they’re all set)

Click here to register for Jr High Zoom.

Click here to register for Sr High Zoom.

If you’ve never used the Bible App or Bible.com before, here are some links on how to set up an account and navigate the plan (you can use either the app or the website, whatever is easiest!)

How to set up a YouVersion Account

Create a YouVersion Bible App Account