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Youth Group meets every Wednesday Evening from 6:30-8:30 in the Christian Life Center. All students 6th-12th grade are welcome!
August 12th
A note from Jeanie & Small Group Leaders:
Dear Students & Parents,
Hope this week finds you full of hope for the future. These have been trying times these past six months. Spend a few minutes engaging in this second week of our series with a lesson that is called "Hope for Your Hopelessness." This lesson is a great reminder that this time period isn't forever, that many situations we face are just for a moment or a season, not the final outcome in our lives. I pray that if you are feeling a little hopeless these days, that the story of Ezekiel will give you a fresh hope!
Much love,
Jeanie & Small Group Leaders
Dear Students & Parents,
Hope this week finds you full of hope for the future. These have been trying times these past six months. Spend a few minutes engaging in this second week of our series with a lesson that is called "Hope for Your Hopelessness." This lesson is a great reminder that this time period isn't forever, that many situations we face are just for a moment or a season, not the final outcome in our lives. I pray that if you are feeling a little hopeless these days, that the story of Ezekiel will give you a fresh hope!
Much love,
Jeanie & Small Group Leaders
Verse of the Week
Worship Songs
Spend some time in worship before you begin the lesson this week!
These are trying and even troubling times we are living in...but God is bigger than anything we are facing or may face in the future.
In this series Word of Life, we will learn to apply God's word in our lives even when things don't make sense. We will discover that God is in control and he is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We can find hope, peace, wisdom and so much more in the words of the Bible. When we choose to trust God with our lives and believe his promises, we can live in peace and in hope even in the middle of difficult circumstances.
In this series Word of Life, we will learn to apply God's word in our lives even when things don't make sense. We will discover that God is in control and he is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We can find hope, peace, wisdom and so much more in the words of the Bible. When we choose to trust God with our lives and believe his promises, we can live in peace and in hope even in the middle of difficult circumstances.
Word of Life
(part 2)
by Jon Jorgenson
Hope for Your Hopelessness
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins
Ephesians 2:1
The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
Ezekiel 37:1-10
Ephesians 2:1
The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
Ezekiel 37:1-10
Discussion Questions: (talk with a friend, sibling or parent)
Jon said, "Your EXILE is not the END." "It is an obstacle, not an outcome."
1. Explain what he means by these statements.
2. What are some things you had or are having to deal with losing over our time with this Pandemic?
3. How are you coping with those losses?
1. Explain what he means by these statements.
2. What are some things you had or are having to deal with losing over our time with this Pandemic?
3. How are you coping with those losses?
Question of the Week:
Jon said, "God wants to breathe his Spirit through you so that he can renew you?"
1. What does that look like in your life? How do we open ourselves up to the Spirit of God to work in our lives?
1. What does that look like in your life? How do we open ourselves up to the Spirit of God to work in our lives?
Closing Prayer
God, sometimes I get stuck feeling hopeless about things; about the future, about relationships, about things out of my control. Help me to know that none of what is happening is the end, it is just a small period of time. Help me to be open to you God, so that you can renew and refresh me and give me new hope. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen!
Prayer Request
August 5th
A note from Jeanie & Small Group Leaders:
Dear Students & Parents,
This week we are beginning a new series called, Word of Life. In this study we will examine what the Bible has to say about worry, hopelessness, love, peace and wisdom. I hope you will spend some time and engage in this study and that it will encourage you to dig into the Word of God. Blessings to you and your family!
Much love,
Jeanie & Small Group Leaders
Dear Students & Parents,
This week we are beginning a new series called, Word of Life. In this study we will examine what the Bible has to say about worry, hopelessness, love, peace and wisdom. I hope you will spend some time and engage in this study and that it will encourage you to dig into the Word of God. Blessings to you and your family!
Much love,
Jeanie & Small Group Leaders
Verse of the Week
Worship Songs
Spend some time in worship before you begin the lesson this week!
These are trying and even troubling times we are living in...but God is bigger than anything we are facing or may face in the future.
In this series Word of Life, we will learn to apply God's word in our lives even when things don't make sense. We will discover that God is in control and he is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We can find hope, peace, wisdom and so much more in the words of the Bible. When we choose to trust God with our lives and believe his promises, we can live in peace and in hope even in the middle of difficult circumstances.
In this series Word of Life, we will learn to apply God's word in our lives even when things don't make sense. We will discover that God is in control and he is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We can find hope, peace, wisdom and so much more in the words of the Bible. When we choose to trust God with our lives and believe his promises, we can live in peace and in hope even in the middle of difficult circumstances.
Word of Life
(part 1)
by Jon Jorgenson
A Word For Your Worry
Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Discussion Questions: (talk with a friend, sibling or parent)
1. What does it mean when it says "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."?
Jon said, "So much of our worry is about what we don't have."
2. What do you find yourself worrying about?
"He restores my soul."
3. What does this mean to you and how can you make time for this to happen in your life?
Jon said, "The Shepherd's staff is used to guide and protect his sheep.
4. How has God guided and protected you in the last year?
"My cup overflows." Jon said, "I may not have everything I want but with God, I have an abundance of everything that I need."
5. What kind of abundance do you see in your life right now?
Jon said, "So much of our worry is about what we don't have."
2. What do you find yourself worrying about?
"He restores my soul."
3. What does this mean to you and how can you make time for this to happen in your life?
Jon said, "The Shepherd's staff is used to guide and protect his sheep.
4. How has God guided and protected you in the last year?
"My cup overflows." Jon said, "I may not have everything I want but with God, I have an abundance of everything that I need."
5. What kind of abundance do you see in your life right now?
Question of the Week:
"Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life..."
Jon said, "follow" here in this verse is more than just quietly going after, it is a relentless pursuit. God's goodness will hunt you down and will chase after you to the ends of the earth! Jon said that when he gets quiet with God, when he searches the scriptures, his anxiety is turned into peace, his worry is turned into joy, and his despair is turned into hope.
1. Don't we all want to experience that transformation in our own lives? How will you make time this week to experience the goodness of God in your life?
Jon said, "follow" here in this verse is more than just quietly going after, it is a relentless pursuit. God's goodness will hunt you down and will chase after you to the ends of the earth! Jon said that when he gets quiet with God, when he searches the scriptures, his anxiety is turned into peace, his worry is turned into joy, and his despair is turned into hope.
1. Don't we all want to experience that transformation in our own lives? How will you make time this week to experience the goodness of God in your life?
Closing Prayer
God, help me to look to you when I am consumed with worry. Help me to get quiet in your presence and to choose to seek your word. There is so much hope and peace to be found in the Bible and I want to live with the assurance of your goodness in my life, even in the midst of troubling times. I love you and I will choose to seek you. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.