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Youth Sunday Resources

• Overview
• Planning and Preparation
• Scripture Suggestions and Themes
• Litany for Congregations
• Meditation for Congregations
• 2007 Worship Service Model (PDF file)
• 2006 Worship Service Model (PDF file)
• 2005 Worship Service Model (PDF file)

Scripture Suggestions and Themes

Scriptures: (Choose one)

Whom Shall I send?—Isaiah 6:1-8
Follow me—Matthew 4:18-22
Go and make disciples of all nations—Matthew 28:16-20
Gifts that differ—Romans 12:4-8
Cloud of witnesses—Hebrews 12:1-2
Family—Genesis 15:1-6
Getting It—Luke 17: 11-20

Theme Suggestions

Called to Be Leaders

Becoming One in Christ

We are Family
Abraham and Sarah (as well as Hagar) become the root of a great family of faith. God makes a covenant with Abraham that well be passed down from one generation to the next. Today, we are a family of faith, bound in covenantal communion with God through Jesus Christ. The word “family” has meant lots of different things over the years and there are lots of different kinds of families in our world today. No matter what a person’s family is like, each is a child of God and each has a place in God’s family. Communion is a family meal where we all gather around the table with Christ at the head.

In a world with so many family types, some people struggle to feel “normal.” Divorce, single parents, blended families and other issues are very real in our world but in God we all have a family and in the church we all have a home.

Join the Cloud
Since creation there have been people who have trusted God and walked by faith. Believers around the world, from the beginning of time up to the present day (and including those living) belong to a “great cloud of witnesses.”

Just as we have been encouraged in faith and life, we need to encourage and support other believers around us, and to model for new or future believers the grace and forgiveness of Jesus Christ.

Getting It
The lepers all came to Jesus for healing but only one “got it”. There are a lot of people who show up for church, but how many of them really “get it?” in a selfish society it is hard to teach the message that God comes first. It is hard to talk about giving other credit. In a time when the church seems watered down to make everyone feel comfortable, it is also easy to turn a blind eye to apathy in the church. God calls us to lift up the ones who respond to God’s word, naming those who have shaped us, and praising those who praise God through their actions.

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