More Junior High and Middle School Talksheets-Updated!

50 More Creative Discussions for Junior High Youth Groups

David Lynn

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780310238560
• eBook ISBN: 9780310873242
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

Start Discussions That Matter to Your Junior Highers & Middle Schoolers About God. About themselves, their, beliefs, their questions, their lives. More Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated! contains the same kind of provocative, compelling, discussion-starting questions that are hallmarks of the best-selling TalkSheets series--now updated for new-millennium students. Here are 50 more creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics: The Future Death Priorities AIDS Heaven & Hell Premarital Sex Prayer Knowing God Homosexuality Materialism & Consumerism . . . and 40 more subjects of perennial interest to teenagers. TalkSheets are convenient, effective one-page reproducible handouts with intriguing questions that will get churched kids and unchurched kids alike talking and thinking about the Bible--and how its principles affect their daily lives. Use TalkSheets to launch your own lesson--or use them as stand-alone Bible studies. Each TalkSheet comes with detailed information and suggestions for discussion leaders: Bible references galore, Internet resources, further group exploration, and activities to pursue during and after the meeting. More Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated! is the perfect discussion-starting resource for youth meetings, small groups and cell groups, Sunday school, and camps and retreats.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• THE HOWS AND WHATS OF TALKSHEETS
• THE NEXT STEP [transitioning into high school]
• SEXUAL STUFF [sex education]
• MORE THAN FRIENDS [boyfriends and girlfriends]
• BELIEVE IT OR NOT [biblical doctrine]
• HELP WANTED [Christian service]
• WWW.X–RATED.SIN [vulgarity and pornography]
• NO PLACE TO CALL HOME [homeless people]
• GROWING DEEPER [Christian growth]
• WAGING WAR [war]
• GOT FAITH? [faith]
• COLORBLIND CHRISTIANITY [racism]
• WHO IS GOD ANYWAY? [God]
• HOOKED ON DRUGS [substance abuse]
• WALKING WITH GOD [knowing God]
• NUKE ‘EM [nuclear war]
• PLUGGED IN [church involvement]
• YOUR LAST BREATH [death]
• FRIENDS [friends]
• THE GENESIS I QUESTION [science and creation]
• INTO ALL THE WORLD [foreign missions]
• PARENTS VS. PEERS [influence of parents and friends]
• IT’S YOUR CALL [responsibility]
• THE BLURRING OF MORALITY [morality]
• BUY NOW, PAY LATER [materialism and consumerism]
• THINK IT THROUGH [problem solving]
• SEEKING THE TRUTH [spiritual trends and false religions]
• WHO’S NUMBER ONE? [putting Christ first]
• ECO-CHRISTIANS [the environment]
• FAMILY MATTERS [family life]
• TOP OF THE LIST [priorities]
• MASQUERADE [personal hypocrisy]
• TOO MUCH TOO SOON [premarital sex]
• SATAN & CO. [satanism]
• MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? [relating to the opposite sex]
• THIEF IN THE NIGHT [Christ’s return]
• DO CHEATERS PROSPER? [cheating]
• “MY PARENTS SPLIT UP” [divorce]
• DIFFERENT OR DISABLED? [disabilities]
• DOWN AND OUT [depression]
• THE AFTERLIFE [heaven and hell]
• THE HITS [popular music]
• TALK IT THROUGH [family communication]
• HOMOPHOBIA [homosexuality]
• SMUT WORLD [pornography]
• KILLER TUNES [violent music]
• HEART TO HEART TALK [prayer]
• WHITE LIES AND OTHER HALF-TRUTHS [lying]
• THE JOY FACTOR [happiness]
• BLOCKBUSTERS [movies]
• LOVE AND FEAR IN THE TIME OF AIDS [AIDS]
• RESOURCES FROM YOUTH SPECIALTIES
• Copyright
• About the Publisher
• Share Your Thoughts