Still More High School Talksheets

50 Creative Discussions for Your Youth Group

David W. Rogers

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN:
  9780310867517
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

The best-selling TalkSheets series just got even better. With Still More TalkSheets for High School Students and Still More TalkSheets for Middle School Students, busy youth workers will find everything they need to lead and facilitate meaningful discussions with young teens. Filled with 50 reproducible TalkSheets, helpful hints, and optional activities to help youth ministry teams effectively facilitate great conversations — without a lot of prep work — youth workers can easily engage students for a whole year of dialogue. Each book covers issues of life and faith, including relationships with God and others, and what it means to live a life like Jesus. Students will participate in the learningwhile they take part in conversations about things that really matter.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• THE HOWS AND WHATS OF TALKSHEETS
• 1. DÉJÀ VU—ALL OVER AGAIN—FINDING QUIET MOMENTS WITH GOD IN THE ROUTINE OF NOISY LIVES (MARK 1–6)
• 2. GIMME FIVE—THE VALUE OF FRIENDS IN GOD’S ECONOMY (JOHN 15:12-15)
• 3. SHOCK VALUE!—THE SHOCKING REALITY OF GOD’S LOVE (LUKE 15:1, 11-32)
• 4. IT’S WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHO YOU KNOW—ALLOWING BASIC BIBLE KNOWLEDGE TO MOVE US TOWARD INTIMACY WITH GOD (JOHN 14:7)
• 5. FROM OIL AND WATER TO PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY—GOD RESTORES INCOMPATIBLE RELATIONSHIPS (ISAIAH 11:6-9)
• 6. SECRETS—DEALING WITH THE HIDDEN THINGS IN OUR LIVES (EXODUS 2:11-15)
• 7. EXTREME BALANCE—EXPLORING GOD’S DESIRED APPROACH TO LIFE (ECCLESIASTES 7:15-18, REVELATION 3:15-16)
• 8. “HOKEY POKEY” KING—The all-encompassing progression of sin (2 Samuel 6:14-22; 11:1-26)
• 9. RETURN TO SENDER—WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BELIEVE WE’RE IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES? (2 SAMUEL 11-12:1)
• 10. WHERE YOU ARE—NO MATTER YOUR LOCATION OR SITUATION, GOD IS WITH YOU (DANIEL 3, 6;JONAH 1–2; ROMANS 8:35-39)
• 11. GOD-MATH…1 + 1 = 1—GOD’S INTENT FOR SEXUAL INTIMACY (GENESIS 2:18-25, GENESIS 3:7-10)
• 12. AN UNSCRIPTED LIFE—CHOOSING TO HONOR GOD IN THE UNEXPECTED (JOB 1:1-22)
• 13. I LIKE THIS, BUT I DON’T LIKE THAT—DISCERNING THE WILL OF GOD (PSALM 37:4; 139:13-18; ROMANS 12:2)
• 14. EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!—BEING INFORMED ABOUT THE WORLD (1 CHRONICLES 12:32; DANIEL 1:1-4, 17-20; ACTS 17:16-34)
• 15. THEME SONGS—WHAT ARE THE THEME SONGS FOR YOUR LIFE? (PSALM 119:54)
• 16. WHAT TIME IS IT?—UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD’S TIMING LEADS TO EVENTUAL BEAUTY (ECCLESIASTES 3:1-11)
• 17. WHAT GEAR ARE YOU IN?—EVALUATING THE PACE AND DIRECTION OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS (JOHN 8:1-11)
• 18. BIG WORDS-BIG LIFE—DO OUR WORDS OF WORSHIP MATCH OUR LIVES? (JOHN 4:23-24)
• 19. PLEASE, DO DISTURB—HOW MIGHT WE APPROACH GOD DIFFERENTLY IF WE SAW WHO GOD REALLY IS? (ISAIAH 6:1-7, ISAIAH 29:13-14)
• 20. JUST A REMINDER—REMEMBERING THE MEANING BEHIND THE LORD’S SUPPER (1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-29)
• 21. SOUL IV—STAYING HYDRATED WITH THE LIFE OF JESUS (JOHN 7:37-39)
• 22. INGREDIENTS—VIEWING THE ELEMENTS OF YOUR LIFE AS INGREDIENTS THAT GOD DESIRES TO MIX TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT “TASTES GOOD” (ROMANS 8:28)
• 23. CHAMPIONS IN THE END—CHOOSING TO BE A CHAMPION (PSALM 119:33, 111-112;JOHN 13:1; PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11)
• 24. MACHINE OR MAN?—BEING MINDFUL OF OUR HUMANITY WITHOUT BECOMING MACHINE-LIKE (JOHN 1:1, 14, 18)
• 25. ALL EYES ON YOU—LIVING A LIFE OF INTEGRITY AND HUMILITY WHEN YOU’RE IN THE SPOTLIGHT (JOHN 13:1-17)
• 26. WRITE IT DOWN—The value of setting goals and knowing what it takes to achieve them (Luke 14:25-33)
• 27. ECHOES IN ETERNITY—LIVING A LIFE THAT YIELDS RESULTS THROUGHOUT ETERNITY (REVELATION 4:1-11)
• 28. ISAIAH 61-LIVE AT SAN QUENTIN—CHOOSING TO SPEAK HOPE, HEALING, BLESSING, AND PERSPECTIVE INTO THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO NEED IT (ISAIAH 61:1-3, MATTHEW 25:36)
• 29. LOVE ME DO—CHOOSING TO LOVE JESUS BY DOING WHAT HE COMMANDS (JOHN 14:15, 21)
• 30. START AT THE END—HOW WOULD KNOWING THE LAST SCENE OF YOUR LIFE AFFECT ALL THE CHOICES LEADING UP TO IT? (MATTHEW 25:14-21)
• 31. AWKWARD MOMENTS—HOW AN AWKWARD MOMENT COULD LEAD US TOWARD TRUE GREATNESS (LUKE 9:46-48)
• 32. CROSS MY HEART-I’M NOT SUPERSTITIOUS—A SYMBOLIC GESTURE AS AN ACT OF WORSHIP AND IDENTITY (GENESIS 4:15, EZEKIEL 9:3-4, REVELATION 14:1, REVELATION 22:4)
• 33. FAMOUS LAST WORDS-PART 1—REMEMBERING THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS AND MAKING YOUR LAST WORDS COUNT (LUKE 23:34, 43, 46)
• 34. FAMOUS LAST WORD-PART 2—REMEMBERING THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS AND HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD (ACTS 1:6-9, LUKE 24:50-51)
• 35. TOTAL SUCCESS—DISCUSSING JESUS’ DEFINITION OF A TOTAL SUCCESS (LUKE 9:23-25)
• 36. TO BE A KID—EXPLORING JESUS’ THOUGHTS ON CHILDREN (MATTHEW 7:9-11; 9:23-25;17:14-18; 11:25; 18:1-4; 18:5-6; 19:13-15; 21:15)
• 37. WE’VE GOT SPIRIT! YES, WE DO!—LIVING LIFE IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (LUKE 1–2; 3:16, 21-22; 4:1-2, 14, 18; 10:21; 11:13; 12:11-12; ACTS 1; 2)
• 38. ON EDGE OR AT EASE?—DISCERNING IF YOUR LIFE PUTS PEOPLE “ON EDGE”OR “AT EASE” (LUKE 5:27-35)
• 39. GREAT EXPECTATIONS—CONSIDERING THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS (ISAIAH 55:8-9, MATTHEW 1:18-25, MARK 10:17-31, LUKE 23:32-39, JOHN 3:1-21)
• 40. HALF- OR WHOLEHEARTED?—LIVING WELL BEFORE GOD WITH WHOLEHEARTED DEVOTION AND EMOTION (2 CHRONICLES 25:1-2)
• 41. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?—HAVING CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S LOVE AND KNOWING THE RESPONSE GOD DESIRES (1 JOHN 4:11-17)
• 42. FIRST-DAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES—SUPPLIES NEEDED BY THOSE WHO WANT TO DWELL IN GOD’S SANCTUARY (PSALM 15)
• 43. SEEING THE BIG PICTURE—ENABLING GREATER INTENTIONAL LIVING AND PROVIDING DIRECTION TOWARD THE GOALS OF LIFE (PROVERBS 29:18)
• 44. WHO YOU GONNA CALL?—KNOWING WHO TO CALL FOR WISDOM, ADVICE, AND PERSPECTIVE (PSALM 119:24; PROVERBS 1:5; 3:7; 10:14; 12:15; 13:1, 20)
• 45. I PROMISE—CONSIDERING THE CONCEPT OF MAKING PROMISES (ROMANS 8:28, 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13, HEBREWS 13:5)
• 46. RIVALS—GOD’S BIG RIVAL (MATTHEW 6:19-21, LUKE 16:13-15)
• 47. THE GAP—MAKING SURE OUR BELIEFS AND PRACTICES ARE CONNECTED (JAMES 2:14-17)
• 48. FAD OR TIMELESS?—OBSERVING WHAT’S ALWAYS “IN” (HEBREWS 13:8)
• 49. SPENDING THE NIGHT—CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE SPEND IN PRAYER (LUKE 6:12)
• 50. ANYTHING YOU WANT—WHAT IF GOD WOULD GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANTED? (2 CHRONICLES 1:1-17)
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