Youth Ministry: Christian school non-Christians

One of the things that we’re keen to encourage our Christian teenagers to do is pray for friends who don’t know Jesus. Our hope is that as Christian teenagers understand the death of Jesus for sins, they will understand that their non-Christian friends are in desperate need to hear of Jesus’ love and put their trust in him. We are increasingly seeing this happen.

Problem.

About 60% of our teenagers go to Christian schools. When they’re in year 7 they don’t realise that there are non-Christians in their year group. This gradually changes as they grow older and the differences between the Christian and non-Christian students are more obvious.

Question: How do you help year 7 Christian students work out the non-Christians in their year group?

Suggestion: 1) Let them know that before too long they will start to work out which of their peers needs to hear about Jesus. 2) A good place to start are those who aren’t already part of a church/youth group. There’s normally a good chance they’re not from Christian families and need to keep hearing about Jesus.

Under God we’ve seen youth from non-Christian families hooked into our youth group and Jesus. In God’s mercy we’ve seen whole families come to put their trust in Jesus.

Bible Timeline

Bible Timeline (pdf) from a church in Sydney. It's very good. Graeme Goldsworthy is the king of timelines – this is very similar – just a bit more detail. Print out a copy and put it in the front of your Bible. It will be an incredible help when reading or studying the Old Testament.

A word for Kevin

He’s been in the news. This is a timely word:

1 The sayings of King Lemuel—an oracle his mother taught him:

2 “O my son, O son of my womb,
O son of my vows,

3 do not spend your strength on women,
your vigor on those who ruin kings.

4 “It is not for kings, O Lemuel—
not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,

5 lest they drink and forget what the law decrees,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

6 Give beer to those who are perishing,
wine to those who are in anguish;

7 let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.

8 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.

9 Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

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