This week’s destination: Being right with God – The Bad News

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Download Session #1 The Bad News PowerPoint Download The Bad News PowerPoint Notes Download Leadership Handout Download Full audio MP3 The Bad News Download Session #1 The Bad News Bible Memory verse and MP3

MATERIALS: Laptop and sound system to play music. A multimedia projector and screen to show the PowerPoint. 8 Balloons and marker pen. Photocopy: Teacher Notes/Handout. Bible Verse Visual Aids and student take home ‘Sword Play Memory Verse Track’. White wrap, blue sash and a crown marked ‘Jesus’ for the Bible Verse action game. Activity books for youth. Seven SOAP Daily Devotional Journals, photocopy a set of seven for each teen to take home.

AS YOUTH ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON:
Welcome Teacher/Trainers and students. Get one of the younger youth to colour the Bible Verse Visual Aid. -

1. GAMES: (For younger Junior youth only 10 minutes)
Download the 'Books of the Bible' song

Set up the Laptop connected to the sound system to play the music.
Blow up eight balloons write Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians on them with a marker. Play a game throwing the balloons in the air and getting the youth to catch them. Then get them to work out the order once they have got it correct throw the balloons in the air again and start the game over. Play the ‘Books of the Bible Song’ during the game and encourage them to start to learn the song. They will do that for the next three sessions until they have learnt the New Testament ‘Books of the Bible Song’ and can say the books from memory.

2. TEAM GAMES: (For younger Junior youth only 10 minutes)
Divide the group into two teams, sit the groups in two circles. Ask everyone to think of something nice that they like to do. Then pick someone to start by telling the group for example “I like to run”. The person to their right will then tell the group what the first person liked and adding what they like to do, for example “Ebony likes to run, I like to swim”. This continues right around the circle until the last person has to say what everyone likes to do. Other members of the group can prompt by miming the activity if anyone falls into difficulty. If the player gets it wrong they are out and move outside the circle.

3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS: (For all youth 10 minutes)

Download Part 1 Music

Jump, jump, jump into the light, light, light
Run, run, run away from what’s not right
Jump, jump, jump out of the dark, dark, dark
Run to Jesus give Him your heart. Repeat
He is light, He is light, He is the light the light.
He is light, He is light, He is the light the light. Repeat
You are the light, You are the light, You are the light, the light. Repeat

4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (For all youth 5 minutes)
Here I am to worship:

5. TEACHING:
a) Review
Review what was taught last week, because this is the first session in this series, we will review the Books of the Bible, Download and play the Books of the Bible song and get the youth to recall from Matthew to 2 Corinthians.

b) Sword Play
Ready…Swords up… Romans 3: 23 … CHARGE!
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Set up the Laptop connected to the sound system. Download the Memory Verse MP3

Download Bible Verse Folder with Bible Verse and Visual Aids( for all three parts of this Session)

Optional: The tallest male youth dresses up as Jesus, white wrap, blue sash and a crown marked ‘Jesus.’ He stands at the far end of the room with the Bible Visual Aid. The youth attempt to take turns to long jump to ‘Jesus’, the 'START' mark is placed so far away that even the tallest, strongest teen cannot reach ‘Him’. Each time the participant does not make it the leader reads “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Demonstrating how far from ‘Jesus’ he landed.

(Give out the Sword Play Memory Verse Tracks one for each youth to take home)

c) Teaching the Lesson - The Bad News:

Set up the Multimedia projector and screen to show the PowerPoint, or connect to the TV.
Use the Teachers Notes to assist with managing the PowerPoint.
Set up the Laptop connected to the sound system to play the Faithbuilder MP3 The Bad News.

The Junior Youth OSL audio has been divided into two sessions

Download Junior Youth Part 1 Curriculum Download The Bad News PowerPoint Part 1 Download Teachers PowerPoint Notes Download Junior Youth Part 1 audio MP4 Download The Bad News Part 1 Bible Verse Download Junior SOAP Bible Devotionals for both Parts

Download Junior Youth Part 2 Curriculum Download Junior Youth PowerPoint Part 2 Download Teachers PowerPoint Notes Part 2 Download Junior Youth Part 2 audio MP4 Download Part 2 Bible Verse Download The Bad News Music for Part 2

SOAP:

• Teach on how to do the SOAP BibIe Study Devotional Method using the video provided, shown on the overhead or via the multimedia projected on the screen.

• Download and distribute to each youth the seven SOAP Devotional Bible Study handouts one for each day of the week to follow.

6.APPLICATION/ENCOUNTERING GOD:
Set up the Laptop connected to the sound system to play soft worship music to set the atmosphere.

The bad news is if you don’t except God’s absolute truth that comes from His word and realize that your sin, by not obeying the laws of God, is taking you to hell, unless you repent and come to God and receive His Son Jesus, then hell is your destiny. The good news is you don’t have to go there, by laying you life down here and doing what God wants you to do is privilege now and in your eternal destination, which will be Heaven with Him for eternity.

Encourage the youth to come forward to the alter for a time of repentance. Some may want to give their lives to Jesus, some may want to recommit their lives to the Lord. Minister with your alter workers accordingly.

CLOSING PRAYER: Heavenly Father help us to realize that Your Word is absolute truth. God’s absolute truth, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. No matter how educated and smart we are if we do not reverence and fear you God we are foolish. Help us to understand that we were all born in sin and all of us have a degree of self worship, we think we know what is good for us, we think it’s our life and we can do our own thing, we can do whatever we please, whatever makes us happy, but we need to repent. Please forgive us. Help us to realize how much you have forgiven us so that we can fully appreciate You and be thankful, in Jesus name we pray. Amen.

TAKE HOME MATERIAL:
Optional: SOAP Bible Study Devotional Journals- one for each youth

Optional: ‘Take Home Quiz Activity Books’ are available for the younger children at the end of this session, they can be cut in half and shared around the class.

Optional: ‘Sword Play Memory Verse Track’ one for each youth

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