Goal
The goal of this Life Night is to help the teens understand the need for friendships. This Life Night will also give the teens an opportunity to evaluate how good a friend they are to those they call friends. Finally, this Life Night will help the teens understand the need for solid, Christ-centered friendships.
About this night
Some of the most important and most influential people in a teen’s life are his or her friends. This night seeks to help the teens understand the necessity of Christian friendship. The Life Night begins with a competition to see who can remember the most phone numbers of their friends. The teaching for this night stresses the importance of Christ-centered friendships and offers suggestions on how to be a better friend. After a short time of small group discussion, the teens will read Sirach 6:5-17 and discuss the specific ways they can be a better friend. The night closes with a time of prayer offering up those friends by name who are in need of God’s blessing and help.