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Life Teen Curriculum Guide 15: Social Justice

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This semester we are looking at Social Justice. In order to open up this semester for the teens, we must have a clear understanding of what Social Justice is in our own mind. So often when we think of Social Justice, activities come to mind. Going to the homeless shelter, feeding the hungry, or cleaning out our closets to donate clothes we do not need anymore are a few activities that come to mind. All these activities in themselves are good things, but they do not really hit at the heart of what

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Happy Days: The Beatitudes

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Goal of this Life Night The goal for this Life Night is to help the teens live a life of beatitude. This Life Night will look at the Beatitudes as a fruit of discipleship and challenge the teens to embrace the life of holiness outlined in the Beatitudes. About this Life Night The Life Night begins with a fast-paced competition between teens of matching the first and second parts of the Beatitudes. After a teaching on the Beatitudes and the call to holiness, the teens will break up into small

Legit Defense

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The goal for this Life Night is to help the teens understand the fifth Commandment as it relates to the death penalty and self-defense. This night will also challenge the teens to see that every life, no matter what someone did, has dignity because every person is created in God’s image and likeness.

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News Feed: Media and the Eighth Commandment

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Goal: The goal of this Life Night is to help the teens understand the importance of perception through social media. This night will also challenge the teens to be people of integrity when they use technology and to commit to using media in a healthy moderation. About This Night: More and more, media is becoming a bigger part of our everyday lives. This Life Night seeks to help the teens understand how media and the eighth Commandment work together. The night will begin with a friendly competition

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Gifted: Christian Purity – Sixth and Ninth Commandments

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Goal: The goal of this night is to help the teens understand the virtues of chastity and purity and their responsibility to practice those virtues in all relationships. This night will also challenge the teens to protect their sexuality and treat it as a gift from God. About this Life Night: This night will have the theme of “gift,” beginning with the environment and the opening games. The night will begin with two fun games that will involve the teens and then transition into the Proclaim for

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What’s Your Sabbath? Third Commandment (A Parent Night)

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The goal for this night is to remind parents of their personal obligation to “keep holy the Sabbath day” as well as their obligation to help their children to follow this commandment.

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Gimmie a Break: Sabbath Rest, Third Commandment

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Goal: The goal of this night is to help the teens understand that the Sabbath day is a holy day and a day we must honor. The night will also challenge the teens to see Sunday as a day of rest, grace, remembrance, and resurrection. About this Night: This night is focused on the Third Commandment, “keep holy the Sabbath day,” and the importance that commandment has in our lives. many times we are busy on Sundays and we do not set aside adequate time for God. The night will begin by assigning every

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Chain Reaction: The Reality and effects of Sin

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The goal of this Life Night is to help the teens understand the reality of sin in this world and the effects it has on the world. This night will better equip the teens to fight the battle against sin and evil. This night will also look at how God’s mercy and love is stronger than sin. finally, this night will challenge the teens to follow the example of Christ and choose God over sin.

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In Pursuit: God’s Plan for Our Happiness

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Goal: The goal of this Life Night is to introduce the semester on morality. This night will also help the teens understand God’s desire for our happiness and freedom. The night will challenge the teens to see God’s law as a way to help us live in His freedom and not as a hindrance to our freedom. About this Night: This night marks the beginning of the morality Semester. God desires that we would live as He created us, free and loving. This night will look at what law means for our lives; law

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Life Teen Curriculum Guide 14: Morality

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This book covers morality. In the first Curriculum Guide on this topic, we took a broad approach to the topic of morality and broke open the semester using the Ten Commandments as a guide. In this second Curriculum Guide on morality, you will find Life Nights that are more focused on specific issues of morality like eternal and natural law, the meaning of the Lord’s Day, Christian integrity in media, and the death penalty. When planning your semester, we recommend that you look through both morality