Series Overview
May is a bittersweet time of year, as we get excited to see new 6th graders join us and all our students grow up a grade, but it’s also time that some of our students are graduating and moving on to college. Wow! After several years with us, we’ve covered topics ranging from doubts to dinosaurs, from worship to worries, and even parents to pornography. However, we also know there are plenty of topics that slip through the cracks or questions that have been addressed, yet keep popping up in group. So, for the next 3 weeks, we’ll look at the most common questions that have been brought up time and time again in our groups. Everyone has questions, and we want to do our best to help our students find some answers to some of their most common questions about their faith.
Week 1 (May 5, 2013)
We know it’s a little weird. It also feels a bit dark and macabre to think about too much, but we can’t help but wonder: “What is heaven like? What will life be like after I die?” Movies, songs, and TV shows have pumped our brains full of images of what eternity may be like, but can we trust those clichéd images to be accurate? So, this week in Transit, we’re going to talk about it. We’re going to talk about what heaven is going to be like, what eternity has in store for us, and what life looks like after this life.
Talk to your student about what you think heaven is like. Ask your student how they picture heaven.
Week 2 (May 12, 2013)
“Why do bad things happen?” is the most common question students ask. We spend a few Sundays a year tackling this issue in some form or fashion. There is a developmental switch triggered at this age that makes this question central to their faith. Moreover, as each student may face a new type of personal crisis for the first time, the question needs to be reinforced and reapplied. So, this week, we are going to talk about how God sustains us though hard times. He is always with us and our job is to simply remember he is here and trust him. It sounds easy, but it is a lesson they will learn and relearn the rest of their lives.
Talk to your student about a time you had to depend on God through difficult circumstances. Ask your student why it can be hard to depend on God during these times.
Week 3 (May 19, 2013)
By the time students have made it to middle school and high school, they have probably noticed that people don’t always do what they should. Sooner or later, each student will notice a celebrity, family member, or friend do something that doesn’t live up to the standard the student expected. When it comes to their faith and how they feel about Christianity, this can cause a unique problem. Often students find themselves unsure of what exactly a Christian looks like. What is a Christian, anyway? How are Christians different from everyone else? So, this week in large group and small group, we are going to remind our students that a Christian is simply someone who believes in Christ. However, the challenge we find in John for how we should live as Christians is a bit more complicated to live out.
Talk to your student about what your think it means to be a Christian. Ask your student what they think being a Christian means.
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