Looking for some ideas on a particular theme?
Have a look through some of these pages for inspiration, follow the links to some great teaching materials.
- Myfishbites.com offer ideas for the ‘God slot’ in an open youth club setting. Themes include happiness, fame and plastic surgery.
- Myfishbites.com ready to use teaching sessions covering a range of subjects including Christmas, communion, music, persecuted and truth.
- Youth Work Resource has a range of ready-to-use meetings which are set out to contain a variety of activities and revolve around a key theme, often a life issue or biblical issue.
- Break Free Youth Ministry a collection of meeting guides from various sources.
- YouthWorker.com lots of free youth sessions (complete with handouts) with new content being added regularly. Unfortunately no search facility but material is worth looking through for inspiration.
- CPAS have a few downloadable free resources on the subjects of relationships, Philippians, other faiths and discipleship.
Find more links below
Teaching Resources
- 40 Acts – do Lent generously
- 48 Prayer Activities to try
- 5-11 Teaching resource – The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education
- A pack of resources to celebrate Christmas with children
- A preventative resource to help boys aged 13-16 develop a healthier approach to their emotional wellbeing.
- A virtual version of our Easter Experience, aimed at Y5-7
- Africa Inland Mission – Bible study resources on mission
- Anti-bullying resources from Scripture Union
- At home with God
- Bible Quest – Quest around the country by exploring God’s word
- Discovery Bible Study
- Evangelism Styles Questionnaire
- Explore Together
- Going back to church – resources to help transition children and leaders back together
- Great is the Lord: session on worship
- How to pray video – 5 minute film from Ethos
- Is anybody listening – Social Media Resource – Scripture Union
- Kleer series – a teaching video series for young people with little or no church background
- Leaving lockdown resources from Scripture Union
- Light Party Packs by Scripture Union
- Living It – ready-to-use resource on freedom
- Making Connections – 4 part series on key relationships
- Mini Bible Lessons
- Mission Essentials Bible Studies – Africa Inland Mission
- Name That Tune
- Norwich youth for Christ videos
- Olympic Session – a look at Christian life using the Olympics 2012 as a theme
- Out of ideas? Creative inspiration
- Parenting for Faith – talking to children and youth about injustice
- Privilege Object Lesson
- Raising the Bar – Lockdown resources and escape rooms on line for youth ministry
- Scripture Union – Bake Off with the Bible
- The case files of the empty tomb – video & worksheet for yrs 7-8
- The Children's Society- "Seriously Awkward" Youth group resources
- The Story – Youthscape
- Together Apart -resources
- Under Five’s Teaching – The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education
- Ways to connect young people with Christian faith – Youthscape
- Weird: resource for small groups about being distinctive
- What’s in the Bible – colouring pictures and verses
- Youth Ministry 360 Christmas Vault
- Youth work resource
- Youthscape Bricks – turn a Jenga set into a fun discussion game for ages 11 and up
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