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Shalom - Peace No Matter What Youth Devotions & Group Discussion Curriculum
Content taken from Youth Unlimited Event’s Spiritual Life Material and adapted for this curriculum
Youth Unlimited Spiritual Life Material Trip Resources Theme: Shalom: Peace No Matter What Theme Verse: That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. John 14:27 The Message Written by: Valerie Van Kooten Edited by: Jerry Meadows, Kristin Keizer, Elizabeth Kool, Amy White, Megan Nollet Layout and Design by: Jim Bowerman © Copyright 2011 Youth Unlimited Trip Resources is a publication of: Youth Unlimited A ministry of Dynamic Youth Ministries PO Box 7259 Grand Rapids, MI 49510 youthunlimited.org
Youth Group Trip Resources
Shalom - Peace No Matter What Youth Devotions & Group Discussion Curriculum
Table of Contents Pre/Post-Trip Teaching Ideas (Three Youth Group Lesson Starters) Commissioning Litany Speaker Notes Shalom - Peace is Misunderstood Shalom - Peace is a Troublemaker Shalom - Peace is a Status Shalom - Peace is Home Shalom - Peace is a Unifier Shalom - Peace is a Fruit Shalom - Peace is a Process Suggested Songs Debriefing Before Returning Home (Leader Version) Debriefing Before Returning Home (Student Version) Follow-Up Session
Pre/Post-Trip Teaching Ideas Youth Group Lesson Starters Shalom: Peace No Matter What I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught. –John 14:25-27 The Message
Lesson 1 Suggested Title: Peace Is Misunderstood Text: Matthew 10:34-39 Message Summary: When we think of peace, we often think of warm, fuzzy feelings in our lives, the absence of fighting or conflict in our relationships, or the absence of war in our world. Jesus turns this notion upside down. He is the Prince of Peace, but He says that peace may bring a sword and divide people. How can that be? Peace is not, first of all, the absence of conflict in our lives. Jesus is very clear on that. The kind of peace He brings is all about being right with God, and that may cause problems, not earthly peace. It may divide us from friends and family. It may cost us our jobs. It may subject us to ridicule and even persecution (1 Timothy 3:12). Christ’s peace divides light from darkness, evil from good and the lukewarm from those on fire for Him. God’s peace may strip us of things we hold dear—things like our money (the rich young ruler in Luke 18:18-23), our ties to our families (the man who wants to bury his parents in Luke 9:59-62), and our pride (like Naaman in 2 Kings 5). In each case, there were no halfways when it came to following Jesus. He demands total allegiance. The price of peace—of being right with Him—is high.
Lesson 2 Suggested Title: Peace Is a Status Text: Romans 5:1 Message Summary: Editor’s Note: For an introduction, tell the story of someone who had fame, wealth or earthly respect and then lost it.