The best way to see someone’s heart is to read a personal letter written to someone they love. Over five weeks, you’ll take your small group through 1 Timothy—a letter from Paul to his good friend Timothy—exploring key facets to a growing and intriguing faith, especially during times of hardship. Help your students develop a long-lasting, vibrant faith.

1 Timothy lessons include:

• Stand Up and Fight (Character): 1 Timothy 1:18-20
• The Family Matters (Holiness): 1 Timothy 3:14-16
• Use It or Lose It (Influence): 1 Timothy 4:11-16
• Show a Little Kindness (Prejudice): 1 Timothy 5:21-25
• Take Care of Business (Faithfulness): 1 Timothy 6:20, 21

You can prepare these lessons as is or customize them for your specific ministry. Everything is editable, so have at it!

Introducing students to a life with Christ is one of the most rewarding experiences in youth ministry. This series asks five questions that people who profess to be Christians must answer; they are also critical for those who are on the outside examining our faith. Whether your students are asking some of these questions, just getting started in living a Christian life, or needing to revisit some of the basics, this study is designed to help them understand and process the essence of these five questions.

The Essence lessons include:

• What is a Christian and why should I be one?
• What is the Bible and why should I read it?
• What is prayer and why should I practice it?
• What is the church and why should I get involved in it?
• What is evangelism and why should I do it?

Each lesson is ready to use right out of the box, but all the materials are also editable so you can customize each one for your ministry.

Do your students think the Old Testament is old and dusty? Well, crack it open and take a new look at three incredible people and their relationship with God with this Jr. High Super-Series. After this, they’ll see King Saul, Shadrach and Esther in a different light. And since everything you need to promote and teach these lessons is included, the Old Timers super-series is a great way to reshape your students’ opinions about the relevance of the Bible while saving you lots of prep time.

Simplify your planning and teaching with three weeks of solid lessons on some amazing people that were used by God with surprising results.

Lessons include:

• King Saul
• Shadrach
• Esther

If you knew you only had one month to live, what would you do with your life? That’s the question Doug Field poses, and then explores, in this 3-week sermon series. This powerful question helps students identify the values that define them—while also shedding light on parts of their lives that may be holding them back from living for God. And if you’re giving the message, you’ll be well prepared with everything you need to save you hours of prep time.

Doug’s messages cover topics like:

• Determining what matters most
• Deepening relationships
• Leaving a legacy

These videos can be set to loop behind your announcements, praise and worship lyrics, photos of your goldfish, or whatever you want. You can also use them as stimulating visuals with no text needed to enhance your programs, add a little light or visual distraction, and engage your students.

Includes two motion backgrounds.

We recommend using a high-end presentation tool such as MediaShout if you plan to place text over these videos. Programs such as PowerPoint will allow you to import and play these videos but they won’t let you place text over them.

Formats include .mov (Apple Quicktime) and .wmv (Windows Media Player).

Here is a brand new countdown to grab your students’ attention and direct it back up front. They'll know when it's time to quit the yammering and start with the paying attention.

This 3-minute video countdown is an easy and effective way to get students ready to move on to whatever is next. No more yelling and waving of the hands. Just drop this .mov file into your video presentation software, such as MediaShout®, PowerPoint®, Keynote®, etc. and enjoy your next three minutes. And save your voice. Formats include .mov (Apple Quicktime) and .wmv (Windows Media Player).

It’s easy to grab your students’ attention with Race This. When the race shows up on screen, students pick a racer and then cheer it on and hope for victory! You’ve seen races like this on the jumbo screen at sporting events, and now you can bring the fun straight to your students.

Race This is a fun and effective way to kick off your program, meeting, or wrap up free time or small group sharing. Use this race as an official part of your program or a fun way to pass the time before it starts.

All you need is a PC or MAC computer. If you don’t have the free version of “Flash” installed on your computer, no problem—we’ve included the files that allow it to run on any computer.

Doug Fields discusses the all important topic of parents and youth ministry with Family Ministry expert Mark Devries.