Curriculum & Teaching

"Batteries" is a three-part series consisting of videos and discussion questions that dive into what it means to be a Christian fully connected to Jesus. This resource tells the story of Brandon as he navigates a normal Wednesday with his crush and his best friend.

"Batteries" is an excellent resource for junior high students to look at what it means to be a Christian who lives with integrity.

The Gospel Story lesson is a fun and creative way to present the Gospel to your preteen students, brought to you by SuperStart.

It comes with a video that is just over six minutes long and illustrates the Gospel in a way that is easy for your preteen students to understand. Along with the video are NEW small group activities and discussions that will drive your fourth through sixth graders into deeper knowledge about the Gospel story. This lesson can be used in your Sunday School class, for your weekend programming, or for any other way you can imagine it! 

Contact is a five-week curriculum on prayer that puts a modern twist on helping students learn how to pray. Using a centuries-old model called Lectio Divina, students will have the opportunity to read through scripture, meditate on scripture, pray through scripture, and, finally, contemplate the scripture by physically doing a small activity that ties into the topic. 

Provided in this curriculum are five lessons on prayer for your junior high students. Each lesson contains two or three different activities and could be practiced in your weekly programming, in small groups, or in different stations during a night of prayer. Also, included is a series of short “bumper” videos called “Howie Pray.” Each one gives a silly different tip on prayer. This is all brought to you by Believe.

This four-week curriculum will help your students understand what it meant for David to be a "man after God's own heart" and how God is asking them to be young men and women who also chase after the things that God wants. 

"After" includes four lessons with four videos on David, a bumper video, and extra slide graphics to customize as needed. This curriculum is best used for junior high students in weekly programming, or a small group setting.

This four-week lesson plan is designed to help junior high students understand that their ultimate identity is found in Christ. Each lesson consists of a main verse and idea, an opening activity, discussion questions, and talking points. This plan also includes one 5-minute film.

Junior high students will learn through this four-week lesson plan that they were created for a purpose, and a life lived with purpose is a life filled with joy.

"Switch" is a four-part junior high devotional that walks through the CIY short film “Switch.” Each lesson features discussion questions, a Kingdom Worker challenge, scripture reading, prayer, and a particular portion of the film. This lesson will lay out conversations about the concept of “look, listen, and lean” – a practical way for students to find truth from Jesus. The film centers around the story of Nicodemus.

With is a four-week curriculum (with a bonus fifth-week option) that was made by Believe to help your junior high students understand that they were created to be in a relationship with God and with others. 

"With" includes four lessons, three "Institute For Loneliness" videos, a worksheet, and other graphics to make it your own. The optional fifth week is a celebration lesson to cap off this series. This lesson includes game graphics and a short video by Katie Edwards. This could be used in your weekly programming or in small groups with your junior high students.

Open is a four-week curriculum (with a bonus fifth-week option) that was created to help junior high students understand what it means to be generous, and how generosity should be a natural response to God’s gifts in our lives.

It includes four lessons with graphics, a countdown bumper video, and customizable slides to make it your own. The optional fifth week is a bonus celebration! This lesson includes the Open film, game graphics, and lesson graphics. Open curriculum could be used in your weekly programming or in small groups with your junior high students.

Power Up is an engaging and interactive 3-part devotional series for preteen students to help explain the power that the Gospel gives all of us. This series breaks down the Gospel through the lens of a video game. 

This devotional series is a fun tool for ministers to help explain the Gospel and what it means to fight temptation and be wise.

Mysterious Truth is a three-part small group discussion for preteen students that includes scripture, teaching points, and follow-up questions all centered around unpacking the truths of the Gospel.

Decoding Love is a three-part small group discussion for preteen students that includes scripture, teaching points, and follow-up questions all centered around unpacking the love that Jesus has called us all to walk in.

Decoding Love, brought to you by SuperStart, includes three preteen-specific small group sessions focused on loving one another.

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Game Changer is a three-part small group series that teaches us to remember God’s promises and to find hope. This series is designed for preteen students.

Game Changer includes games, teaching videos, and discussion questions.