Junior High Resources

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.

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.

This hands-on resource is designed to walk your group through the Sermon on the Mount while experiencing it in your own community. You have the option to move through 3 different locations, spending focused time in prayer, and discussing 7 readings from the Sermon on the Mount.

Sermon in the City includes 7 focused times of reading and prayer through the Sermon on the Mount and is written as a script for easy accessibility. This could be used in your weekly programming as you lead your junior or high school students through the readings, but best in a small group setting used by multiple youth leaders!

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.

"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.

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.

Get the whole flock moving with the Amp Up Dance featured at MIX 2022. Use this video driven dance party to get students amped up for youth group to start, as part of an event, or any time you just feel like dancing.

Includes:

• 1 MP4 video file (2:33)

Wrangle up some friends and get moving with the cowboy themed Amp Up Dance featured at MIX 2023. Use this video driven dance party to get students amped up for youth group to start, as part of an event, or for a spur of the moment dance break. Yeehaw!

Includes:

• 1 MP4 video file (2:23)

This three-part video series uses the book of Ephesians to teach practical implications of what it looks like to be in step with Jesus every day. From his favorite MIX drum shop, Jeff Walling highlights the different rhythms all Kingdom Workers are called to live in. This resource was originally created for a junior high audience.

Includes:

• Three 8-minute video lessons
• PDF with discussion questions

Get the whole crowd moving with the Cool Carll Amp Up Dance featured at MIX 2020. Use this video driven dance party to get students amped up for youth group to start, as part of an event, or any time you just feel like dancing. After this you can add “Nana just gave me $10 for my birthday” to the list of dance moves you know.

Includes:

• 1 MP4 video file (3:00)

Host your own prehistoric dance party with the dinosaur themed Amp Up Dance featured at MIX 2024. Use this video driven dance party to get students amped up for youth group to start, as part of an event, or any time you just feel like dancing.

Includes:

• 1 MP4 video file (2:43)

"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.

Mix animal heads & tails to make matches!

Includes 88 playing cards and game mat.

This resource could be used in your weekly programming, at lunch visits, in small groups, or any way you think up to engage with your students!