Lesson 7- Sticky Justice (slides)

7/29/2019 Lesson 7- Sticky Justice (slides)

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Shower for Savannah Tuesday,May 8

Diapers or diaper-related gifts, 6 PM, home of JulieRoggli

Senior Sunday NightMay 13

#HASHTAG Begins in RefugeMay 23

Middle School Bowling Saturday,

May 19

Looking Forward


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What did graduating high school

seniors wish they had more of intheir youth groups?

1. Time for deep conversation.2. Mission trips.

3. Service projects.

4. Accountability.

5. One-one-one time with leaders.


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How do we raise kids who serve? How

can we plant a vision for kingdom serviceso deeply in our kids that they cant help

but offer love and hope to those in need?

Service and Justice


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Justice is a Biblical

value and theme.If your church is uncomfortable with

justice, then your church hasnt read theBible. The Bible talks about justice as one

of Gods core attributes, and its a word

that we have to reclaim.

Justice is a part of Gods mission.


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Table Talk

What are your initial thoughts on

the word justice? What wouldchange in your life if you saw

justice as a core attribute of God

and a major theme of being a

Christian?


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Young people want to be

involved in service andjustice work.


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While mission trips are

important, service isstickier when it hits

closer to home.


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It needs to be in their home literally, as we

as parents exemplify, encourage, and

actually participate with our kids in rightingwrongs around them. It needs to hit close to

home thematically, as we help our kids

understand how particular injustices relate totheir lives. It needs to hit home personally, as

we expose our kids to actual people who

have been oppressed, thereby givinginjustice a face and a name. And justice

ministry needs to hit home relationally, as we

help our kids serve others in partnership with


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Find sticky causes that

matter to your kid.What is it that strikes

close to home for your

children? If you dont

have an answer to that

question, get one by

asking your kids.


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Serve together as a

family.


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Make justice work not

an event but a process.


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Develop ongoing

relationships with thoseyou serve.


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Make justice part of

everyday life.

Many (maybe even most) teenagers will

show way more enthusiasm for talking

about Jesus to a little girl in Inner City

Chattanooga or visiting the Dominican

Republic than they will for being more kind

to the troubled girl in 2nd block at school.


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Table Talk

What are some ways we can

promote and work for justice inour homes, community, and

through our church? Come upwith some specific ideas.

Lesson 7- Sticky Justice (slides)

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