Groove: Temptation Leader Guide
By Tony Akers
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Temptations are all around us; and facing those temptations is never easy, especially for teenagers. While simply avoiding temptation would make life a lot easier, it can be very hard for teens, who are still developing socially, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and physically.
Temptation is a four-week study designed to help teens navigate and overcome the daily temptations they battle. Greed, pride, envy, and lust are challenges we all face; so understanding the spiritual implications of those temptations can help our youth thrive in their spiritual lives as they move into adulthood.
The Groove: Temptation Student Journal provides exercises and daily devotions that help teens deal with the temptations they face as they learn to develop a maturing faith in Christ.
The Groove Bible study series invites teens to learn the essentials of their faith, own their story, and engage the world in serving Jesus. Each topical study consists of four weekly sessions that are easy to lead and relate to life issues teens face. With up to 48 weeks available, Groove is great for Sunday and mid-week gatherings for both large and small groups as well as retreats. The leader guide contains everything needed to lead teens through a Groove study, including teaching outlines, leader notes, Bible background, reflections, and parent communication.
Tony Akers
Tony has a Master s degree in Christian Education/Youth Ministryfrom Asbury Theological Seminary and has entered his third decade of serving inyouth ministry. He currently serves as the Minister to Youth and theirFamilies at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Alabama. He isprivileged to be married to Debbi and dad to Madison, Samuel, and Hannah Grace.When not dreaming how to do youth ministry better, Tony can be found at asoccer game, kayaking on the river, or reading.
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Groove - Tony Akers
About This Groove Study
Temptation shows up in all of our lives every day. And the same is true for teenagers. And where we, as adults, may have developed some practices and disciplines to deal with temptation, youth are still going through social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and obvious physical development. But they likely need help understanding how they can encounter and overcome temptations that exist in their lives. Temptation is a real challenge for us all but especially for teenagers developing a maturing faith in Christ.
Groove: Temptation is a four-week youth group study, which when partnered with the daily devotions (in the Groove: Temptation Student Journal), will help teenagers navigate some of the temptations that they face in their everyday lives. Greed, pride, envy, and lust are challenges we all face, so understanding the spiritual implications of those temptations can help our youth thrive in their spiritual lives as they move into adulthood.
As teens learn to deal with the temptations they face, this study can give them skills and disciplines that they need to thrive in their faith lives. Thank you for using Groove: Temptation with the youth you lead!
How to Use Groove
The Groove curriculum was designed to help you lead a great gathering of teens, providing enough material for you, as the youth leader, to choose the pieces that work well for your group and that guide the teens into discussion, helping to integrate their faith into their daily lives. The format is designed to teach and engage as well as to prompt teens to wrestle with and ask hard questions. To that end, below are some explanations about the format, layout, and ways to best use the resource.
The Key Format Components
Gather Up
As the teens arrive for each session, first impressions say everything about how you are prepared to welcome them. In addition to creating a warm, teen-friendly environment, most lessons will include an activity to engage teens directly and move their mindset toward the more organized structure of the lesson. Because teens occasionally arrive late, this activity is intentionally designed so that a teen may arrive during or after it without being lost or behind during the remaining session time.
Warm Up
As you and your group transition from the active or welcoming part of Gather Up, you want to prime the pump of your teens’ hearts and minds. This usually happens in an activity that helps them to focus on the subject of the lesson. The activity is meant to be short and to engage and set up what comes next.
Look Up
This section is the direct teaching time of the lesson. Included is the teaching outline, which correlates with the student journal activities, as well as some background and additional information to help teach a concise lesson. You will notice that the Look Up section rarely ever finishes a lesson or puts a bow on it,
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