Series Week 1 - What was God thinking? This was our first week of a new series tackling the awkward question of SEX. Not surprised that we had the best attendance with lots of new faces this school year.
Big Idea: Offering a biblical foundation to answer what God had in mind when he created us male and female. It was a great conversation. In big group and in our small groups. We launched out with the trailer from “the God’s must be Crazy“. To suggest that many approach the idea of sex the same way natives do in the bush because they don’t know what a bottle dropped from the sky.
The reality of not understanding why God created sex causes much confusion as we live our lives. On track taken, and seemed to resonant with the students…they are simply animals who are just doing what comes naturally. The culture has sold a very confusing and incomplete message of what sex and intimacy mean. You can download the notes from this week’s lesson here. There was lots of interesting buzz and conversation all through the teaching time.
Small Groups: the students were really engaged (imagine) in the discussion. in all the groups, lots of basic questions were asked. we found that interesting as some questions one would have thought would have been answered in school heath classes. Even in a society that prides itself on “sexaul awareness” many still are not taught basic concepts. Lots of ground was covered and all small group leaders shared that the conversation moved to a more revealing and encouraging way.
One student shared in an email after youth group…
Church made me realize ALOT tonight.
think some good stuff is happening.next week the topic will be “What went wrong?”
we a larger number in attendance, we’re tight for space with big group games, but we still leveraged a creative idea from youth leader stash.
