What's It All About?
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God's Living Story for Young People
Storyline is a new, fresh, 12 session resource produced by Urban Saints, which takes young people (aged 11+) on a journey where they will understand, and experience, the story of God as revealed in the Bible.
Storyline takes an active, hands on, learning-through-experience approach, enabling young people to encounter and explore themes, feelings and ideas relevant to the material covered in each session.
The emphasis in each session is on creative communication and expression, rather than listening to someone talking. Young people will be encouraged to consider what they can learn about God, themselves, others and the creation as appropriate in ach session. they will be given opportunities to respond to what they have learned, in creative and reflection and prayer.
This course is aimed at both Christians and non-Christians and includes a range of top quality resources including...
- A comprehensive leaders guide
- Video clips
- Music
- Handouts
Storyline is available as a folder, with 135 printed pages, a DVD and CD, for £19.99 plus £5.00 postage from the Urban Saints Support Centre.
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This course will give young people an overview of the Big Story of the Bible - an understanding that this strange assortment of ancient books is all interlinked, purposeful, intentional and part of an ongoing adventure. It will help them understand God’s dealings with people throughout the history of the world, from the creation of the world, to the present day and into the future. It will help young people locate themselves in this big story, to understand God’s plans and purposes in their lives and to respond to God’s invitation to be part of his kingdom. They will gain a deep understanding that they are part of this story and its continuation, that their roots go back to creation and their future can be in the new creation. It will provide space for them to encounter the God of the Bible.
Young people with some Bible knowledge will be able to make connections between previously disparate stories and characters, and see how they slot into the biblical narrative. Those who have never experienced the Bible before will learn how to approach it, as the overarching story of God’s dealings with the people that he created. They will get to know some of the names of key characters in the Bible, but by no means all.
The course takes an active, hands-on, learning-through-experience approach, enabling young people to encounter and explore themes, feelings and ideas relevant to the material covered in each session. The emphasis in each session is on creative communication and expression, rather than just listening to someone talking. Young people will be given opportunities to respond to what they have learned, in creative reflection and prayer.
Written by Jenny Baker
Copyright © Jenny Baker
First published by Urban Saints in 2009.
Special thanks to The Bible Society for their support for this project.
All rights reserved. No part of this production may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Urban Saints. Unless otherwise indicated, biblical quotations are from the Contemporary English Version Bible translation copyright © American Bible Society 2004.
