Youth Growth Group Questions
1. Check in & Hang out: (700:-7:10)
2. Game: (7:10-7:25)
Zoom Bible Trivia!!!
3 . Welcome and Memory Verse: (7:25-7:30)
Did anyone experience any cool life change this week? (application)
H- Keeping being a mom! I- Thank your mom! J- Bless your mom!
Ephesians 2:8 (May), Matthew 22:14 (Jun), 1 Peter 5:7 (Jul)
(Try to quote first, then look up and read)
The books of the Bible up to Romans (see video @ theporch.info/bible once a month at most)
Icebreaker: Who would you trust and/or not to catch you in a trust fall?
4. Video Lesson: (7:30-7:45)
The YOU Effect - Week 2 (Having a big effect starts with a small group!)
5. Small Groups: (7:45-8:00)
(Create meaningful conversation. Adjust the questions as needed, and don’t feel like you need to answer all of them.)
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. If you could give a million dollars or a million hours to serve one charity or cause, what would it be?
2. What do you think holds most high schoolers back from getting involved in causes like those?
3. Have you ever stepped back from an opportunity to serve or lead or get involved because you felt like you wouldn’t
have much of an effect? What reasons lead you to that decision?
4. In Acts 2:37-47, the author, Luke, tells us how the earliest Jesus followers ate together, shared everything, and
provided for each other’s needs. And, the early church grew very quickly. Why do you think those actions had such
an impact?
5. How is the early church’s relationship (see question #4) similar or different to the way Christians interact act your
school? How do you think this impacts the way high schoolers see Jesus?
6. What would it look like for our group to “stand out” in the way we treat each other while we’re here and outside of
group?
7. What is one area where we could decide to have a collective impact? (Leader, be prepared to make a few
suggestions of where your group could serve together or ways they can impact their school together).
8. What might hold us back from doing that? How can we overcome this?
TRY THIS
This week, follow up with your group about the area your Small Group said they could impact. As a group, decide on
the next step that they could take to impact them.
6. Bible Reading & Discussion: (8:00-8:10) (What stood out to you in this week's reading?)
Romans 10:9-7
1. How does Paul say that we can be saved?
2. Who does Paul say can be saved?
3. What is the dilemma in v 14?
4. Tell about a time that you shared your faith.
5. What keeps you from sharing your faith?
6. Who has God put on your heart to share with recently that you can share with this week?
7. Sermon Summary Video: (8:00-8:15)
(Scared to death!!!)
Teaser:
8. Sermon Discussion: (8:15-8:20)
(See how discussion goes in a full group setting by the TV's)
What’s one thing that stood out to you from the sermon?
(BIG IDEA - ***Are you afraid of the afterlife?*** )
Why do you think most people never think about dying?
Do you think people are afraid to die? Why or why not?
Have you ever had doubts about your afterlife? How so?
How have you seen God use Corona to get people’s attention?
What is more encouraging to you and why? That we have: hope, life, expectation, or confidence in the afterlife. (Let multiple people answer in different ways)
What do you think about the idea of a rapture?
When if the last time you talked about the afterlife with someone? How did it go?
Are you personally afraid of the afterlife? Why or why not?
What have been your favorite part of this series: (Let multiple people answer in multiple ways)
1 - Panic vs. Peace
2 - Fear vs. faith
3 - isolation vs. intimacy
4 – Anxiety vs. Assurance
6 - Confusion vs. confidence
9. Life Change - Application: 8:20-8:25)
What is one thing that you can do this week? (TRY TO HOLD OUT ON GIVING OPTIONS!!!!!
Anything from the video lesson or Bible discussion?
H- Consider the afterlife! I- Don't fear the afterlife! J- Look forward to the afterlife!
10. Prayer: (8:25-8:30)
(Take a few minutes to ask for prayer request and/or praises and pray for each other.)
11. Show Teaser Video for next series (If applicable)
***Leader TIPS***
BOTTOM LINE
You don’t have to be fixed to be found.
SCRIPTURE
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32).
GOAL OF SMALL GROUP
To help students see that they can have a relationship
with God regardless of their mistakes or their past.
THINK ABOUT THIS
Leaders, at this phase, students are developing the ability to see other people from a different perspective. You can help your students realize that neither character was all right or all wrong.
TRY THIS
Leaders, people are always more complex than we think—even when at first, we think it’s just good versus bad. By the end of the story, everyone had their successes and failures. This story is also not just a story of two brothers, this story is about a father who loved two sons more than they thought. Pay attention to the students in your group who may need a reminder that they are wanted and worthy of being in your small group. Reach out to them this week and remind them how thankful you are to have them in group.