Student Leader Guide 2023-2024

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Student Leader Guide 3.1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE MISSION
Decision Point Pledge
The Heart of the Mission
Save the Date
Legal Rights for Students
Advocating for Your Legal Rights
Starting a Club
Getting a Coach
7 Principles for Christian Leadership
Focused on God’s Purposes
Fed by God’s Word
Filled by God’s Spirit
Fueled by Prayer
Faith in God to Do the Impossible
Filled with Boldness from the Lord
Faithful in All You Have Been Entrusted
MISSION ACTION PLAN
Visualizing the Mission
M. A. P. : Mission Action Plan
Decision Point’s Club Planner
Starting Later?
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Leading a Club
Being a Gospel-Centered Leader
Being a Gospel-Centered Club
Leadership Team Meetings
Club Promotion
How to Lead Great Club Meetings
Public Speaking
Vision Casting
Leadership Traps
Empowering Others
Develop Future Leaders
Trusting God Through The Unexpected
PRAY5
The Pray5 Challenge
Mobilize People to Pray
Christian Students
Teacher Advisor
Parents
The Church
GO WITNESS
The Go Witness Challenge
Why Witness?
What is the Gospel?
How to Witness
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How to Lead a Witnessing Outing
The Bible Commands Us to Share the Gospel
Common Witnessing Myths
Sharing the Gospel With...
How to Share Your Testimony
God is Our Confidence
LEAD AN OUTREACH WEEK
The Lead an Outreach Week Challenge
7 Steps to Leading an Outreach Week
Step 1: Design the Outreach Week
Step 2: Get Approval From Admin in Writing
Step 3: Lock in the Details
Step 4: Promote the Outreach Week
Step 5: Lead the Outreach Week
Step 6: Follow Up, Immediately and Personally
Step 7: Celebrate and Debrief the Week
GIVE GOD’S WORD
The Give God’s Word Challenge
TEACH GOD’S WORD
The Teach God’s Word Challenge
Club Content for the M. A. P.
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First 5 Club Meetings
Week 1: Launch Mission + Pray5
Week 2: Go Witness: Why?
Week 3: Go Witness: What?
+ Teach God’s Word Preview
Week 4: Go Witness: How?
Week 5: Go Witness: Go!
What’s the Point?
Lesson 1: Who Says?
Lesson 2: Whose World Is It Anyway?
Lesson 3: What’s The Problem?
Lesson 4: Where Are We Going?
Lesson 5: Living On Point
The King and His Cross
Lesson 1: Qualification of the King
Lesson 2: Proclamation of the King
Lesson 3: Demonstration of the King
Lesson 4: Restoration of the King
Lesson 5: Mission of the King
Lesson 6: The Cross Before Me
Lesson 7: The Crucifixion of the King
Lesson 8: The Resurrection of the King
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Follow Jesus
Lesson 1: Find Community
Lesson 2: Pray
Lesson 3: Read God’s Word
Lesson 4: Rely on the Holy Spirit
Lesson 5: Share Your Faith
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Gospel Challenges: Additional Club Content
Lead an Outreach Week Preview (10-15 minutes)
Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 2 Weeks
Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 1 Week
Give God’s Word Prep (10 minutes)
Pray5 Refresh (5-10 minutes)
Go Witness Refresh (5-10 minutes)
Teach God’s Word Refresh (5-10 minutes)
Lead an Outreach Week Refresh (5-10 minutes)
Give God’s Word Refresh (5-10 minutes)
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Special Club Meetings
See You At The Pole Prep
Christmas Party
End of Year Party and Intro Next Year’s Leaders
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DECISION POINT
PLEDGE
As a Decision Point Leader, I pledge myself to the mission
of proclaiming the gospel to the next generation till every student
has heard and will work to raise up others for this mission.
By God’s grace…
I will stand for Christ as one committed to the truth of
God’s Word. I will not be ashamed of His testimony or bow
down to the idols of today.
I will live for Christ focused on His purposes, not my own.
I will be a leader who is daily fed by His Word, fueled by prayer,
and filled by His Holy Spirit. I will live a life of faith, boldness,
and faithfulness with all the Lord has entrusted to me.
I will witness for Christ. Because the love of Christ compels me,
I will pray for the lost, give God’s Word to those around me,
and regularly share the good news of Jesus who alone can
save and set them free.
I will endure hardship for Christ. I will not quit or back down when
things are hard or painful, but will count it all joy when I meet trials
of various kinds. I will look to Jesus for strength who endured the cross
and its shame, trusting Him to use all things for my good and His glory.
I pledge all of this for Christ because He is worth it.
Signed:
School Year:
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THE HEART OF
THE MISSION
A word from Decision Point President, Mark Hopson:
Hey, students! I am so excited you’ve decided to be a Decision Point
Leader this school year. Together we’re proclaiming the gospel to the next
generation till every student has heard.
The need for this mission is huge. As you
know, the teenage years are a time of
decisions. Students are figuring out who
they are, what they believe, and what life
is all about. Many are asking if life is even
worth living. Guided only by culture’s
shifting standards, students are left
to build their lives on sinking sand.
Without God’s truth to guide them,
students are tossed about and driven
toward deadly decisions. Atheism is on
the rise. Alternate lifestyles are on the rise.
Addictions and suicide are skyrocketing.
In all this, millions of students have never even heard the good news of
Jesus Christ who alone can set them free. But this generation doesn’t
have to stay a lost generation. That’s why your mission this year is to give
every student at your school the opportunity to hear the gospel before
they graduate.
This mission is made possible by
committing to the 4 Campus Objectives.
1. Reach Every Student: Imagine giving every student at your school the
opportunity to hear the gospel, respond in faith, grow as a new believer,
and plug into a local church! You can’t make anyone accept Christ, but
you can make sure they have the opportunity to.
2. Mobilize Christian Students: You can’t do this alone! Raise up more
Christian students by actively involving them in sharing the gospel at
school. Don’t limit this to only the Christian students that come to your
club. Reach out and intentionally invite other Christians to join in the
mission as well.
3. Gather Community Support: This mission requires a team! Invite your
teacher advisor, parents, pastors, local churches, and other believers to
support and sustain the mission by praying, giving, and volunteering.
4. Develop Future Leaders: Graduation is coming. Continue the
mission of proclaiming the gospel to the next generation by raising up
future leaders and developing them to take up the torch at your school
after you graduate.
You can do all this by following
the Mission Action Plan, or
M.A.P. for short. Read all
about it in the next tab of this
guide! This M.A.P. will give
you a winning game plan to
raise up others to join you in
taking on Decision Point’s 5
Gospel Challenges: Pray5, Go
Witness, Teach God’s Word,
Lead an Outreach Week, and
Give God’s Word.
My hope is that more than just taking these challenges, you become a
leader who shares the gospel for the rest of your life. That’s why this
year you’re being equipped with Decision Point’s Student Leader Guide
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(this book you’re reading right now!) and Decision Point’s Club Planner
(a nifty google doc that will help keep all your plans organized!).
Alongside your Decision Point Coach, these resources will help you
accomplish the mission at your school.
Your mission will not be easy. You may wonder if you have what it takes
or if God will really use you. It will take lots of time and sacrifice, just like
it does to get good grades or be part of a sports team or music group.
But unlike those other activities, what you do to share the gospel will
have an eternal impact.
You will face challenges along the way, and at times you will be
tempted to quit. But never forget this: God loves to use young
leaders like you who are ready to stand for Christ, live for Christ,
witness for Christ, and endure hardship for His name because He
is worth it.
And remember, you are not alone. As you step out to share the gospel
at your school, you are part of something bigger. You’re part of a team
of students, staff, pastors and community leaders across the nation all
working toward this big vision.
Most importantly, remember that God is with you. After rising from the
dead, and right before ascending into heaven, Jesus said, “All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations…And behold, I am with you always” (Matthew
28:18-20).
So you ready? Let’s dive in. Check out the rest of this Mission tab
and then head to the M.A.P. tab in this guide to get started!
In Christ,
Mark Hopson
DECISION POINT
CONFERENCE
Learn more at DecisionPoint.org/SLC
SAVE THE DATE!
JULY 15-19, 2024
Colorado Christian University
The Decision Point Conference is a gathering of students from
across the nation who are passionate about sharing the hope of
Jesus and youth pastors who want to see dynamic youth evangelism
happen in their communities. Join for an unforgettable experience in
Colorado, as together you:
• Deepen your walk with Christ.
• Get effective training, tools, and resources to impact this generation
for Christ.
• Gain hands-on experience with initiative witnessing.
• Hear from incredible speakers touching on topics and issues that
students face every day.
• Have a blast with games and activities building lasting friendships.
• Pray for schools and our nation.
• Develop as a leader for Christ.
Imagine the impact that could happen if you could get a team of
3, 5, or even 10 Christian students from your school to join together
for a week of uniting around the shared mission of reaching your
school with the gospel.
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LEGAL RIGHTS
FOR STUDENTS
ADVOCATING FOR
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Students frequently wonder if it is really legal for them to share
their faith on campus. The answer is yes! It’s entirely legal!
Since many people don’t know that, it’s important to be familiar with the
legal rights that protect students when sharing about Jesus on a public
school campus.
Follow along with the “Legal Rights for Students” training video at
decisionpoint.org/legal-rights.
“Separation of Church and State” is a phrase many people think
means that schools are supposed to be religion-free zones, but it’s
the total opposite! It actually means that public, government-funded
schools cannot hinder or regulate students’ expression of religion.
The First Amendment says that the government can’t make any
laws that keep you from practicing your religion freely. It also can’t
restrict your speech (verbal and written). So if you want to pray, share
the gospel, hand out flyers promoting the Christian club or events at
your church, bring your Bible, or give out Bibles or any other Christian
materials, your school can’t legally stop you from doing so. If they did,
they would be violating your freedom of speech.
Most of the time when your rights are pushed aside, it can easily be resolved
as a misunderstanding without becoming a huge issue. But even if it does
become a problem, firmly and respectfully standing up for your rights is the
wise and loving thing to do. It’s important to proceed with a heart posture of
confidence in the Lord, kindness and respect toward those in authority, and
a love for the lost who need to hear the gospel. This isn’t about defending
yourself; it’s about preserving an open door for the gospel right now and for
future generations at your school.
Go to DecisionPoint.org/legal-rights-in-action to follow along with the
“Advocating for Your Legal Rights'' training video and take a deeper dive into
legal rights and how to appropriately advocate for them. On that webpage
you can also find…
• Sample emails for specific situations. It’s super important to get
everything in writing!
• How and when to ask for help from your teacher advisor and parents.
• How to follow up utilizing the “Two Day Rule”: Do not wait more than 2
business days to follow up on an email that you, a teacher advisor, or a
parent has sent to the school’s administration.
• How to contact the Pacific Justice Institute.
The Equal Access Act of 1984 ensures that all on-campus clubs
The Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit legal defense
organization that helps defend religious freedom free of
receive equal treatment. If any other club can reserve facilities, hang
charge! PJI understands that most problems come from
posters, make announcements on the PA system or bring in a guest
uninformed school staff, so their first step is always to reach
speaker, so can the Christian club. And if another club hasn’t done
out to your school with a pleasant and direct message
something like that at school before, that doesn’t mean the Christian
clarifying your rights and offering to defend the school admin
club can’t be the first! It shouldn’t be limited in any way just because it’s
for free if anyone tries to challenge the school for upholding
a religious club.
your rights as students. They are an amazing resource, so
don’t hesitate to ask for their help!
What do you do if the administration at your school has denied or
ignored your rights on campus? Keep reading!
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STARTING A CLUB
If you want to reach your whole school with the gospel, you’re
gonna want to have a team of believers working together to make
it happen. There are so many opportunities that are only available
when you are in a club. If there’s already a Christian club on
campus, try joining that one! If not, or if the current club doesn’t
want to reach out to unbelievers, then you can start a new club that
can make an impact for years to come. The good news is: starting a
club can be easy!
Follow along with the
“Starting a Club” training
video by scanning the QR
code above or visiting
DecisionPoint.org/tools.
At the same time, gather Christian students who can start the club
with you. Maybe you already have some Christian friends who would
be interested, or maybe this is an opportunity to make new Christian
friends. Once you find the right people, tell them about your mission to
give every student at school the opportunity to hear the gospel before
they graduate, and ask them to help you start the club.
Once you have everything and everyone you need, submit the club
application and get confirmation that your club is approved. If you have
any trouble, go to decisionpoint.org/legal-rights-in-action for advice on
how to move forward.
Waiting for your club to get approved by your school’s
administration? You can still start meeting weekly with a group of
students going through the Teach God’s Word content of this guide
and doing all the gospel challenges except Lead an Outreach Week.
Don’t let club approval slow down you gathering students and making
an impact for Christ! You may not be able to hang up posters or reserve
rooms yet, but you can meet together anywhere students can gather
and promote using word-of-mouth.
First, go to the school office to find out the process and paperwork
that you need to start a club. Your school should have a standard
process for any student group that wants to become a club.
Next, ask a teacher to be your club advisor. If there aren't any other
options, this person doesn't have be a Christian, but ideally they would
be:
• Aligned and supportive of your mission as a club.
• Fully on board with you hosting outreach events and witnessing on
campus.
• Understand that your club is student-led, not teacher or adult-led
(This is the only way it is legal!).
• Able to be present at your club meetings and outreach events.
You can have two Teacher Advisors if they would like to split the
responsibilities of being in the room during club meetings/events.
Check out the “Leading a Club” section, start on page
50 in the M.A.P. tab of this guide to find a ton of great
training to sharpen your club leadership skills.
Check out the Teach God’s Word tab of this guide
to find a whole year’s worth of content for your club
meetings, starting on page 127!
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GETTING A COACH
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
CHRISTIAN LEADERS
What if you had someone who
could come alongside you and your
Christian club to provide support in
the mission to reach your school?
What if they encouraged you in
your growth as a Christian leader
each step of the way? That’s what a
Decision Point Coach does!
Christian Leaders are…
1. Focused on God’s Purposes
2. Fed by God’s Word
3. Filled by God’s Spirit
4. Fueled by Prayer
5. Faith in God to Do the Impossible
6. Filled with Boldness from the Lord
7. Faithful in All You Have Been Entrusted
1. Pray and think through people who you would like to ask, like your
youth pastor or a youth leader at your church, or a parent or mentor.
2. Pick your top choice and share about how you want to give every
student at your school the opportunity to hear the gospel. Explain
that what you would need from them is to…
a. Pray and encourage you throughout the year.
b. Connect regularly in person or on the phone.
c. Work through the Campus M.A.P. (Mission Action Plan) to help
you execute Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges.
d. Help you connect with the local church.
e. Join your Outreach Week.
3. Watch the intro video at DecisionPoint.org, look through the website
together, and show them this Student Leader Guide.
4. Ask if they would be able to commit to being your coach.
5. Follow up for their answer.
a. If they say no, that’s okay! Pray that God would show you the
next person to ask.
b. If they say maybe, give them a little more time and follow up
after a couple days.
c. If they say yes, thank them and have them sign up at
DecisionPoint.org/coach and determine the next time you can
meet to keep going!
Being a leader on a mission is awesome. You are doing a lot of great
work and you are empowering others to do the same. What you do is
important to God, but it is not the only thing that is important. Who you
are matters so much.
In John 15, Jesus says, “Abide in Me,” which is His way of telling His
followers to stay constant in their relationship with Him. He desires them
to “bear fruit,” which includes good kingdom work, but to do it from a
posture of being connected to Him. What are some ways to do that?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training
in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped
for every good work.” Since the Bible is the authoritative Word of
God written by the Holy Spirit, there is no such thing as growing as a
Christian apart from being shaped by the Word and Spirit of God.
The following devotionals explore 7 key principles for growing as
a Christian leader. They will help you grow in truth, righteousness,
leadership, and your ability to share the gospel with confidence.
Go through these devotionals with your coach and leadership team
through the year, maybe even once each semester! In addition to these
devotionals, the hope is that you cultivate a daily discipline of reading
God’s Word, and becoming more and more like Christ.
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Focused on God’s
Purposes
3. Demands that a leader meditates on God's Word and be filled with
boldness from Him. Joshua is commanded not to fear but instead to be
strong and courageous (v. 6, 7 & 9). He is told to study and meditate
on God's Word.
Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the law my servant
Moses gave you; do not turn from it to
the right or to the left, that you may be
successful wherever you go.
Context
God had a mission for Joshua. Centuries earlier, God had promised
this land to Abraham to be for his descendants. Now, God was going
to accomplish that purpose through Joshua. The Lord had led the
people of Israel out of captivity through Moses, but He was going to
lead the people into the promised land through Joshua.
Main Points
Being Focused on God's Purposes...
1. Means the leader must get up and get going to do what God wants.
Joshua had to get up and go do what God said (v. 2).
"I will give you every place where you set
your foot, as I promised Moses."
Application
1. Commit yourself to God's purposes, this year and for the rest of your
life.
2. Embrace all the responsibility, boldness and faithfulness that this
requires. Ask God for His strength.
3. Meditate on God's Word so you can live for God's purposes.
Discussion
1. How does this study encourage you with issues you are currently
facing as a Christian leader?
2. How are you tempted to be distracted with things other than God's
purposes?
3. What truths from God's Word encourage you to be strong and
courageous?
2. Gives the confidence and satisfaction that comes from doing
something God wants to be done. Joshua can have confidence
because God will give him success and will be with him (vv. 2-3).
Joshua can have great satisfaction knowing God is using him to fulfill
His purposes and promises (Genesis 12).
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FED BY GOD'S WORD
Context
“All Scripture is
breathed out by God and
profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, and
for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may
be complete, equipped for
every good work.”
Paul wrote this letter to Timothy, a young pastor he was mentoring.
Paul wrote while sitting in prison awaiting his execution in Rome. All the
while, persecution against the church was running wild. Many Christians
and teachers had been abandoning the faith, while some were teaching
false doctrine in the church leading many astray (2 Tim. 2:14-3:9).
Throughout the letter, Paul calls Timothy to remain steadfast in the
truth in spite of suffering. The key to remaining steadfast in his life and
ministry is to stay rooted in God's Word.
2. Because God’s Word “is breathed out by God":
God’s Word is holy.
God’s Word is our authority.
God’s Word is completely true and without error (inerrant)
because God cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18).
God's Word is necessary to live & flourish (Matthew 4:4).
"Man shall not live by bread alone but by
every word that proceeds from the mouth
of God." Matthew 4:4
3. God's Word is “profitable for” four key things…
Teaching: Helps us know God and how we should live.
Reproof: Shows us our sin.
Correction: Provides a better way to live than our sin.
Training in righteousness: Builds us up to live holy lives.
Application
1. Read the Bible every day like your life depends on it.
2. Memorize key Bible verses.
3. As you read and memorize Scripture, ask God to teach you,
correct you, and train you in righteousness.
Discussion
In what ways has God encouraged you from the Bible this week?
Main Points
1.“All Scripture” is inspired by God.
Keyword: “ALL,” not just some.
"Breathed out" = inspired or spoken by God.
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FILLED BY GOD'S SPIRIT
And do not get drunk with wine,
for that is debauchery,
but be filled with the Spirit.
Context
Paul’s command to the church of
Ephesus to be filled by the Spirit comes
immediately after he tells them to
carefully watch how they live. He tells
them to walk by the Spirit, remembering
their identity and union with Christ. These
believers are to be filled with the Spirit,
not only because it is a gift from God, but
because it is necessary for their walk.
Main Points
Paul gives a command to be filled by the Spirit.
For those who are new creations in Christ (see 2 Cor. 5:17),
being filled with the Holy Spirit is a part of their identity.
Being filled with the Spirit is both something that Christians
are, and something that Christians are supposed to strive
for. Paul says this as a command.
Being filled by God’s Spirit…
Means that God is with you at all times (John 14:16-17).
Enables you to deny your sinful nature and live a godly life;
He will help you in your weakness (Gal. 5:16-26; Rom. 8:26).
Brings you an understanding of God’s Word (John 14:26).
Requires that you continuously seek to be filled (Eph. 5:18).
Enables you to minister in His power (2 Tim. 2:1;
Eph. 6:17-18).
Application
Christian leaders must be continually filled by God’s Spirit.
The Christian life cannot be lived without God’s Spirit.
Discussion
As you seek to be a light to those around you, how will being
filled by God’s Spirit empower you and your gospel efforts?
PRO
TIP
Have other people in your Bible study read the
passage aloud from their own Bible or Bible
app. This will help keep everyone focused and
encourage others that their voices are important!
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Fueled by Prayer
“‘Father, if you are willing, remove this cup
from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours,
be done.’ And there appeared to him an
angel from heaven, strengthening him. And
being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and
his sweat became like great drops of blood
falling down to the ground."
Context
At many points through his ministry, Jesus sets the example to pray.
He often goes off alone to pray (Luke 5:16), teaches His disciples how to
pray (Matt. 6:9-13), and prays for them (John 17). Only hours from His arrest
and crucifixion, Jesus focuses on prayer.
Main Points
Jesus prayed regularly, as was His custom (v. 39).
Jesus commanded His disciples to pray (v. 40).
Jesus was able to pray directly to the Father (v. 42).
Jesus prayed fervently as he faced His greatest test
(vv. 43-44).
Jesus was strengthened in prayer by the Father (v. 43).
Jesus says His disciples need to watch and pray so that they will not
fall into temptation (vv. 40, 46).
Jesus' disciples slept when they should have prayed, then stumbled
when they should have stood strong (vv. 45-46).
Application
Will you commit to frequent and fervent prayer this semester?
How should we pray? We encourage everyone in this ministry to
"Pray FAST." That means praying with ...
Faith – The Bible teaches us to pray with faith, believing that
God is fully able and willing to answer our prayers
(Heb. 11:6; James 1:6-7).
Anticipation – We are to be watchful for God's answer to our prayer,
much like Elijah watched for God to answer His prayer
to bring rain (I Kgs. 18: 41-46; James 5:16-18; Ps. 5:3).
Specific – God wants us to bring specific requests to Him. God may not
grant it, or it may not be according to His plan, but He
still tells us to ask and pray specifically (Lk. 11:9-13; Phil. 4:6;
Matt. 20:29-34).
Together – There is tremendous value and power when
believers unite in prayer (Acts 2:42; Matt. 18:19-20).
Discussion
How does this study encourage you in the midst of issues you are
currently facing as a Christian leader?
How do you get distracted from a life of prayer, and what will you
do to change?
How will being fueled by prayer equip you for ministry at your
school?
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FAITH IN GOD TO DO
THE IMPOSSIBLE
"But Jesus looked at
them and said, 'With
man this is impossible,
but with God all things
are possible.'”
Main Points
1. Strengthen your faith by remembering things God has done that are
impossible for man.
God created and ordered everything in the universe.
God parted the Red Sea.
God defeated armies before battles even began.
God caused a virgin to conceive and give birth to His Son, who was
both fully God and fully man.
Jesus Christ performed miracles, healed the sick, raised the dead
and was Himself raised from the dead.
2. If God gave Jesus to save you, trust Him to also give you what you
need as you serve Him. Paul said, “If God gave up his own Son for us,
will he not also give us all things?” (Rom. 8:32).
PRO
TIP
A picture is worth a thousand words. Adding
a short illustration that relates to the passage
and main point will help the passage become
memorable, something that sticks and stays
with everyone for longer than ten minutes.
Context
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Jesus
says this right after the disciples ask, “Who then can be saved?” There
are many things that are impossible for human beings to accomplish, but
there is no limit to the sovereignty of God. One such thing is salvation.
People cannot save themselves, but can only be saved by the power of
God. God can do the impossible and calls His followers to have faith in
Him to do so.
Application
Will you pray in deep faith and ask God to accomplish the
impossible at your school?
Will you have faith in God to do even more than you can ask or
imagine? (Eph. 3:20-21).
Discussion
How does this encourage you in the midst of issues you are currently
facing as a leader?
Where do you need to have more faith, trusting God for the
impossible?
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FILLED WITH BOLDNESS
FROM THE LORD
“And when they had prayed, the place in which
they were gathered together was
shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and continued to speak the word
of God with boldness."
Context
In Acts 4, Peter and John are arrested by the Jewish religious
leaders for proclaiming the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ
from the dead. They threaten and warn Peter and John to no
longer spread this message, but the two apostles refuse to be
silent. Instead, they pray and ask God to fill them with boldness.
They even boldly proclaim the message of salvation to those who
arrested them.
Main Points
Preaching the gospel will offend and upset those who oppose
it (vv. 1-3, 17).
Preaching the gospel will cause many to believe and repent
(v. 4).
Peter and John boldly spoke of Christ, even to those who
arrested them (vv. 8-12).
They spoke of Christ boldly by the power of the Holy Spirit
(vv. 8, 31).
This boldness from the Lord was noticeable and testified to the
truth (v. 13).
The believers continued in prayer, asking God to fill them with
boldness (vv. 23-31).
Application
Will you pray to be filled with boldness by the power of the
Holy Spirit?
How will you boldly proclaim the gospel in a way similar to
Peter and John?
How will you respond when others are offended or tell you that
you can't talk about Jesus?
Discussion
How does this study encourage you in the midst of issues you
are facing as a Christian leader?
What causes you to be timid when sharing the gospel with
others? What will you do to combat this fear and be filled with
boldness instead?
So far we’ve studied being fed by God’s Word, filled by God’s
Spirit, fueled by prayer, and having faith in God to do the
impossible. How do these help to be filled with boldness from
the Lord?
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FAITHFUL IN ALL YOU
HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED
His master said to him, "Well done,
good and faithful servant.
You have been faithful over a little; I
will set you over much.
Enter into the joy of your master."
Context
This well-known parable is one in which
Christ calls his followers to faithfulness
and perseverance. It teaches of a
master who requires diligent service
and stewardship of his servants. From it,
we should be motivated to joyfully and
faithfully serve God in light of all that has
been entrusted to us.
Main Points
The master entrusts each servant with work and resources to
steward (vv.14-15).
The master does not entrust his servants in equal and identical
ways (vv. 14-15).
Servants are expected to faithfully do the work that has been
entrusted to them (vv. 16-23).
The master judges and settles accounts with each servant
according to their labor (vv. 19-30).
The master teaches the principle that those who are faithful
in little will be entrusted with more. He rewards those who are
faithful with little with more responsibility (vv. 21, 23).
Faithful servants are welcomed into the joy of their master
(vv. 21, 23).
Application
Will you commit to devoting yourself to be faithful in little and
much?
Will you commit to prayer, asking for God’s help to be faithful?
Will you commit to working diligently, even when many others
would quit?
PRO
TIP
Don't feel like your devo needs to be exhaustive.
The point is to bring enough truth and application
that everyone involved is encouraged to seek God
in His Word more and more by what they learn.
Discussion
How does the principle of ‘faithful in little, faithful in much’
challenge you to be faithful?
Where do you think God is calling you to greater faithfulness in
your ministry?
How does looking forward to the future day when God says,
“Well done, my good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of
your master,” affect you in the present?
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36 MISSION

VISUALIZING THE
MISSION
THE MISSION
The Mission is to give every student the opportunity to hear
the gospel before they graduate.
The five icons circling the mission represent each of
Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges:
PRAY5
Pray5 - Pray faithfully for five unbelievers every day for five weeks!
Pray specifically that God would open their hearts to come to
know Christ. And pray for boldness, that when God opens a door,
you will courageously share the hope that you have.
GO WITNESS
Go Witness - Initiate conversations until you get to share the
gospel with five people. Be friendly, ask them their thoughts about
God, be a good listener, ask if you can share the gospel with them,
and invite them to respond!
TEACH GOD’S
WORD
Teach God's Word - Help teach evangelistic series that clearly
share the gospel and call people to respond.
LEAD AN
OUTREACH
WEEK
Lead an Outreach Week - Lead five days of prayer, promo, gospel
events, and follow-up on your campus to give students a unique
and dynamic way to hear the gospel.
GIVE GOD’S
WORD
Give God's Word - Give a Bible, New Testament or one of the
Gospels to as many students on your campus as possible.
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Everything is working together! The arrows pointing inward show
that all 5 Gospel Challenges are helping accomplish the mission.
And they are called “Challenges” for a reason: they are not easy,
but with Jesus you can do hard things. It will be so worth it! You can
pick and choose which Gospel Challenges you want to do, but to
maximize the chance of giving every student the opportunity to hear
the gospel, imagine doing all five each semester in a momentum
building order.
be offered a free Bible (Give God’s Word), and guess what… they just
might take it! Doing all 5 Gospel Challenges significantly increases the
chances of every student getting the opportunity to hear the gospel.
Pretty cool, huh? And remember, the focus is on giving people the
opportunity to hear the gospel. No matter whether they take it or
not, leave the results to God!
“They are called challenges for a
reason: they are not easy, but with
Jesus, you can do hard things.”
Want to see how it all fits together? There is power in giving students
many different ways to hear the gospel. The five different colored
circles around each Gospel Challenge is kind of like a venn diagram.
This shows that some students may have a Christian praying for them
by name who reaches out to them about God (Pray5). Some students
might have a Christian initiate a respectful conversation with them
where they get the chance to be heard and hear the gospel (Go
Witness). Some students may be invited to attend a club meeting (Teach
God’s Word) or an event (Lead an Outreach Week). And students could
Momentum matters! The circling arrows and words around the icons
represent time, order, and emphasis. These are strategically placed to
help create the most momentum possible. Launch the semester strong
with Pray5 and Mobilize People to Pray. All kinds of Christians can be
part of the team working to accomplish the mission: students, teachers,
parents, pastors, etc., so invite them to join the mission and pray! Equip
Christian students early on to confidently and clearly share the gospel
by empowering them to Go Witness. This way they can be proactive and
ready to share anytime, anywhere! Develop Future Leaders by raising
up students who can Teach God’s Word and share the gospel in every
club meeting. Mobilize People to Help as the club gets ready to Lead
an Outreach Week and then take intentional time to Follow Up with
students who were impacted. At the end of the semester, Give God’s
Word to as many students as possible and Develop Future Leaders
who can help lead the charge on the first day of the next semester.
Then do it all again!
Ready for the step-by-step details of the Mission Action Plan?
The next couple of pages will equip you towards seeing this big vision
become a reality. And don’t miss out! Save time by checking out
the Club Content starting on page 134 of this guide. There you will
find teaching notes for every single club meeting this year that work
seamlessly with all 5 Gospel Challenges!
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MISSION ACTION PLAN
REACH EVERY
STUDENT
MOBILIZE CHRISTIAN
STUDENTS
FALL SEMESTER
GATHER COMMUNITY
SUPPORT
DEVELOP FUTURE
LEADERS
AUG/SEPT
☐

MISSION ACTION PLAN
SPRING SEMESTER
REACH EVERY
STUDENT
MOBILIZE CHRISTIAN
STUDENTS
GATHER COMMUNITY
SUPPORT
DEVELOP FUTURE
LEADERS
JAN/FEB
☐ Pass out “You’re Invited!”
Flyers
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DECISION POINT
CLUB PLANNER
What if there was a tool that kept everything organized so that club
leaders, Decision Point coach and staff, teacher advisor, youth pastors,
and parents could all be on the same page for the Mission Action Plan
at your school this year? That would be amazing, right? Well guess what,
there is! The Decision Point Club Planner is a nifty google doc where
club leaders can keep track of everyone’s contact info, the calendar for
the year, who is teaching which week, when the club is going witnessing,
and the details mapped out for each Gospel Challenge. And because
it is a google doc, it can be edited on a smartphone and everyone can
see in real time if something is updated. The Club Planner will be shared
with you once your Decision Point registration is complete. If you’ve
completed your registration and haven’t received your Club Planner yet,
email info@decisionpoint.org.
With your M.A.P. in hand and Club Planner on your phone, jump to
the Teach God’s Word tab on page 127 to find a whole year’s worth
of Club Content that follows along with the M.A.P.!
STARTING LATER?
Are you starting with Decision
Point later in the school year?
That’s okay!
Many students join the
movement midyear. The Mission
Action Plan is still for you!
Head to DecisionPoint.org/tools to find different versions of the
M.A.P. based on which month you are starting.
If you are starting a new Christian club this year, check out the “Starting
a Club” training on page 18 and note the three things you can do while
working to get your club approved:
1. Begin meeting weekly unofficially anywhere students are allowed to
gather and promote using word-of-mouth.
2. Go ahead and start using the Mission Action Plan, going through
the Club Content starting on page 132. You can do all the Gospel
Challenges without club approval except the Lead an Outreach
Week Challenge.
3. Keep following up with administration for club approval, utilizing the
strategies at DecisionPoint.org/legal-rights-in action.
Make the most of the time you have. You will not regret it!
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LEADING A CLUB
Leading a Christian club is an incredible opportunity and privilege. Having this
leadership role may feel exciting, intimidating, or maybe a mixture of both. Thankfully,
God doesn’t want you to do this in your own strength. He will equip you with everything
you need to please Him and boldly share the gospel with your generation.
“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought
back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with
everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Heb. 13:20-21 NIV
The rest of this M.A.P. tab is dedicated to helping you grow in your personal leadership
and also specifically in leading a Christian club. Go through this content as desired
throughout the year, and feel free to come back to it anytime.
> Being a Gospel-Centered Leader
> Being a Gospel-Centered Club
> Leadership Team Meetings
> Club Promotion
> How to Lead Great Club Meetings
> Public Speaking
> Vision Casting
> Leadership Traps
> Empowering Others
> Develop Future Leaders
> Trusting God Through the Unexpected
BEING A GOSPEL-
CENTERED LEADER
What is the gospel?
The gospel is the message that God, the Holy Creator and Ruler of the
world, sent His only Son to live a perfect and righteous life, die as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins, and rise from the dead. But it doesn’t end
there! Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, sinful men and women
who deserve death and hell are able to repent of their sins and trust in
Christ as their Savior and Lord, allowing them to be forgiven and have
peace and eternal life as children of God.
Titus 3:3-7 describes the power of the gospel in a person’s life, before
and after being saved. Check it out in your Bible!
What does it mean to be gospel-centered?
• Paul the Apostle was changed when he met Christ on the road to
Damascus (Acts 9). He now knew that the gospel he had heard
from the Christians whom he persecuted was real. This called for a
dramatic reorienting of his life because of his new identity in Christ.
Let’s take a quick look at Paul’s life to see how it changed once he
believed the gospel:
• He gave up everything for the sake of the gospel because he knew
Christ was the only way for people to receive eternal life (1 Tim. 1:15-
17; Rom. 1:16-17).
• He shared the gospel despite great dangers (2 Cor. 11:24-29; 2 Tim.
1:8-13).
• He discipled others through the gospel, explaining deeper truth and
reminding them of Christ often (2 Tim. 1:6-14).
• He cared deeply about defending the gospel from myths, rumors,
and lies from the enemy (Gal 1:6-10; 1 Tim. 4:7).
• He dwelled on the gospel often, which led him to worship and
prayer, bringing God glory through his life (Eph. 1:15-23; 1 Tim. 1:15-
17).
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• He equipped others in the ministry of the gospel, so that they
advanced the gospel even when he wasn’t around (Phil. 2:12; 2 Tim.
2:1).
Spend some time reading and reflecting on the verses mentioned
above. Just as faith in Jesus reoriented Paul’s life, your life must also be
reoriented around the central reality of the gospel. What are some ways
you could grow in being more gospel-centered?
Reorienting Our Lives Around the Gospel
Your role as a Christian Leader begins by striving to be a more gospelcentered
follower of Jesus. Here are 7 Principles for Christian Leaders
that can help you become the gospel-centered leader that is needed by
your club, your school, your family, your church, and the world.
1. Focused on God’s Purpose
2. Fed by God’s Word
3. Filled by God’s Spirit
4. Fueled by Prayer
5. Faith in God to do the Impossible
6. Filled with Boldness from the Lord
7. Faithful in All You Have Been Entrusted
Find devotionals for each of these principles on pages 22-36!
BEING A GOSPEL-
CENTERED CLUB
As you continue to grow as a gospel-centered leader, you will
shape the heart of your club to be centered on the gospel as well.
Here are some ways to shape your club to be gospel-centered:
• Focus on reaching your whole campus for Christ. Share your
gospel-centered mission for the club: to give every student the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate. Keep this
vision at the forefront, and remind your club of it often. Share the
incredible spiritual and legal opportunities that the club has to
reach lost students. Help them see that their purpose and effort in
Christ has eternal significance by mobilizing them to work in their
strengths to serve God!
• Consistently pray over the 4 Campus Objectives. Lead your club
to pray fervently for your school, specifically that God would Reach
Every Student, Mobilize Christian Students, Gather Community
Support, and Develop Future Leaders. Throughout history, revival has
always seemed to go hand-in-hand with fervent prayer!
• Make a big deal out of witnessing. Train Christian students why
and how to share their faith. Then, Go Witness together frequently!
There are so many schools who have made witnessing a normal
weekly thing. There was even a school in California whose club
leaders witnessed every single day at lunch their senior year. That
school had 4,000 students, and by the end of the year students
were telling them, “Oh you already talked to me!”
• Commit to doing all 5 Gospel Challenges every semester. Pray
faithfully for specific unbelievers (Pray5). Share the gospel with
those you know and those you don’t (Go Witness). Make your club
meetings applicable to Christians but focused on unbelievers, and
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make sure to share the gospel every week (Teach God’s Word). Put
on big events that stir a lot of buzz about Jesus on campus (Lead an
Outreach Week). And offer a Bible to every student at school (Give
God’s Word).
Developing a gospel-centered club requires time and effort. It may take
a while for the club to reflect the direction you are taking them in, but
don’t give up! Rather, be encouraged that you are taking crucial steps
towards helping your club develop a greater, deeper love for the gospel
in their lives.
LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
Accomplishing a mission with a team requires everyone being on the
same page, which is hard to do if you're not regularly syncing up! It is
recommended to meet weekly together as a club leadership team and
your Decision Point Coach. It could be less frequently if needed, but
meeting weekly will really help keep up momentum for the mission. Here
are six categories recommended to incorporate into each leadership
meeting:
Remember, as you grow as a gospel-centered leader, you will shape the
heart of your club to be centered on the gospel as well.
1. Pray together. Pray over the students on your campus, both
Christian and non-Christian, pray for each other, and ask God to
guide your team to do what He desires at your school.
2. Be in the Word together. Spend some time reading the Bible
to anchor you as a team. Feel free to use the leadership devos
on pages 127-217 of this guide as well as going through other
encouraging books of the Bible like Philippians or 1 and 2 Timothy.
You can even go through the Teach God’s Word lesson you are
planning to teach at your next club meeting as a way to prepare
and get your hearts into that Scripture.
3. Encourage each other. Take time to celebrate how God is moving.
Share wins you are seeing in the club and in each other’s lives.
4. Train and Plan. Go through any needed training in this Student
Leader Guide. Use your Decision Point Club Planner to prepare for
club meetings and map out the details of any upcoming Gospel
Challenges. Make a clear plan for all that needs to happen,
and set clear expectations by communicating distinct roles and
responsibilities for each person.
5. Follow Through. Check in on the responsibilities assigned at your
last leadership meeting. What updates are there? Has everyone
been able to complete their tasks? Are there any obstacles that may
need to be discussed? Determine if more help is needed in certain
areas, and celebrate any progress that was made.
6. Have Fun! A big part of working together well as a team is doing
things outside of work, so be sure to take time to eat together, hang
out, or play games!
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CLUB PROMOTION • PA Announcements - Whether you have the same overhead
announcement every week or you personalize it, something simple
can convey just the right amount of info. For example: “The Christian
Since your mission is to give
every student on your campus the
opportunity to hear the gospel, you
should invite every student to your
club meetings and events! Your
first meeting of the year is one of
the most important meetings you’ll
have. Strong promotion for your first
meeting as well as for Outreach
Weeks will greatly impact how many
people you can reach. Remember,
if nobody knows something is
happening, then nobody can come!
Promotion Strategies:
• Personal Invites - This is one of the most impactful ways to
promote. Personally inviting people via text, DM, or in person is a
great way to get the word out. Think of 10-20 people you could
personally invite and ask them to invite people they know too!
• Flyers - Print “You’re Invited” flyers for every student on campus and
plan to do a big promo time with your club members right before
starting a new Teach God’s Word series in the club. Include a treat
like donut holes to really sweeten the promotion! Also do this with
flyers specifically promoting your Outreach Weeks. Remember that
passing out flyers is covered by your first amendment rights so you
do not need to get them approved by school administration, but do
make a plan to pick up any that students may toss on the ground.
• Posters - Putting up posters is a great way for students to know
about your club and events. Make sure the words on a poster
would make sense to an unbeliever. Get approval from the school
administration to hang them up, and remember that they should not
be denied just because they have Christian content because that
would be religious discrimination.
club meets every Thursday at lunch in Room 202. No matter what
you believe, everyone is welcome to come learn more about Jesus.
Today they will be talking about how God gives us true purpose in
life.”
• Social Media - Post your flyers and club info online! You can do this
from both a club account and people’s individual accounts. Make all
posts shareable to create even more momentum.
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HOW TO LEAD GREAT
CLUB MEETINGS
Imagine your Christian club being a place of excitement as people
unite over learning more about Jesus and making Him known. Great
club meetings start with great planning. For club content and
recommended teaching topics, check out the “Teach God’s Word” tab of
this guide on pages 127-241.
Tips for planning great club meetings:
1. Decide the WHAT: Decide what you want to include in the meeting.
Some recommended things are a warm atmosphere, an upbeat
welcome with a fun icebreaker, solid teaching (whether it’s one
teacher from the front or multiple teachers in small groups), and a
great closing with inspiring announcements.
2. Decide the WHEN: Now take each of those “WHATs” and put them
into a schedule. Here’s a sample of what that could look like in 30
minutes:
12:00 PM Bell rings, students walk in to music playing and
friendly greetings; they get a fun snack and settle in.
12:08 PM Welcome, share purpose of club, do a fun icebreaker,
and pray for the lesson.
12:12 PM Teach God’s Word lesson and discussion.
12:27 PM Close with a teaser for the next lesson, any reminders
or announcements, then play music and hang out.
12:30 PM Bell rings
3. Decide the WHO: Clearly decide who is doing which roles and
make sure everyone knows what their responsibilities are. Use your
Decision Point Club Planner to keep everything organized. Here are
some recommended roles:
• DJ - Have someone play music at the beginning and end
to create a nice vibe. Standing in a quiet room can be
intimidating and unwelcoming. Ideally this is someone who can
get to the meeting spot right away.
• Greeters - This is such an important role. While every leader
should be greeting and welcoming people in, specifically
designate one or two people to intentionally greet people and
make them feel seen and welcomed. They could even pass out
gospel booklets to anyone who hasn’t gotten one before and
see if anyone needs a Bible. Ideally these are people who can
get to the meeting spot right away.
• Snacks - If snacks are a possibility, it can really add a lot of
fun. It can be simple like lollipops, bags of popcorn, or cookies.
You can rotate who brings snacks or even just do it every once
in a while if weekly is not feasible. Ideally snacks are put out by
someone who can get to the meeting spot right away.
• Welcome - Have someone officially start the meeting by
welcoming everyone, sharing the purpose of the club, leading
a short icebreaker game, praying for the lesson, and then
handing it over to the teacher.
• Teacher(s) - There are multiple ways to Teach God’s Word. You
can have one teacher from the front with multiple people who
lead discussion groups at the end, or a few teachers who all
teach the same lesson in breakout groups. Just make sure that
whoever is part of the lesson is really familiar with the content
so they can teach well and everyone there can be encouraged
and grow in the Lord.
• Closing - Have someone who ends the time with…
• a teaser for the next lesson encouraging people to
come back and invite their friends.
• telling people to let a leader know if you want a Bible
or want to check out a church in the area.
• any reminders or announcements in a way that is
compelling.
Both club leaders and members can take on these roles.
Empowering club members encourages participation + helps
develop future leaders!
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
Public speaking is an important skill
for any leader. You want to cast
vision and teach content in a way
that is impactful and meaningful.
HOW you say something can be
just as important as WHAT you
are saying. Every leader has room
to grow in their public speaking.
For some suggestions on how to
communicate effectively, follow the
Feel, Do, Know structure:
Here are some tips:
• Project your voice and make eye contact. If people can’t hear
you or see your eyes, they are less likely to pay attention or take you
seriously. Speak with emotion and conviction.
• Don’t over elaborate on simple points. Keep points simple so the
content you’re sharing is easy to follow.
• Avoid saying “um” and other verbal pauses. While it may be easy
to say “um” as a placeholder when you’re thinking, it is distracting
and makes it seem like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
The best way to grow in public speaking is to do it! Practice and
ask others for feedback.
• Feel: How do you want your audience to feel about what you are
communicating? The best way to convey the emotion you want
to stir up in others is to first feel it yourself! Emotions tend to be
caught, so if you’re portraying these feelings, your audience will
likely feel them as well. Awareness of your tone and body language
can enhance and help communicate your point.
• Do: What do you want your audience to be able to do with what you
are communicating? Do you want them to feel united in your vision
to reach your school? Do you want them to be motivated to come
witnessing? Do you want them to sign up to help with your Outreach
Week? Do you want them to apply the main points of your teaching
lesson to their lives?
• Know: What does your audience need to know to be able to do
what you are hoping for? Know your content extremely well and
strive to communicate clearly and simply. Speak with conviction and
believe in what you’re saying, so you can help others to believe in it
too!
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VISION CASTING
LEADERSHIP TRAPS
What is Vision Casting?
A vision is a compelling description of something you hope to become
reality. Vision casting is simply communicating the vision for something
in a way that is clear, compelling, and concise. Vision casting helps set
the tone, gets people excited for it, and shares the goal for what you
are hoping to accomplish!
How to Vision Cast:
1. Share the Need - Communicate the need you see. For example:
“Students at our school are struggling with depression and anxiety.
We know this is all a result of sin.”
2. Share the Solution - Communicate the solution with passion: “We
also know that Jesus is the only hope our generation has.”
3. Share the Desired Results - Discuss what will happen if the vision
is accomplished. “If students encounter Jesus, they can be set free
from sin and darkness.”
4. Share the Action Plan - Share how it will be done generally, not
specifically. “So let’s really step out in faith and obedience and
commit to sharing the gospel of Jesus!”
5. Invite to Next Steps - Tell them about the next specific activity that
you want to invite them to participate in. “Next week, we will have a
witnessing outing… [insert details].”
Cast vision any time you make an announcement or call people to
action. Help them see what the vision could accomplish and why
they should join you in it.
Christian leaders are meant to gather
those around them to do God’s work
together, all while depending on the Holy
Spirit and working unto the Lord.
Here are six leadership traps to avoid:
1. Overcommitting. You are limited in both time and energy. Be
realistic about what you can and cannot do. Leading a Christian
club focused on sharing the gospel is a big commitment, just like it
is to commit to being part of a sports team. Is there anything you
should step back from to make space to lead your club well?
2. Not asking for help. There are other students at your school who
want to make an impact for Christ but don’t know how or haven’t
been asked. By not asking for help, you miss the opportunity to show
them how they can help!
3. Refusing to delegate. Be willing to share responsibility and learn
from other people in your club, even if they do things differently than
you.
4. Believing you can do everything better yourself. Jesus saw value
in training His imperfect disciples and giving them opportunities to
grow, which changed their lives forever.
5. Being unappreciative of people’s unique giftings. People
flourish when they are given tasks that align with their skills and
passions. Learn to value the strengths of others and be a team that
complements each other.
6. Not trusting your club. Your club members won’t do their jobs well
if they feel like you don’t believe they can do it. Give them support
and space to succeed!
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EMPOWERING OTHERS
The mission to reach your school is a team effort! And it is so cool that
the other Christians around you bring unique gifts to the mission.
Empower others to get actively involved by doing these three
things:
1. Think through what needs to get done.
2. Identify someone who could grow through an opportunity to help.
3. Personally invite them to take part in the mission by owning a
specific responsibility.
If they say yes, empower them! Empowerment is much more than just
giving someone a task to complete. It means to:
• TEACH them how a process works and how to perform a task well,
while still giving them freedom to perform it in their own way.
• EQUIP them with the tools they need.
• ANTICIPATE issues or questions they may have. Be available to assist
if they need you.
• AFFIRM them in their abilities. Believing in people will give them the
confidence they need to step out in faith and mature in the Lord.
• HAND OVER authority to them. When you give someone a task, trust
them to accomplish it.
• THANK them for their hard work.
• BUILD UP others by acknowledging their skills and encouraging them
in what they are doing well.
DEVELOP FUTURE
LEADERS
The leading cause of death for Christian clubs is graduation. The good
news is: if you start preparing future leaders now, the club and gospel
movement at your school can continue to build momentum regardless of
who graduates!
The Four Campus Objectives
1. Reach Every Student
2. Mobilize Christian Students
3. Gather Community Support
4. Develop Future Leaders
Develop Future Leaders from DAY ONE through the whole school year.
Don’t wait until spring to start thinking about who could be a leader next
year. God has given you the job of praying for them, inviting them to
participate and take ownership of the mission, and developing them in
leadership over the course of the year.
Check out the “Develop Future Leaders” column in the M.A.P. and at the
beginning of each Gospel Challenge tab for more practical steps.
Consider this leadership principle for handing off responsibilities
to future leaders:
• I lead, you help.
• You lead, I watch and guide.
• You lead, I go lead elsewhere.
Who to Consider for Leadership:
• Faithful to Jesus
• Available to lead
• Underclassmen
• Mixture of guys and girls
• Those who serve humbly
Go to DecisionPoint.org/tools
for a sample club leadership
application form!
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TRUSTING GOD THROUGH
THE UNEXPECTED
When leading a Christian club, it is normal to encounter challenges such
as last-minute changes, inconsistency from others, or pushback from
administration or other students. Here are a few perspectives and tips to
help deepen your trust in God when things get hard:
• Pray First, Pray Together. Make prayer the first response to any
and every challenge. Share with other Christians and pray together
for God to show up! “Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything by prayer… let your requests be made known to God”
(Phil. 4:6-7).
• Rely on God’s grace to strengthen you. The apostle Paul writes,
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly
of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults,
hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I
am strong” (2 Cor. 12:9-10).
• Practice an attitude of gratitude. “Give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1
Thess. 5:17-18).
• Refuse to give up! Don’t jump to conclusions, explore every avenue
of possibility, and don’t take no for an answer without asking
follow-up questions. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at
the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Gal 6:9
NIV).
• Ask for Help! Some difficulties require support from parents,
teachers, and other adults. Don’t be afraid to ask for help, especially
if you are facing opposition from school administration.
• Debrief, learn from it, and move on! Learn what you can from each
obstacle and then move on to the next thing. You are not perfect,
others are not perfect, and God doesn’t expect anyone to be
perfect. Praise Jesus and just be faithful!
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THE PRAY5
CHALLENGE
If God answered every one of the prayers you’ve ever prayed, how many
people would come to know Jesus? It’s so easy to look around and see
people who don’t know Jesus...maybe your friends, family members,
or that random person you sit next to in math class. What if God has
specifically put you in your friend group, theater group, sports team,
lunch table, and your school for a reason?
The Pray5 Challenge: Pray faithfully for 5 unbelievers every day for
5 weeks! Pray specifically that God would open their hearts to come
to know Christ and surrender their lives to Him. And pray for boldness,
that when God opens a door for a gospel conversation, you will
courageously share the hope that you have.
“Continue steadfastly in prayer,
being watchful in it with
thanksgiving. At the same time, pray
also for us, that God may open to
us a door for the word, to declare
the mystery of Christ… that I may
make it clear, which is how I ought
to speak” (Col. 4:2-4).
How To Take The Challenge:
1. Head to DecisionPoint.org/Pray5 or use the QR code above.
2. Watch the video to find out what this challenge is all about! This
is the same video you can play at your club meeting to get others
excited to take the challenge as well.
3. Sign up to take the challenge! When you sign up to take the Pray5
Challenge, you’ll receive reminders, encouragement, and stories
from other students to motivate you along the way.
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4. Check out the Pray5 Challenge resources. Learn practical ways to
talk with people about Jesus and how to follow up with them.
5. Mobilize your club to take the challenge! Use your Decision Point
Club Planner to schedule when to introduce this challenge to your
entire club, and head to the Teach God’s Word section of this
guide for the Pray5 club content notes on how you can teach this
challenge at your upcoming club meeting.
6. You can even mobilize your youth group to take the challenge! Share
about it with your youth pastor and see if you could play the video
and lead the youth group in taking the challenge.
Mission + Campus Objectives:
As you work to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate, let’s dive into how taking this challenge can help
in accomplishing the 4 Campus Objectives at your school.
• Reach Every Student: By mobilizing your entire club and other
Christians on campus to take the Pray5 Challenge, hundreds of
unbelieving students could be getting prayed for by name, and
Christians would be more intentional to look for opportunities to
share the gospel with them.
• Mobilize Christian Students: The more Christian students are
invited to pray for the lost, the more they are being mobilized to
be active participants in what God can do in and through them on
campus!
• Gather Community Support: Invite your community to pray
alongside you for your school and the students on your Pray5 list. You
could even mobilize your entire church to take the Pray5 Challenge
with you!
• Develop Future Leaders: When you challenge other Christians to
be praying for unbelievers around them, God will soften their hearts
for the lost and increase their desire to share the gospel. This could
lead to their heart growing for the mission to give every student
the opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate. This is the
kind of heart you want for anyone who is a leader for the Christian
club, and you can start developing that from the start. You can even
consider having an underclassman lead the Pray5 club meeting!
MOBILIZE PEOPLE
TO PRAY
In John 17, Jesus prays that the believers would be one so that the world
may believe in Him. It is essential in this mission to work together with
other Christians. Let’s get everyone on your team aware and praying!
THE TEAM working together for this mission:
• Club leaders
• Christian students in the club
• Christian students not yet in the club
• Decision Point coach
• Decision Point staff
• School teacher advisor
• School staff who are Christians
• Parents of Christian students
• Pastors of Christian students
• Youth leaders and other Christians who care about reaching the
next generation
Use “The Team” section in your Decision Point Club Planner to brainstorm
by name all the different people who can be part of this mission with
you. Then reach out and mobilize them to pray!
The 3 things to say as you mobilize people to pray:
1. The Christian club at my school is on a mission to give every student
the opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
2. We’re doing this by taking on Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges:
Pray5, Go Witness, Teach God’s Word, Lead an Outreach Week, and
Give God’s Word.
3. Will you join us in this mission and commit to praying with us all year?
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Mission Prayer Prompts:
• Pray that the club leadership team would be united, protected from
the enemy, and filled with God’s Spirit.
• Pray consistently over the 4 Campus Objectives:
• That every student would be reached with an opportunity to
hear the gospel, respond in faith, grow as a new believer, and
plug into a local church.
• That Christian students would be mobilized to actively share
the gospel at school.
• That the Christian community would gather around the school
to support and sustain the mission by praying, giving, and
volunteering.
• That future leaders would be developed to take up the
torch year after year so that every student could have the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
Remember that prayer is fuel for the
mission! Prayer is what…
• Roots us in Christ: “I am the vine, you are the branches; He who
abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you
can do nothing" (John 15:5).
• Unites believers: “Two are better than one... for if either of them
falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls
when there is not another to lift him up” (Ecc. 4:9-10).
• Spurs believers to be on mission: “The harvest is plentiful, but the
laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into his harvest” (Matt 9:37-38).
• Softens the hearts of unbelievers: “I will give them a heart to
know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be
their God” (Jer. 24:7).
• Connects us with the power of the Holy Spirit: “You will receive
power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end
of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
CHRISTIAN STUDENTS
Sharing a big, bold mission to reach your whole campus will certainly
shake things up. It will challenge your club members to commit to the
mission with you. It will help unite Christians on campus that aren’t yet
part of the club. It will challenge your youth group to pray with you
and maybe even encourage students from your youth group to join the
movement at your school and spur others to reach their own schools!
Get the Word Out to ALL Christian Students! ← Use your Decision Point
Club Planner as you work on this.
• Brainstorm all the Christian students you know who go to your
school. Try to think of students from each grade so that you can
increase your club's influence on campus.
• Ask the Christians you know who they know.
• Ask your youth pastor if they know any other Christian students that
go to your school.
• There’s a high probability that you don’t know every Christian student
who goes to your school, so make sure to promote your Christian
club so that everybody knows about it!
Remember to share these 3 things as you mobilize Christian
students to pray:
1. The Christian club is on a mission to give every student the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
2. We’re doing this by taking on Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges:
Pray5, Go Witness, Teach God’s Word, Lead an Outreach Week, and
Give God’s Word.
3. Will you join us in this mission and commit to praying with us all year?
Utilize the “First 5 Club Meetings” lessons starting
on page 134 at the beginning of the Teach God’s
Word tab to launch the club with a strong vision
and momentum for the mission.
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TEACHER ADVISOR
PARENTS
Your club teacher advisor is an important part of the team for your
mission. One of the best ways to stay in sync is to maintain good
communication all year. Even though your club is student-led, the school
administration expects the teacher advisor to know what is going on
with the club. Prioritize these things with your teacher advisor:
• Thank them for their support and mobilize them to pray!
• Keep them in the loop with all your plans. Have them read the
“Visualizing the Mission” pages of this guide (pg. 39-41) and share
with them your Decision Point Club Planner.
• Make sure they feel confident in your legal rights as students and as
a club so they can advocate for them if needed. Share pages 16-17
of this guide and invite them to check out DecisionPoint.org/legalrights.
• Include them on all emails with administration.
• Meet with them at the end of each semester to debrief, ask for
feedback, and decide if you want to ask them to be your advisor
again next year.
Remember to share these 3 things as you mobilize your teacher
advisor (and other Christian staff at your school!) to pray:
1. The Christian club’s mission is to give every student the opportunity
to hear the gospel before they graduate.
2. We’re doing this by taking on Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges:
Pray5, Go Witness, Teach God’s Word, Lead an Outreach Week, and
Give God’s Word.
3. Thank you for being part of this mission and please be praying with
us!
With all of the hard work you are doing at school, it might be easy to
forget about possibly your biggest supporters — your parents! Especially
if they are Christians, they want to see the club’s mission succeed. But
it’s your responsibility to keep up good communication with them and to
keep them in the know. Connect on these things with your parents and
the parents of your club members:
• Ask them for support and mobilize them to pray!
• Share with them that being a leader of the Christian club is a great
privilege and a massive opportunity. Just like being on a sports team
or in a music group, it will require sacrifice and commitment.
• Keep them in the loop with all plans. Have them read the “Visualizing
the Mission” pages of this guide (pgs. 39-41) and share with them
your Decision Point Club Planner.
• Make sure they feel confident in your legal rights as students and as
a club so they can advocate for them if needed. Share pages 16-17
of this guide and invite them to check out DecisionPoint.org/legalrights.
• Get them involved with helping to provide snacks for club meetings,
dropping off food and/or volunteering to help during the Outreach
Week, and mobilizing your church to pray and support your club.
Remember to share these 3 things as you mobilize your parents
(and other Christian students’ parents!) to pray:
1. The Christian club’s mission is to give every student the opportunity
to hear the gospel before they graduate.
2. We’re doing this by taking on Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges:
Pray5, Go Witness, Teach God’s Word, Lead an Outreach Week, and
Give God’s Word.
3. Will you join us in this mission and commit to praying with us all year?
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THE CHURCH
Of the hundreds and hundreds of clubs who have taken on this mission
to reach their schools, the ones with the most long-term impact have
been rooted in partnership with local churches. The local church is THE
place for students to receive long term discipleship as Christ followers.
Team up with your youth pastor, the other pastors at your church, the
youth leaders in your youth group, and anyone else who has a heart
to see the gospel proclaimed to the next generation. Do this with the
churches represented by all the club leaders and members so it can truly
be the body of Christ working together! Connect on these things:
• Share what you’re doing and mobilize them to pray!
• Invite them to support the club by being a guest speaker, providing
food and materials, volunteering to help (especially with the
Outreach Weeks), and mobilizing the church to pray and support
your club.
• Keep them in the loop with your plans. Encourage them to read the
“Visualizing the Mission” pages of this guide (pgs. 39-41) and share
with the really involved youth pastors and leaders your Decision
Point Club Planner.
• Encourage them to lead other students in their churches to take one
or more of Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges and to check out
DecisionPoint.org/GospelChallenges for more info.
Remember to share these 3 things as you mobilize pastors and
other church leaders to pray:
1. The Christian club at my school is on a mission to give every student
the opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
2. We’re doing this by taking on Decision Point’s 5 Gospel Challenges:
Pray5, Go Witness, Teach God’s Word, Lead an Outreach Week, and
Give God’s Word.
3. Will you join us in this mission and commit to praying with us all year?
Check out the “Gather Community Support”
column in the M.A.P. and at the beginning of each
Gospel Challenge tab for more practical steps.
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THE GO WITNESS
CHALLENGE
If someone asked you how many people at your school know the gospel,
what would you say? It’s easy to think that everyone we see is either a
Christian or someone who has already decided to reject Jesus. But that’s
just not true! Did you know that more than 50% of students today have
never even heard John 3:16, let alone know the whole gospel?
The Go Witness Challenge:
Initiate conversations until you
get to share the gospel with 5
people. Be friendly, ask them their
thoughts about God, be a good
listener, ask if you can share the
gospel with them, and invite them
to respond!
How To Take The Challenge:
1. Head to DecisionPoint.org/GoWitness at the QR code above.
2. Watch the video to find out what this challenge is all about! This
is the same video you can play at your club meeting to get others
excited to take the challenge as well.
3. Sign up to take the challenge! When you sign up to take the Go
Witness Challenge, you’ll receive reminders, encouragement, and
stories from other students to motivate you along the way!
4. Check out the Go Witness Challenge resources and the following
pages in this section. Learn practical ways to talk with people about
Jesus and how to follow up with them.
5. Mobilize your club to take the challenge! Head to the Teach God’s
Word section of this guide for 3 weeks worth of Go Witness club
content. Use your Decision Point Club Planner to schedule when to
introduce, train, and empower your entire club to Go Witness!
6. You can even mobilize your youth group to take the challenge! Share
about it with your youth pastor and see if you could play the video
and lead the youth group in taking the challenge.
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Mission + Campus Objectives
As you work to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate, let’s dive into how taking this challenge can help
in accomplishing the 4 Campus Objectives at your school!
• Reach Every Student: There will be unbelieving students at your
school who will not end up on a Christian’s Pray5 list, who might be
absent the day you hand out Bibles, and who would never have it
on their radar to attend your club or Outreach Week on their own
initiative. BUT, if someone was willing to take time to stop and kindly
initiate an intentional conversation with them, then they might be
willing to talk with someone personally, one-on-one. That’s why
going witnessing is so powerful, because it’s personal and it meets
someone right where they’re at!
• Mobilize Christian Students: The more Christians on campus
who are trained in how to witness, the more empowered they will
be to share the gospel! Doing the Go Witness challenge once per
semester is great, but even better is helping Christians become lifelong
witnessers. You can make witnessing a normal and consistent
thing that your club does, scheduling to go once a month or even
once a week.
• Gather Community Support: Invite your community to pray
alongside you for the students you’ll be initiating conversations with
and make sure to introduce to your youth pastor anyone who ends
up coming to church with you!
• Develop Future Leaders: The more someone goes witnessing, the
more they grow in their relationship with God and their passion
to reach the lost. Take note of which Christians show up to go
witnessing and think through if any of them may be a good fit to
join your leadership team now or in the future. You can also develop
future leaders by giving people a chance to share their witnessing
experiences at club meetings, help teach witnessing training, or help
lead witnessing outings.
What if God used YOU to empower Christians at other schools, other
youth groups, or even your whole church to Go Witness?! Witnessing
can become a lifestyle! If every Christian was equipped and mobilized
to share the gospel, what do you think would happen? The world would
certainly be a different place and no one would be in the dark about
who Jesus really is!
The apostle Paul writes in Romans 10, “ ‘For everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then will they call on him in whom
they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom
they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone
preaching?”
Every time you open your mouth to share the gospel, you’re taking a risk;
you don’t know how someone will respond. They might not be interested
or you might get shut down, but more often than not you’ll find people
who are open and that God has been preparing this conversation to do
His work in their lives. And remember, success is defined by faithfulness,
leaving the results up to God. That’s what the Go Witness Challenge is
all about.
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WHY WITNESS?
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
For many people, witnessing is at the top of their “scariest things” list.
But when you truly understand the power of the gospel message, sharing
about Jesus becomes exciting and rewarding, and you realize it doesn’t
depend on you alone.
Check out the witnessing training videos at DecisionPoint.org/witness.
God wants to speak through you.
Why should we witness?
• People need to hear the gospel to be saved (Rom. 10:14-15).
• The BIble commands us to share the gospel (Matt 28:19-20; Acts 1:8,
John 14:15).
• Witnessing works!
• God is working behind the scenes when you witness.
• Witnessing makes the gospel personal.
• We grow and experience Christ when we witness.
• We experience the joy of sharing the best news in the world and
seeing God at work in people’s lives!
Important Perspective: “Success” when sharing the gospel is not
dependent on someone getting saved. Of course, someone accepting
Christ is something to celebrate, but it’s not something you can control.
Success is simply being obedient to initiate the conversation with
someone. When you look at it that way, the pressure’s off!
Want a little more perspective and biblical encouragement on why
we should witness? Check out “The Bible Commands Us to Share
the Gospel,” as well as some of the following pages for more
encouragement!
The gospel is the “good news” about Jesus. It’s the most important
message in the world! Explaining this good news in a clear and simple
way can feel intimidating. Luckily, just like the gospel itself is both simple
and deep, sharing the gospel is the same way. Whether sharing the
good news with a friend or stranger, one way it can be summarized is by
these four simple points:
God’s Love: God loves us and created us to know Him personally.
Our Condition: Humanity has turned against God. Our hearts are
rebellious, and we disobey God, making us separated from Him and
deserving of punishment.
God’s Solution: Thankfully, God didn’t leave us in our sin. He made a
way back to Him. Jesus died on the cross to pay the debt for our sin.
Not only that, He rose from the dead! He defeated sin and death, so we
could have a personal relationship with God.
Our Response: Everyone has a choice: to receive or reject Jesus; there
really is no middle ground. If we repent of our sins, place our faith
in Jesus, and surrender our lives fully to Him, we can be forgiven and
experience God’s love and freedom.
Take time to practice saying this over and over, so that when you talk
with a real person it feels natural and clear! While simple, each of these
points is crucial to understanding the gospel. WIthout one of the points,
we would tell a story that leaves us separated from God and His love. If
you’re nervous about forgetting a point, don’t worry! In the next section,
we’ll talk about resources such as gospel booklets that can be used to
help you clearly and confidently share the gospel with those around you.
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HOW TO WITNESS
Witnessing is an amazing kingdom skill that can be used not only on your
school campus, but for the rest of your life! The following framework of
five simple steps, can be used to share the gospel anywhere you go
and with anyone you meet.
Check out the witnessing training videos at DecisionPoint.org/witness
using the QR code above.
1. Pray: Before going out to witness, it’s important to speak with God
and settle into the right mindset. Ask God to give you boldness, love,
joy and truth. Pray about any fears you may have, and invite the Holy
Spirit to work through you and in the hearts of people you’ll share
with.
2. Start the Conversation: This is often the hardest part of witnessing,
but remember, this is just a conversation. It doesn’t have to be
awkward!
• Relax, smile, and ask a question to get started.
• If it’s someone you know, you might say… “Hey, you know I’m a
Christian but I don’t think I’ve ever asked you what you believe.
What are your thoughts about God?”
• If it’s someone you don’t know, you might say… “Hey there, I’m
Eric, and my friends and I are going around asking people what
they believe about God. We love hearing what people think and
having good conversations. Would you mind sharing with me
what you think about God?”
• If you’re using a survey with the Christian club, which can be
especially helpful if people are feeling intimidated by starting
conversations, you might say… “Hi, I’m Bree and I’m part of the
Christian club on campus. We’re going around surveying people
about what they believe. Would you mind participating in the
survey?“
What if they say…
• “No” - You can simply smile and pleasantly say, “No worries,
thanks for your time. I hope you have a great rest of your day!”
If you know them personally, you can let them know that you are
always there if they want to talk about it. That’s it! And guess
what? That person just had a kind interaction with a Christian.
That’s a huge win!
• “Yes” - Ask your survey questions or an opening question like,
“Sweet! So what are your thoughts about God?” and then this
is your chance to LISTEN FIRST. Listening is so important! Hear
what they have to say and learn about them. The goal of your
time isn’t to debate, it’s to have an honest and loving conversation
that points them to the truth of the gospel.
After you understand some of what they believe, ask a permission
question. This could sound something like “Thank you for sharing! Do
you mind if I share with you what I think about God?”
3. Share the Gospel: If they answer “yes,” this is your opportunity to
share the gospel with the 4 simple points from the previous lesson:
God’s Love, Our Condition, God’s Solution, and Our Response. Using
a gospel booklet can be a great tool because it helps you share
the gospel clearly, gives the listener something to take away with
them, and contains the Word of God, which is powerful to change
lives! As you go through the gospel booklet with the listener, keep
them engaged by having them read passages, checking in to ensure
they understand what you’re sharing, and asking what stands out to
them.
4. Invite Them to Respond: Once you’re sure they understand the
gospel, you get the privilege of asking them if they are ready to
make a decision. It can go something like this, “So with everything
that we’ve talked about, is there anything that would keep you from
trusting Jesus as your Savior and King today?” If they say there’s
something that would keep them from doing that, you can ask what
that is and discuss with them as much as they’re willing. If they
say they aren’t ready to make that decision, that’s okay; you don’t
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need to force it. And if they respond they’d like to accept Jesus as
their Savior, then you can invite them to pray and receive God’s
free gift of salvation in Jesus right then and there! The exact words
aren’t magic. Repenting of their sin, believing that Jesus died on
the cross and rose from the dead, declaring that Jesus is King, and
surrendering their life fully to Him is what really matters.
5. Follow Up: Whether or not they accept Jesus or need more time to
think, offer them a Decision Point gospel booklet and point out that
on the back there is a link to a website where they can learn more
about Jesus and find a church in their area, and that there is a 24/7
live chat available if they ever want to ask someone a question or
receive prayer. Get their contact information when appropriate and
follow up with them later. You can even invite them to your Christian
club or youth group!
And that’s it! As you go out, remember that witnessing isn’t about being
perfect, but is instead about being faithful to share the good news
of Jesus with those around us. The more you go witnessing, the more
comfortable and confident you’ll get! Just remember: God is the only
one who can save, but we have the amazing opportunity for Him to work
through us as we go witnessing in the power of His Holy Spirit.
how to lead a
witnessing outing
Now that you’re equipped with the gospel and how to witness, you’re
ready to plan an outing to go witnessing!
1. Make Preparations: First things first: pick a date and time when
your club can go out and put it in your Decision Point Club Planner.
This could be during your normal club meeting time, or during lunch,
or right before or after school. Make sure everyone in the club knows
when and where it’s happening, and go the extra mile to personally
ask people if they are coming. Prepare by gathering materials such
as gospel booklets, Bibles, and follow up flyers that have the info
for your club and youth group(s) on it to help you follow up after the
conversation. Then, assign someone (preferably a club leader for the
first trip) who will be responsible to lead the outing and a time of
debrief afterwards.
2. Leading a Witnessing Day: Now that your preparations are in
place and the witnessing day is here, follow these steps:
i. Meet up and set the tone: Choose a central location to meet
as a team. Remind everyone that a successful witnessing trip
is one where you take initiative to share the gospel of Christ,
leaving the results to God.
ii. Split into pairs and pass out supplies. Pair people together,
either experienced with inexperienced or guy/girl pairs to help
make it easier to talk to people of either gender. Next, give
each pair 10 -15 gospel booklets and other materials and
quickly review how to use them.
iii. Set a time to come back, then pray! If possible, set a goal to
witness for 45-60 minutes, then decide when and where to
meet up afterwards. Once everyone is ready to go, pray! Ask
God to be with you and ask the Holy Spirit to work in your heart
and in those whom you will speak with.
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3. Debrief After Witnessing: This step is extremely important! Take
time after witnessing to share exciting highlights, disappointing setbacks,
and/or lessons learned. Honestly sharing experiences helps
us encourage one another as we grow. No matter what happened,
give perspective by reminding the team that you were all successful!
End the time by praying over those who heard the gospel, even if
they didn’t accept Christ.
4. Record What Happened: Record in your Decision Point Club Planner
what happened and have a few people plan to share at your
next club meeting about their experience witnessing!
If after reading this section you want more encouragement, visit “God is
Our Confidence” for perspective on how the Holy Trinity works through
us as we witness, or check out “Common Witnessing Myths” to debunk
some fears you may be holding on to.
the BIBLE COMMANDS
US TO SHARE THE GOSPEL
We are called to witness because God wants to speak through us
personally. Consider these four biblical truths outlining the principle that
God commands all of us to share the gospel with others:
1. All Christians are called to be disciple-makers. The last thing
Jesus said before ascending to heaven was, “Go therefore and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:18-20). If we are
to obey Christ, we must be in the business of sharing the gospel.
2. All Christians are called disciples, and disciples share the gospel.
Jesus’ plan for His disciples included intentional evangelism. He
taught His disciples how to know God, but also how to share the
gospel (Mark 3:14). If we want to be in Jesus’ discipleship plan as
believers, we need to be personally evangelizing.
3. All Christians are called to be Christ’s ambassadors. As
ambassadors for Christ, God makes His appeal to others through us
(2 Cor. 5:20). What an honor to be representatives of the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords!
4. All Christians are commanded to warn about the coming
judgment. While it can be easy to forget about the coming
judgment in our daily lives, the apostles consistently include truths
about God’s judgment in their preaching. In our fear of offending
others, we fail to graciously, lovingly speak about the truth of
coming judgment that we are accountable to share (Ezekiel 33:9).
If we really love Jesus, have seen His glory, and have had our lives
transformed by His mercy and grace, then let’s share the good news
with everyone!
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“So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again
to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, ‘Do
you think God wants us to obey you rather than Him?
We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen
and heard.’” Acts 4:18-20
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COMMON WITNESSING MYTHS
They’ve heard the
gospel already.
This person will
never get saved.
Witnessing is
impersonal and
people will be
offended.
If someone doesn’t
accept Christ,
the witnessing
was unsuccessful.
When most people begin witnessing, they feel nervous, afraid, or anxious.
At the core of these emotions are deep-rooted lies keeping us from
stepping out in boldness to share Christ with those around us. Here are six
common myths and truths about witnessing for Christ.
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There are many people in the
Bible who would have never
been saved if they had been
written off: a demon possessed
man (Mark 5:1-20), a woman
who sinned greatly (Luke 7:36-
50), and even the Apostle Paul,
who persecuted Christians.
Remember, we cannot save
people - that is God’s job.
Nobody is beyond God’s power
to save!
Some people may have heard
bits and pieces of the gospel,
but for so many people it can
take several encounters with
the gospel before they really
understand and can make a
decision to receive Christ.
You have the opportunity to
help bring them one step
closer to salvation!
Talking one-on-one with
people about the Lord allows
you to care about them
individually and also discern
what truths of the gospel to
personally emphasize with
them, just as Jesus did in the
New Testament. If we are
faithful, compassionate, and
obedient to sharing the truth
in love (Eph. 4:15), we likely
won’t turn people off of God.
I might not know
the answers to
their questions.
People don’t
want to talk
about God.
It's ok to not know the answer to every
question. In fact, by saying “I don’t
know,” you demonstrate humility and
can help defeat negative stereotypes
about Christians. Respond by telling
them you’d love to research the question
and follow up with them to talk about it
more.
Many people will reject the gospel of Christ. As we see in Mark 4:3-8,
Jesus shares an analogy of four kinds of soil we can expect to encounter in
someone’s heart when we go out to plant gospel seeds:
• The path where birds eat the seed = the gospel is never received in someone’s
heart.
• Rocky soil where the plants have no root = someone is initially excited about
Jesus, but when following Him gets hard they give up.
• Thorny soil where thorns choke the plant = someone is initially excited about
Jesus but then eventually cares more about the things of the world than the
things of God.
• Good, healthy soil that produces a large crop = long term gospel fruit in
someone’s life!
Jesus commands us to sow the seed no matter what soil it falls on. Even if you
witness to someone from one of the three groups that does not bear fruit, you have
been faithful to obey + please God.
People really are receptive to the gospel.
In fact, a 2021 study by Barna Group found
almost half of non-Christian teens are
moderately interested in learning about
what Christianity can mean for their life
(citation). Another study showed only 10% of
those who aren’t religious report a hostile
view of Jesus, while 67% report saying they
would consider coming to church if they
were invited. Think of how many people on
your campus may simply be waiting and
willing to hear about Christ and what He
can do in their life!
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sharing the gospel
with people YOU KNOW
While we can demonstrate our faith through our behavior and friendship,
this alone is not enough to help our friends know how to accept Christ
(Romans 10:9-15). To help our loved ones understand and receive God’s
gift of salvation, we need to take initiative to intentionally share Christ
with them. Let’s look at three examples from the Gospel of John of
people doing exactly that:
Andrew meets Jesus and then brings Simon
Peter to meet Him too (John 1:35-42).
Philip meets Jesus and then brings
Nathaniel to meet Him too (John 1:43-46).
The woman at the well goes back to her
town after meeting Jesus and tells everyone
about Him (John 4:28-30).
Following these examples, we can be faithful to tell our friends how
much the Lord has had mercy on us by delivering us from the bondage
of sin and that He can do the same for them.
sharing the gospel
with people YOU DON’T
KNOW
While we want those we care about to know the gospel, it is just as
important to share Christ with people outside our circle of friends and
family. This is called “initiative witnessing” because it requires extra
initiative to reach out to people we don’t know. In fact, in the Bible, we
see more examples of people sharing the gospel with strangers than
with people they know personally.
Jesus went village-to-village preaching to
people He did not know (Mark 1:14-15).
Jesus shared the gospel personally with
the woman at the well (John 4).
The Apostles shared Christ with people
they had never met and whom they would
never see again (Acts 8:26-40).
Notice that when believers take initiative to share Christ with people
they don’t know, it allows brand new believers to share Christ with the
people they know and meet. What an incredible way to see God’s glory
on display as we see the gospel spread through us and others!
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HOW TO SHARE YOUR
TESTIMONY
Write your testimony here and then share it!
Before Jesus:
Sharing the gospel through your testimony is an incredible way to
proclaim the good news of Jesus. Your testimony can help you make the
gospel personal and relatable when you share it with a non-believer,
and it can be an encouragement to the believers in your life. Sharing
your testimony also helps you see God’s hand at work in your life, brings
you closer in your relationship with God, and increases your gratitude
and trust in Him as He molds your story for His glory.
When sharing your testimony, talk about these
four things:
1. Before Jesus - Think about what your life looked like before you met
Jesus. Were you anxious? What decisions did you make? What did
you find your identity in? How were you sinning against God?
2. The Good News of Jesus- Share about learning the good news
of Jesus and briefly explain the four points of the gospel. This gives
everyone listening the life-changing opportunity to hear the good
news and be saved!
3. Deciding to Follow Jesus - Share about your decision point. What
led you to repent from your sin, believe in Jesus as your Savior, and
decide to fully surrender your life to follow Him?
4. Since Jesus - Jesus has set you free! Clearly share how the gospel
has changed your life. Explain how having a relationship with Jesus
has enabled you to live differently, whether your circumstances have
changed or not.
Things to Avoid:
• Exaggeration - your testimony doesn’t need to be dramatic to be
powerful! God uses each of our stories in a unique way.
• Christianese - Using words and phrases like “I was washed by the
blood” may not be helpful for non-Christians who haven’t been
exposed to this kind of language before.
The Good News of Jesus:
I learned the Good News of Jesus: that God loves us and created us to
know Him personally. But humanity has turned against God. Our hearts
are rebellious, and we disobey God, making us separated from Him and
deserving of punishment. Thankfully, God didn’t leave us in our sin. He
made a way back to Him. Jesus died on the cross to pay the debt for our
sin. Not only that, He rose from the dead! He defeated sin and death,
so we could have a personal relationship with God. But everyone has a
choice: to receive or reject Jesus. I learned that there really is no middle
ground. If we repent of our sins, place our faith in Jesus, and surrender
our lives fully to Him, we can be forgiven and experience God’s love and
freedom.
Deciding to Follow Jesus:
I have decided to follow Jesus because…
Since Jesus:
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GOD IS OUR CONFIDENCE
When we go out witnessing, we are not on our own. Yes, our friends may
be out witnessing with us, but did you know God the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit is also out with us as well? Our confidence can be found in
the three persons of the Trinity as we go out and share the good news!
• God the Father: His love gives us confidence. God’s plan to save
mankind starts with the idea that He loves us and wants to be with
us. Therefore, we can have confidence that He sent His only Son
to die so we can be with Him because He loves us (John 3:16) and
desires us to be sons and daughters who receive every blessing He
has (Eph. 1:3-6).
• God the Son: His authority gives us confidence. As the Son of
God, Jesus was given authority over heaven and earth (Matt. 28:18-
20). What a blessing that the same God who rules over everything
has given us authority in His name to go out as ambassadors (2 Cor.
5:20) and share the gospel with those around us.
• God the Holy Spirit: His power gives us confidence. As believers
in Christ, we get to partner with the Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit
convicts people of the gravity of their sins (John 15:26), but also
empowers courageous and fruitful gospel proclamation (Acts 1:8).
It is through the power of the Holy Spirit that people are saved and
can grow in Christ!
How encouraging to know that each person of the Trinity - Father, Son
and Holy Spirit - is actively present and with you as you go out and
share the gospel with others. Delight in God’s presence with you, and
know that when you share in Christ, you are never alone!
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THE LEAD AN OUTREACH
WEEK CHALLENGE
What if you could do
something that changed
the conversation about God
across your whole school?
What if you shared the gospel
so publicly that you got
everyone on campus talking
about Jesus?
The Lead an Outreach Week Challenge: Choose a week in both the
fall and spring semesters to lead five days of prayer, promo, gospel
events, and follow-up on your campus so that everyone at your school
has the chance to meet Jesus.
In the Bible we see God’s people doing exactly this as soon as Jesus
sends the Holy Spirit. In Acts chapter 2 the apostle Peter stood up in
front of everyone in the city to preach the first Christian sermon. He said
to the crowds, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name
of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit… And with many other words he bore witness and
continued to exhort them, saying, ‘Save yourselves from this crooked
generation.’ So those who received his word were baptized, and there
were added that day about three thousand souls” (Acts 2:38, 40-41).
How To Take The Challenge:
1. Head to DecisionPoint.org/LeadAnOutreachWeek with the QR code.
2. Watch the video to find out what this challenge is all about. This
is the same video you can play at your club meeting to get others
excited to join in the challenge. Bonus - send this video to a friend
at another school and invite them to take the challenge with you.
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3. Sign up to take the challenge! When you sign up to take the Lead an
Outreach Week Challenge, you’ll receive reminders, encouragement,
and stories from other students to motivate you along the way.
4. Use your Decision Point Club Planner in conjunction with the
following pages to follow the 7 Steps to Leading an Outreach
Week! The Club Planner will help keep things organized, and the
following pages are filled with helpful tips for each of the 7 steps.
Mission + Campus Objectives
As you work to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate, let’s dive into how taking this challenge can help
in accomplishing the 4 Campus Objectives at your school.
• Reach Every Student: Get the word out to your entire school about
your Outreach Week! Personal invitation and mass promotion is key.
• Mobilize Christian Students: Give every Christian on campus
specific roles in the week. They don’t even have to be a regular
attender of your club! Check out your Club Planner for a list of roles
a student can do. And of course, have everyone help with promotion
by both personally inviting their friends and helping mass-distribute
flyers.
• Gather Community Support: Get multiple churches involved!
Churches can help provide food, guest speakers, volunteers, and
most importantly, prayer for your Outreach Week.
• Develop Future Leaders: Identify 3-5 students who could lead next
semester’s Outreach Week. Give them opportunities to help plan,
promote, lead and follow up so they will be ready to take even more
ownership next time.
Take this challenge in both the fall and spring semesters to build
momentum throughout the school year and reach even more students
with the gospel. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it. Leading an
Outreach Week will give you skills you can take with you for the rest
of your life as you seek to make disciples no matter where you go! Be
faithful and put in the hard work. Through the apostles’ ministry, entire
cities heard the gospel. Sometimes chaos broke out, sometimes revivals
broke out, and sometimes both. But through it all, the Spirit was at work
to call people to follow Christ, and that same Spirit is at work at your
school too. Jesus will be with you every step of the way.
7 STEPS TO LEADING AN
OUTREACH WEEK
The Lead an Outreach Week Challenge is broken down into 7 steps.
Everything in this section is designed to be used simultaneously with your
Decision Point Club Planner google doc. This will help everyone stay
on the same page, literally! And remember, even with great planning,
the most important thing is to be praying. Try to start with praying for a
couple minutes every time you work on your Outreach Week.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
DESIGN THE OUTREACH WEEK
GET APPROVAL FROM ADMIN IN WRITING
LOCK IN THE DETAILS
PROMOTE THE OUTREACH WEEK
LEAD THE OUTREACH WEEK
FOLLOW UP IMMEDIATELY + PERSONALLY
CELEBRATE + DEBRIEF THE WEEK
Now, open up your Decision Point Club Planner google doc to the
“Lead an Outreach Week” section and let’s jump in!
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1
LEADING AN OUTREACH WEEK:
DESIGN THE OUTREACH WEEK
In your Club Planner, head to
the “Lead an Outreach Week”
section and find Step 1: Design
Your Outreach Week. If possible,
begin filling out this chart at the
beginning of the school year or
2 months before your scheduled
Outreach Week. And don’t worry
- just keep the plans simple for
now! Your Club Planner is a space
to write out the rough draft for
your Outreach Week so you can start working on getting approval from
administration, which is Step 2. One of the biggest barriers to having
an Outreach Week is not getting admin approval soon enough or in
writing in case there is any push back down the road. So go through this
step both prayerfully and quickly. You can always go back and edit this
section as plans come together.
Here are a few helpful tips for designing
your Outreach Week:
• Theme: Themes help your week have a central focus around sharing
the gospel. A theme provides structure for daily topics, key scriptures
and is super helpful for having effective promotion on campus! Join
with hundreds of students leading a “Set Free” Outreach Week in
the fall semester and “I Have Decided” Outreach Week in the spring
semester.
• Outreach Week Dates: As you consider the dates for your
Outreach Week, don’t forget to pull up the calendar for your school
and student government to make sure there are no major scheduling
conflicts.
• Prayer Plans: Keep Christ at the center of your plans by scheduling
prayer times throughout the week! This could be circling up with your
Outreach Week team before school each morning, before events
start, or even gathering your community together for prayer the
Sunday before!
• Location: Dream big! What’s the biggest space on your campus
where a large portion of your student body can gather? Think of
a space on your campus that could hold up to 50% of your school
population. The gym, auditorium, or another large indoor space is
recommended so that the most students can attend. A classroom
isn’t suggested since most will limit you to 30-50 people, so work
hard to get a bigger space approved with your administration.
• Topic, Key Scripture, & Promo Hook: View the sample plan linked
in the Club Planner for ideas on daily topics, anchor scriptures for
each day and catchy promo hooks to catch the attention of your
student body!
• Gospel Speaker: Who is a strong speaker able to share the gospel?
Consider asking pastors from different churches for each day of the
week. You might even know of a gospel-performer or evangelist who
would be excited to come to your school. Students can be speakers
too! This person can even be the student who shares their testimony
as well.
• Student Testimony: A powerful way to open up a gospel event is
to have a student share their 5 minute testimony. Check out “How to
Share Your Testimony on page 92! This student can also be the MC
for the event.
• Student MC: Brainstorm students who would enjoy facilitating
the event from the front. They should be enthusiastic and able to
communicate clearly!
• Projected Attendance: Pray big! Many schools see between 100-
300 students attend their outreach events, and some have had even
more. With awesome promo and a move of the Holy Spirit, anything
is possible! Plan for at least 100 people!
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• Food Type:
• Food to have while doing promotion should be quick and
easy to hand out with a flyer. An easy food idea for promo
is donut holes! They are inexpensive and a little can go a
long way.
• Food ideas for main gospel events: Pizza, Taco Bell, Chickfil-A,
Sandwiches, Donuts, or something unique to your city!
• In Step 2 you’ll be confirming with administration if you are
permitted to bring outside food into your school. If there
isn’t a school policy against it, you shouldn’t be restricted.
• Food Amount:
• For promotion food, aim to provide enough food to
match the amount of flyers you plan to hand out. It is
recommended to pass out flyers & food to at least half of
your school population.
• For gospel events, aim to provide enough food at each
event for at least 100-200 students. You can adjust this
number based on your school population. Of course you
want to feed everyone who comes, but don’t worry about
having the exact perfect amount of food. You can always
put on your flyers something like, “Free food for the first 100
students!”
• Estimated Food Cost: Check out the link in the chart in your Club
Planner for food cost estimates.
Once your design chart is filled
out, you are ready to move on to
Step 2! Hopefully by filling this out
you have a great picture of what
your week could look like. You can
even pass this chart along to club
members, your teacher advisor,
parents, and pastors to give
them an overview of what you’re
praying to see happen.
2
LEADING AN OUTREACH WEEK:
GET APPROVAL FROM ADMIN IN WRITING
Once you know your preferred dates and locations for your outreach
events and you’ve double-checked that they will work for the club
leaders, club teacher advisor, and the school’s activities calendar, the
next step is as easy as emailing the right person to approve your event
request. Every school’s procedures with events are different, but the
major thing is to get in writing the approval for 1. the event space,
2. having guest speakers, and 3. bringing in outside food. This can
help prevent miscommunication that may happen down the line.
When communicating with administration, use their language. You are
asking for approval for a club “event”. The word “outreach” may not
make as much sense to them.
Head to Step 2 in your Club Planner for a sample email to send
to your principal. You can also find helpful tips on what to do if you
experience delay or rejection for your requests at decisionpoint.org/
legal-rights-in-action
Remember, the ball is always in your court. If you haven’t heard back
from your administration, take the initiative and follow up. Make sure to
follow the Two Day Rule: don’t let more than two business days pass by
without following up again!
One of the biggest regrets students share is wishing they followed up
persistently with their administration. When PJI Christian Lawyers were
asked the best way to get approval, they said “Follow the Two Day Rule!
”Doing so shows you are being responsible and taking initiative.
Once you have approval in writing from your school administration for
your Outreach Week dates and facility, you are ready to move on to
Step 3. Congratulations! Sometimes, Step 2 is the hardest part!
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3
LEADING AN OUTREACH WEEK:
LOCK IN THE DETAILS
Now that you have designed your Outreach Week in Step 1 and gotten
written approval from administration for the event space and dates in
Step 2, you are officially ready to lock in the details so that your club’s
hopes and prayers can start to come alive for your Outreach Week!
Head to Step 3 in your Club Planner to view the Outreach Checklist.
This is based on having 8 weeks to plan. If you’re ahead of the plan,
that’s great! This checklist is just a guide to help keep you moving. If your
Outreach Week dates are less than 8 weeks away, don’t worry! It’s still
possible to get everything done. Schools have planned their Outreach
Week in just two weeks, but the more time you give yourself, the less
stressful it will be. Make sure you order your Decision Point Outreach
Week Pack right away to help those supplies get to you in time.
Take note! In the two weeks leading up to your Outreach Week, devote
two club meetings to leading the club content “T-Minus 2 Weeks” (page
222) and “T-Minus 1 Week” (page 224). This will help get your whole
club and other Christians on campus excited, praying, and involved in
the upcoming Outreach Week!
As your team works through
the Outreach Checklist, refer
to the tips below for help and
assign each task to a specific
person by typing their initials
next to it. This way, everyone on
the team knows exactly what
they are in charge of and can
hold one another accountable
and encourage each other.
Notice that these tasks are split into three categories in your
Decision Point Club Planner:
• Logistics - Hands-on details will help make outreach events run
smoothly including locking in food, equipment, and materials.
• Promotion - Actions that help get the word out to the entire school
so that every student has the opportunity to attend. This can be
word-of-mouth, flyers, posters, PA announcements, social media, etc.
• Follow-Up - Create a solid plan before the Outreach Week takes
place to ensure that follow-up happens with students who are
interested in more.
About 8 Weeks Out
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Order online a Decision Point Outreach Week Pack: Place an
order at the link in the Checklist as soon as possible to make sure
you get t-shirts, Bibles, gospel booklets, and response cards. If you
don’t have your Outreach Pack 2-3 weeks before your Outreach
Week, reach out to a Decision Point staff member.
Lead the ‘Outreach Week Preview’ club meeting content from
the SLG (page 220). Preview the Outreach Week in your club
meeting about 2 months before so club members are aware and
can start praying and helping!
Get familiar with & adjust the Minute-by-Minute Schedule: Find
this below the Checklist. You do not need to fill all this out right now.
The idea is to get familiar with it since you will be filling it out over
the next several weeks. This schedule helps everyone involved stay
organized and on time so that every element of your event gets the
time and focus it needs. The schedule will give you an idea of what
should be happening throughout the day, how long each of those
things should typically take, and roles that people can fill to help.
Personalize the schedule for each event based on your school’s bell
schedule. Helpful Tip: On the day of the events, take a screenshot or
print several copies of this schedule to give to everyone involved in
making the day happen!
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Mobilize People to Help: Brainstorm! As you review the roles
on the Minute-by-Minute Schedule, start brainstorming who could
help with certain things. If you’ve already Mobilized People to
Pray in “The Team” section of your Club Planner, consider these
people as you Mobilize People to Help with your Outreach Week.
Also consider adding anyone else you can think of, such as new
club members, other Christians on campus who aren’t in your club,
pastors, youth leaders, parents, community members, and even
homeschoolers! Consider the giftings, abilities and interests of
each person and assign tasks that best suit them. People naturally
become more engaged when they have clarity on their role and the
value they bring. Getting other students involved also gives them an
opportunity to be raised up as future leaders. Over the next several
weeks you’ll be reaching out to people about specific roles. If you
don’t hear back within a couple of days, try reaching out again! If
they confirm, update your Minute-by-Minute Schedule with their
name. If they can’t do it, brainstorm and reach out to others.
Outreach Week Roles:
Morning Prayer/Promo Crew: Everyone should be on this crew!
Setup Crew:
• Setup Team - Shows up at least 30 minutes early to set up sound,
tables, food, materials, etc.
• Food Deliverer - Guest Speakers are great people to ask to pick
up and deliver food for each day. If they are unable, parents or
community members are the next best bet.
• DJ - Should arrive 15-30 minutes early to make sure the sound system
is up and running and music is playing before the doors open.
Doors Open Crew:
• Student MC - Students who would enjoy facilitating the event from
the front.
• Walk-Arounds - A group of students at the start of lunch who walk
around campus inviting students to the event.
• Greeters - Students who help people feel welcome when they come
in and hand a response card to everyone who comes.
• Food Servers - Students or volunteers who pass out the food.
Closing Crew:
• Response Card Collectors - Can be the same people as the
Greeters! As students leave, Response Card collectors collect the
cards and then give them all to the Data Recorder.
• Materials Table - Students distributing Bibles, gospel booklets,
“You’re Invited!” flyers, etc.
Wrap-Up Crew:
• Clean Up Team - Students and volunteers who leave the space
better than it was found.
• Data Recorder - The Data Recorder is an important job! This is
how people will know what to praise God for and what follow-up
needs to take place after each event. The Data Recorder should be
someone who can stay 10 minutes after each event (can even be
your Decision Point Coach!) and input the response card data into
the Club Planner on Step 5.
Daily Action Steps Crew: This group debriefs each day and makes sure
everything is ready for the next day. This should be club leaders and any
students being intentionally raised up as future leaders. Your Decision
Point Coach would be a great person to have part of this crew too!
About 6 Weeks Out
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Mobilize People to Help: Lock in your Gospel Speakers, Student
Testimony, Student MC, and DJ. Refer back to the ‘Design Your
Outreach Week’ chart in Step 1 in your Club Planner to get the
names of the people you brainstormed. Also, think through who
could be your daily DJ to run the music and sound (could even be a
student!).
Mobilize People to Help: Lock in who is paying for food and
delivering it each day. Consider asking each day’s guest speaker
if their church can pay for the food on the day they are speaking.
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Refer back to the “Design Your Outreach Week” chart in Step 1 to
reference the type of food and estimated food cost so you can
make a specific ask. The earlier you ask, the better the chance a
church can help provide financially! You can also take an offering at
your Christian Club or ask parents and teachers to help.
Lock in event audio equipment: Lock in a way to play music at
the events using your school's sound system, your church’s portable
sound system, or even just a good bluetooth speaker is sometimes
the easiest. A MC or speaker doesn’t have to use a mic (students
often listen better if they don’t!), but you definitely want a way to
play music at the beginning and end of the event to set a great
vibe.
Lock in tables for materials and food: At each event have at least
one table for food and one table for the materials provided in your
Outreach Pack and any other resources like more Bibles, “You’re
Invited!” flyers, etc. Ask your school if you can reserve a few tables
for the week.
Personalize Outreach Week promo flyers: Click on the link in your
Club Planner for a promo flyer template. As you lock in the details
for each day, make edits to this flyer template so you’ll be ready to
print enough for at least half of your school for promo!
Personalize the “You’re Invited!” flyers: “You’re Invited!” flyers
are a way to invite students to your weekly club meetings and local
church youth groups. Put in the specific details and even include
the names and contact info of the students who attend each youth
group. Click the link in your Club Planner for the flyer template.
Update the Minute-by-Minute Schedule as details get locked in!
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Schedule a time for leaders to work on Follow-Up right after
the last day of outreach: At each outreach event, your Data
Collector will collect all of the response cards each day and record
the data in the Club Planner as soon as the event ends. Take a
moment right now to schedule a date and time for leaders to work
on follow-up after the last day of outreach and before the next
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Sunday so you can invite people to church that week. During this
time, the Data Collector will distribute the response cards to each
person for follow-up. Together you can begin messaging or calling
each person. Refer to the Follow-Up section in Step 6 of your Club
Planner for tips!
Schedule times for leaders to work on the Daily Action Steps
each day of the Outreach Week: In Step 5 of your Club Planner is
a checklist of items that should happen the day before each event
and the day of. It's helpful to assign a few people to help with these
things each night of the Outreach Week, whether in person or on a
video call. Note which student leaders will be doing this each night
in the Minute-by-Minute Schedule.
Send Speaker Prep Notes to Gospel Speakers: It’s important for
each gospel speaker to know the details of your Outreach Week
so they can be prepared to give a powerful gospel message and
invitation in the time allotted for them. Using the email template
provided in the checklist, reach out to each of your guest speakers
to prep them. Make sure to edit the template before you send it out.
• Share with the Student Testimony speaker “How To Share
Your Testimony” from SLG (page 92) so they can prepare
their 5 minute testimony.
Make an MC script for each event: Check out the sample MC
scripts in the Outreach Checklist of your Club Planner. Make a copy
so you can make any necessary edits and send it over to your MC’s.
MC’s should practice out loud before the event remembering to
speak with enthusiasm and volume!
Order food for each event (ask for discounts!): Talk to the people
you’ve locked in to pay for the food to figure out the best plan for
placing a large take-out order. Don’t forget to ask for discounts
from the restaurant!
Make a detailed plan for serving food at events: There are a
couple ways to distribute food in an organized fashion. You can
choose to pass out food at the beginning of the event or at the end.
If at the beginning, invite people to come in and sit down and you’ll
hand out food to them once they’re seated (so they don’t just grab it
and leave!). If you’re handing out food at the end, have it organized
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at a table on their way out. Either way, have multiple people ready
to hand out food as this can be a chaotic time if not organized well.
Organize morning prayer & promo plans: Before school is a
great time to circle up for 5-10 minutes to pray with your Outreach
Week team. If you choose to do promo in the morning, come a
few minutes early to pray together before you pass out your flyers
and donut holes. Check out ‘Step 4: Promote Your Outreach Week’
on the following pages for tips on how to have a successful and
effective promo event!
Create and submit P.A. announcement scripts: Create scripts
for P.A. and school news announcements and submit them to your
school weeks in advance with an announcement schedule. Ideally,
promo over the P.A. system could begin at least a week or two
before the Outreach Week takes place. Remember the Equal Access
Act - if another club can make announcements, the Christian club
can too!
Map out social media posts: Social media is a great place to get
the word out about your events. Create social media posts for your
club’s accounts and send post templates out to the Christians on
your campus so they can all post from their personal accounts.
Update the Minute-by-Minute Schedule with any new, locked in
plans!
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Lead the ‘T-Minus 2 Weeks’ club meeting content: Get your
whole club involved, praying, & excited for your Outreach Week! Go
to page 222 to find two weeks of club content to lead at your club
the weeks right before your events.
Mobilize People to Help: Lock in Setup Crew, Doors Open Crew,
Closing Crew, & Wrap-Up Crew. Using your Minute-by-Minute
Schedule, begin filling in the details for who will fill each role. Note:
Any non-student helpers should arrive at the office 35-40 minutes
before lunch so they can get checked in and have time to find the
facility. For brief explanations of each role, check out page 106.
Make a plan for opening & closing music at events: Music sets
a tone for the whole event! Talk to your assigned DJ about having
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music playing as students come in and as soon as students are
dismissed.
Print promo flyers, “You’re Invited!” flyers, and response cards
(if not in Outreach Pack):
• Ask your church for help with printing. Print enough Outreach
Week promo flyers and “You’re Invited!” club/youth group flyers
to pass out to at least half of your school. Flyers go fast, so it’s
better to print more than you think necessary.
• Promo flyers should be passed out every day of your Outreach
Week.
• “You’re Invited!” club/youth group flyers should be passed out
every day at your events as students are leaving. You can use
these flyers all year long if you have leftovers!
Determine when and where to hang posters: Hang posters
anywhere they are allowed. Post them on bulletin boards, school
gates, classrooms, in bathroom stalls, etc. During your ‘T-minus 1
Week’ club meeting, you can even take some time to make painted
posters on butcher paper!
Update the Minute-by-Minute Schedule with any new details.
By now, the chart should be mostly filled out!
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Lead the ‘T-Minus 1 Week’ club meeting content: You’re one week
out! Make sure to lead the ‘T-Minus 1 Week’ club meeting found
on page 224. This club meeting will be helpful in encouraging the
Christian students to pray, promote, and lead strongly in the roles
that have been assigned to them.
Mobilize People to Help: Prep people for their roles. Your
Minute-by-Minute Schedule should be all filled out with your club
and community members' roles for the week. Confirm with each
person they are still able to fill these roles and go over the details
associated with each role.
Mobilize People to Help: Prep Christian Students for individual
promo and mass promo. Make sure every Christian on your
campus is on the same page with when to wear their t-shirt, sending
personal invites out, posting on social media, and helping with your
promo event!
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Distribute T-shirts and flyers to club members: In your Outreach
Pack, you should have received a stack of T-shirts for this year’s
Outreach Week Theme. T-shirts are a great tool for promo! Bring
the T-shirts to your ‘T-Minus 1 Week’ club meeting and pass them
out to everyone to wear on Promo Day and throughout your whole
Outreach Week. If you have leftovers, give them out at your events.
This is also a great time to distribute some of your flyers for personal
invitations before your big Promo Day next week.
Purchase gloves, plates, and napkins for food: Think through
what food you’ll be providing throughout the week and purchase the
necessary products for serving it. Plastic gloves are super helpful,
especially with pizza.
Finalize, print or screenshot, and share the Minute-by-Minute
Schedule with all involved: Once everyone has confirmed their
roles for the week and all the details are locked in, you can print
copies or take a screenshot of the Minute-by-Minute Schedule. If
you print, make sure there are enough copies for everyone involved
including the MC and speakers for each day.
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PROMOTE THE OUTREACH WEEK
Now that your details are all locked in,
let’s get promoting so that every student
on your campus has the chance to hear
the gospel! People often need to be
invited to an event up to seven times
before they decide to come. The good
news is that you can start promoting
weeks out from your Outreach Week.
Here are some helpful strategies for
promo leading up to your events, as
well as during the week of.
Promo Before the
Outreach Week:
• Personal Invitations: These are one of the most impactful forms
of promo. Have everyone in your club write a list of 10-20 people
and then have them personally invite them by text, DM, or in person.
Don’t forget your Pray5 people!
• Flyers: This is the next most impactful form of promo! Print enough
flyers that everyone on your campus could receive one. See if a
church would sponsor the printing. Remember that handing out
flyers is covered under your First Amendment rights of free verbal
and written speech. You do not need approval to hand out flyers,
but you do need approval to hang up posters.
• Posters: Using the template provided in the Club Planner, print
large size posters to post around your campus. To catch people’s
attention even more, gather some large butcher paper for painting
signs. All you need is butcher paper, paint, and a paintbrush.
Remember to get your posters approved by the office before
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hanging them up. They should not be denied for having any religious
content on it since that would be a violation of your religious
freedom and the Equal Access Act.
• P.A. Announcements: Create scripts for P.A.and school news
announcements and submit them to your school weeks ahead
with an announcement schedule. Again, nothing should be denied
because it is religious in nature.
• Social Media: Using the social media templates provided in Step 4
of your Club Planner, digitally text out your flyers to every Christian
on your campus and ask them to post to their personal accounts.
You can also make your own posts shareable so that other people
can share them.
Promo Day!
How many Christians can be activated to invite people to the Outreach
Week? The first day of the Outreach Week is dedicated to getting the
word out to every single person on campus! It’s a great day for every
Christian on campus to wear their Outreach Week T-shirt. The big promo
push is best done either at lunch the day before your first gospel event
or the morning of the first event before school starts. Here are some
helpful tips:
• Order food: Donut holes are a hit! Quick, easy to pass out, and
delicious!
• Invite every Christian on campus to meet either 45 minutes before
school starts or 15 minutes before lunch begins.
• Reserve a table and have a few Christian students man the table
handing out a flyer and food to each student that comes to the
table.
• Have the majority of Christian students pair up in groups of two to
go around and hand out flyers and food to students who don’t come
up to your table. The goal is for every student to get personally
invited during that time!
• Don’t just hand someone the flyer and food, but audibly invite them
by saying something like, “Have you heard the Christian club is
putting on events at lunch all week in the gym? There will be free
food and great speakers. We would love to have you come!”
• Pick your loudest, most outgoing Christian students to make
announcements out loud if the table gets crowded with students.
• Be bold, friendly, and smile! And remember to have fun!
• Before the bell rings, grab some students to walk around and pick up
any flyers that end up on the ground.
Promo Throughout the Outreach Week:
• Personal Invitations from every Christian to at least 20 non-Christian
students by text and word-of-mouth
• Walk-Arounds: Right before the event starts, grab some flyers and
walk up to groups or individuals, handing out flyers and personally
inviting people to head to the gym. This will give a last minute
opportunity to anyone who forgot or was on the fence. Consider
carrying some of the food with you to show what you’re serving. That
may be the incentive some people need, and that’s okay!
• Get every Christian on campus wearing the Outreach Week T-Shirt!
• Have P.A. Announcements running each day of the week! Ask your
teachers if you can make announcements in class!
• Keep posting on Social Media!
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FOLLOW UP IMMEDIATELY + PERSONALLY
The time has come and the Outreach Week is here! Praise the Lord!
You’ve put in a lot of hard work, and now it’s time to stand up and lead
in the details so your Outreach Week can be a success.
Check out your Club Planner - Step 5 for details on how to lead
diligently during your Outreach Week. Be faithful with the Daily Action
Steps. The list includes a daily checklist of things to run through
before and after each event takes place. You should have already
scheduled times for specific student leaders to work on these each day
in person or via video call in your Minute-by-Minute Schedule.
“Be faithful and leave
the results to God!”
Keep in mind, the assigned Data Recorder should submit the
response card data and cool stories in the Club Planner directly
after each event ends, right away! That way no info is lost, and it will
make Follow-Up a lot easier.
Even though you will be very
busy, take time every day to
center yourself on Jesus. Feel
free to go through a devo from
the 7 Principles of Christian
Leadership each morning (pages
21-36), and check out “Trusting
God Through The Unexpected”
(page 64). Be faithful and leave
the results to God!
It’s important to be faithful to the end with your Outreach Week, and
implementing a strong follow-up plan is part of that! When people come
to your events and indicate that they’d like to talk more on the response
card, it’s the perfect opportunity for follow-up. When following up with
people, make sure to do it promptly, in a personal way, and with
pleasant persistence.
In Mark 4, Jesus tells the disciples
about the kinds of people with whom
they’ll share the gospel.
• Some people will hear the message
and walk away unchanged.
• Others will be excited at first, but
will eventually slide back into their
old ways of living.
• Some will encounter Jesus and
become lifelong followers of Him.
Here’s a checklist for what to do when you get together to work on
Follow-Up:
☐ Pick a date and time to work on follow-up at the end of the
Outreach Week (Friday or Saturday) so you can invite people to
church that weekend.
☐ Watch the video “Faithful to Follow Up.”
☐ Prioritize who your team will follow up with based on their
response cards.
• First priority are those who made a first time decision for
Christ.
• Second are those who said they’re not ready to accept Jesus
but want to know more, check out the Christian club, or visit a
church.
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• Then if you have it in you to follow up with anyone else who
came and gave their contact info, knock yourself out!
☐ Assign club leaders by name to follow up with specific students.
Each Club Leader should have at least 3 people they are
intentionally inviting and offering a ride to for youth group that
week.
☐ Pray together for each person you will be reaching out to and
for God to go before all of the follow-up conversations.
☐ Send messages to invite students to your club and church, and
even to grab lunch together if they want to talk more. Some
questions you can ask when talking to people are:
• “What did you think of what the speaker said?”
• “What did you think about the speaker’s personal invitation
to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior?”
• “Are you interested in meeting up to talk more, coming to
club with me, and/or coming to church with me?”
☐ Trust God with the results!
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LEADING AN OUTREACH WEEK:
CELEBRATE + DEBRIEF THE WEEK
Congratulations! You made it
through your Outreach Week! The
gospel was proclaimed, seeds
were planted in people’s hearts
and minds, you grew as a leader,
and most importantly, you greatly
pleased God in doing your best to
proclaim the gospel. It may have
gone awesome or maybe things
didn’t go according to plan. No
matter what happened, God was
glorified through your faithfulness!
Why celebrate?
• The Bible teaches us to celebrate what God has done and give Him
all the glory.
• To thank those involved.
• To build excitement for the future.
After your Outreach Week, don’t forget to debrief with people who were
helping make it happen: the club leaders, your Decision Point coach, any
pastors, and your teacher advisor! Schedule a time for the week after
the Outreach Week to celebrate and debrief together. Here are a few
questions to discuss together:
• What can we praise God for?
• How were students impacted?
• Who is one student that came that encouraged you, and why?
• What was a challenge we faced and how did God show up?
• How did you grow as a Christian and leader?
• What went well?
• What should we do differently next time?
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Talk through the debrief questions above.
Confirm that you wrote what God did each day on Step 5 in your
Club Planner.
Share photos from the week with each other.
Find a way to share a praise report and thank anyone who prayed
and helped, like your coach, advisor, parents, pastors, churches, and
anyone else.
Continue to follow up with all those who want to learn more.
Thank God and pray for what He will continue to do at your school!
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THE GIVE GOD’S WORD
CHALLENGE
One of the best ways for
people to really know God is to
read His word. In a world full of
lies and misinformation, people
need the word of God more
than ever to experience real
truth, freedom, and love. What
if you helped them find it?
The Give God’s Word Challenge: Personally give a Bible, New
Testament or one of the Gospels to five of your friends, classmates,
or peers. Invite them to read it and let you know what they think. Or
better yet, invite them to read it with you. As a Christian club, take the
challenge in a bigger way by giving out Bibles on a mass scale to your
entire campus!
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any doubleedged
sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and
marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Hebrews
4:12).
How To Take The Challenge:
1. Head to DecisionPoint.org/GiveGodsWord using the QR code.
2. Watch the video to find out what this challenge is all about! This
is the same video you can play at your club meeting to get others
excited to take the challenge as well.
3. Sign up to take the challenge! When you sign up to take the Give
God’s Word Challenge you’ll receive reminders, encouragement,
and stories from other students to motivate you as you take the
challenge.
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4. Check out the Give God’s Word resources online. Learn how to
order New Testaments and Life Books. Also learn practical ways to
talk with people about Jesus and how to follow up with those who
received God’s Word.
5. Mobilize your club to take the challenge! Use your Decision Point
Club Planner to schedule when to introduce this challenge to your
entire club, and head to the Teach God’s Word section of this guide
for the Give God’s Word club content notes (page 226) for teaching
this challenge at an upcoming club meeting.
6. You can even mobilize your youth group to take the challenge! Share
about it with your youth pastor and see if you could play the video
and lead the youth group in taking the challenge.
Mission + Campus Objectives
As you work to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate, let’s dive into how taking this challenge can help
in accomplishing the 4 Campus Objectives at your school.
like, “Here’s a gift from the Christian club! Hope you have a
great summer!” and include a flyer that has the club leaders’
names, phone numbers, and info for their youth groups
inviting students to check out a church over the summer.
• Gather Community Support: Share the initiative with your pastors,
parents, and church community. Invite them to provide more Bibles
and a treat like hot chocolate or donuts to have at the Free Bibles
table when you do the challenge.
• Develop Future Leaders: Give potential leaders the chance to lead
the Give God’s Word club meeting and coordinate the logistics for
the challenge!
What if this became a lifestyle instead of just a one-time thing? What if
you were always prepared to share a copy of God’s Word with someone
who needs it? The word of God is powerful. God is always at work when
people read His word and it will not come back void.
• Reach Every Student: Make it a goal to get a Bible, New Testament
or one of the Gospels into the hands of every student on your
campus. Pick one day each semester to give out hundreds of Bibles
at one time!
• Mobilize Christian Students: Mobilize all your club members and
other Christians on campus to join for that day each semester where
you’ll work to give every student a Bible. Set up a table that says
“Free Bibles” with a few club members ready to pass out Bibles. But
don’t just wait for people to come to the table; equip all the other
Christians students to go in pairs all around campus handing out
Bibles.
• If it’s the end of the fall semester, they could say something
like, “Here’s a Christmas present from the Christian club!
Would love to see you at our Christmas party today!” and
include a Christmas Party flier with the Bible. (Check out the
Christmas Party club content on page 237 for more info on
how to host an awesome Christmas Party!)
• If it’s the end of the spring semester, they could say something
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THE TEACH GOD’S WORD
CHALLENGE
So many people today are
building their lives on the
sinking sand of what our culture
tells them and what their own
hearts feel. What if you could
be the one to help them build
their lives on the rock of Christ
and His Word?”
The Teach God’s Word Challenge: Help teach an evangelistic series
that clearly shares the gospel and calls people to respond.
“Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to
teaching” (1 Tim. 4:13).
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of
God may be complete, equipped for every good work “ (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
Anyone can do this challenge with one friend in a coffee shop or with
a small group at someone’s house, but as a Christian club leader you
already lead club meetings every week so you can easily Teach God’s
Word all year long in your club! The most important thing is that the
gospel is clearly shared every time you teach. This way, if an unbeliever
only comes once, they don’t miss out on a chance to hear the lifechanging
message of the gospel. The rest of the tab in this guide is
made up of Club Content, which is a year’s worth of content you can
use in your club meetings. It all follows along with the Campus M.A.P.
and integrates sharing the gospel into every club meeting! And don’t
forget all the great resources available in the “Leading a Club” section
of this guide’s M.A.P. tab on pages 50-64.
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If you’re waiting for your club to get approved by your school’s
administration, you can still start meeting weekly with a group of
students going through the Teach God’s Word content and doing all
the gospel challenges except Lead an Outreach Week. Don’t let club
approval slow you down from gathering students and making an impact
for Christ! You may not be able to hang up posters or reserve rooms yet,
but you can meet together anywhere students can gather and promote
using word of mouth.
How To Take The Challenge:
1. Head to DecisionPoint.org/TeachGodsWord using the QR code.
2. Watch the video to discover the heart of this challenge. This is the
same video you can play at your club meeting to get others excited
to take the challenge as well.
3. Sign up to take the challenge! When you sign up to take the Teach
God’s Word Challenge, you’ll receive reminders, encouragement,
and stories from other students to motivate you along the way.
4. Invite other Christians you know to take the challenge! Even though
as a club leader you will Teach God’s Word all year, there is a time
each semester where you can strategically invite others in your
club to take the challenge so you can raise up more teachers and
develop future leaders. Use your Decision Point Club Planner to
schedule when to introduce this challenge to your club, find out
people’s interest in teaching, reach out intentionally to anyone who
you would like to invite to teach in your club, and keep track of who
is teaching each lesson for the whole school year. Christian students
can also take the Teach God’s Word challenge by teaching outside
of club meetings!
5. You can even mobilize your youth group to take the challenge. Share
about it with your youth pastor and see if you could play the video
and lead the youth group in taking the challenge, whether or not
they lead Christian clubs at their schools.
Mission + Campus Objectives
As you work to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate, let’s dive into how taking this challenge can help
in accomplishing the 4 Campus Objectives at your school!
• Reach Every Student: There are unbelieving students at your
school who would come to your club meetings to learn about Jesus
if they were personally invited and knew that club wasn’t only for
Christians. And if the gospel is being shared at every club meeting,
then the more unbelieving students invited means the more students
are coming and hearing the gospel!
• Mobilize Christian Students: Lead the Christian students at your
school in personally inviting their friends and peers to learn about
Jesus with them in your club. A great idea is to do a big promo push
any time you start a new series. Mobilize your whole club to pass out
flyers with donut holes before school on the morning a new series
launches!
• Gather Community Support: Invite pastors to attend your club
meeting and teach one of the lessons. Or even better, they can
come support you as you lead the series! Ask them for tips on what
you did well and how you can strengthen your teaching for next
time.
• Develop Future Leaders: Recognize other students’ leadership
potential, especially underclassmen, and give them opportunities to
Teach God’s Word in an upcoming club series. This will give them a
taste of what it’s like to be a club leader and give them a chance to
be developed as a teacher. This can help them see themselves as a
future leader of the club and fuel their long-term involvement.
Don’t stop teaching God’s Word after just one series. Keep going! Your
experience in teaching from the Bible is a skill you can take with you
for the rest of your life. God’s Word never returns void. It is powerful to
renew minds and transform lives. Pray that as people hear God’s Word,
they discover who Jesus really is.
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CLUB CONTENT for the M.A.P.
Ready to lead awesome club meetings that follow along with the
M.A.P.? Here’s a sample timeline of what that could look like from the
beginning to the end of the year. Starting later? Check out a couple
other example timelines at DecisionPoint.org/tools. Don’t forget all the
great resources available in the “Leading a Club” section of this
guide’s M.A.P. tab on pages 50-64.
Fall Semester Club Meetings
1. First 5 Club Meetings [Wk 1] - Launch Mission & Pray5 (page 135)
• Don’t forget to do strong promo before the first club meeting!
2. First 5 Club Meetings [Wk 2] - Go Witness: Why? (page 140)
3. First 5 Club Meetings [Wk 3] - Go Witness: What? + Teach God’s
Word Preview (page 143)
4. First 5 Club Meetings [Wk 4] - Go Witness: How? (page 147)
5. First 5 Club Meetings [Wk 5] - Go Witness: Go! (page 152)
• Go witnessing as a club during your normal club meeting time!
6. See You at the Pole Prep (page 234) + Lead an Outreach Week
Preview (page 220)
• Do this at the club meeting before Sept 27.
7. What’s the Point? [Lesson 1] - Who Says? (page 155)
• Don’t forget to do morning promo for the new series!
8. What’s the Point? [Lesson 2] - Whose World Is It Anyway? (page 159)
9. What’s the Point? [Lesson 3] - What’s The Problem? (page 163)
10. What’s the Point? [Lesson 4] - Where Are We Going? (page 167)
11. What’s the Point? [Lesson 5] - Living On Point (page 171)
12. Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 2 Weeks (page 222)
13. Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 1 Week (page 224)
14. Set Free Outreach Week!
15. Follow Jesus [Lesson 1] - Find Community (page 209) + Give God’s
Word Prep (page 226)
16. Christmas Party (page 237)
• Give God’s Word in the morning with invites to the party!
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Spring Semester Club Meetings
1. The King And His Cross [Lesson 1] - Qualification Of The King (page
176) + Pray5 Refresh (page 228)
• Don’t forget to do morning promo for the new series!
2. The King And His Cross [Lesson 2] - Proclamation of the King (page
180) + Go Witness Refresh (page 229)
3. The King And His Cross [Lesson 3] - Demonstration of the King (page
184) + Teach God’s Word Refresh (page 230)
4. The King And His Cross [Lesson 4] - Restoration of the King (page
188) + Lead an Outreach Week Refresh (page 231)
5. The King And His Cross [Lesson 5] - Mission of the King (page 192)
6. The King And His Cross [Lesson 6] - The Cross Before Me (page 196)
7. The King And His Cross [Lesson 7] - The Crucifixion of the King (page
200)
8. The King And His Cross [Lesson 8] - The Resurrection of the King
(page 204)
9. Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 2 Weeks (page 222)
10. Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 1 Week (page 224)
11. I Have Decided Outreach Week!
12. Follow Jesus [Lesson 1] - Find Community (page 209)
13. Follow Jesus [Lesson 2] - Pray (page 211)
14. Follow Jesus [Lesson 3] - Read God’s Word (page 213)
15. Follow Jesus [Lesson 4] - Rely On The Holy Spirit (page 215)
16. Follow Jesus [Lesson 5] - Share Your Faith (page 217) + Give God’s
Word Prep (page 226)
• Give God’s Word some time before the last club meeting!
17. End Of The Year Party And Intro Next Year’s Leaders (page 241)
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WEEK 1:
LAUNCH MISSION +
PRAY5
FIRST 5 CLUB MEETINGS
Christian clubs start in lots of different spots. Some start with a lot of people and a full
leadership team. Others start with just 2 or 3 people meeting in a room together. Praise
God wherever you’re at and don’t let anything get in the way of your mission to give
every student the opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate! Use this “First 5
Club Meetings” series to launch the mission and the M.A.P. (Mission Action Plan!) that
gets your club started on the 5 Gospel Challenges.
Something many new clubs do is have a soft launch where they start gathering
Christian students together and run these first five weeks of club meetings to build a
core team of club members. Then they have an official launch as a club, inviting the
whole school to join as they start the “What’s the Point?” series. That first day of the
“What’s the Point?” series could even be a first outreach event with mass promotion and
free pizza.
In everything, pray to the Lord who has the power to save, that He would do a mighty
work through you and all the other Christians on your campus, till every student has
heard.
Week 1: Launch Mission + Pray5
Week 2: Go Witness: Why?
Week 3: Go Witness: What? + Give God’s Word Preview
Week 4: Go Witness: How?
Week 5: Go Witness: Go!
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General Prep Checklist for Every Club Meeting:
☐ Read through the Speaking Notes on the following pages.
☐ In your Decision Point Club Planner go to the Club Calendar section
and confirm who is doing which roles for this club meeting: dj,
greeters, snacks, welcome, teacher(s), closing.
☐ Create a minute-by-minute schedule for the club meeting and share
with all who have roles.
☐ Prepare the club sign-in sheet for contact info and logging
attendance.
Specific Prep Checklist for this Club Meeting:
☐ Promote the club to your school before the club meeting! Check out
the notes from “Club Promotion” on page 54.
☐ Read about the Pray5 Challenge starting on page 65.
☐ Watch the Pray5 Challenge video ahead of time at DecisionPoint.
org/Pray5 so you are familiar with it.
☐ Club leaders sign up online to take the Pray5 Challenge.
☐ Prepare A/V to play the Pray5 video at the club meeting.
☐ Print and cut Pray5 cards from the PDF on the Pray5 website or in
your Club Planner.
30 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting as people enter
[5 min] Welcome
[5 min] Club Mission
[5 min] Intro the Challenge
[5 min] Get Started on the Challenge
[5 min] Closing
Sample Schedules
45 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting as people enter
[10 min] Welcome
[5 min] Club Mission
[5 min] Intro the Challenge
[5 min] Discussion
[10 min] Get Started on the Challenge
[5 min] Closing
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Speaking Notes
Welcome:
• Welcome to the first Christian club meeting of the school year!
Thank you all so much for coming! My name is [name]. I’m a [grade]
here, and I’m excited to serve as a club leader (or club president)
this year because [share one reason why you’re excited about what
God can do in & through this club].
• Let me also have our other club leaders introduce themselves to you
real quick! If you can all share your name, grade, and one reason
why you’re excited about what God can do in & through this club.
• [Every leader briefly shares from the front.]
• [If you have a longer club meeting, have everyone go around and
share their name, grade, and a highlight from their summer. If it’s a
big group, you can have them get into groups of 3-4 people.]
Club Mission:
• Now, I’d like to take some time to share about the mission of this
club. Ready to hear what we’re all about? The mission of the
Christian club is to give every student the opportunity to hear the
gospel before they graduate.
• This is exciting because the gospel is the best news ever. It is the
good news that God created us to know Him personally, and even
though we all have rebelled against God and deserve punishment,
Jesus sacrificed Himself for us to have a restored relationship with
God if we choose Him. The gospel has changed my life, and I
believe that knowing Jesus is the best thing that could ever happen
to someone.
• The need for this mission is huge. As you know, our peers are figuring
out who they are, what they believe, and what life is all about.
Many are asking if life is even worth living. Guided only by culture’s
shifting standards, students are left to build their lives on sinking
sand. Without God’s truth to guide them, students are tossed about
and driven toward deadly decisions. Atheism is on the rise. Alternate
lifestyles are on the rise. Mental health struggles and suicide is
skyrocketing.
• In all this, more than half of students have never even heard the
good news of Jesus Christ who alone can set them free. But this
generation doesn’t have to stay a lost generation. That’s why
our mission this year is to give every student at our school the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
• This mission is made possible by committing to 4 Campus
Objectives:
• The first campus objective is to Reach Every Student. Imagine
giving every student at our school the opportunity to hear the
gospel, respond in faith, grow as a new believer, and plug into a
local church! We can’t make anyone accept Christ, but we can
make sure they have the opportunity to.
• The second campus objective is to Mobilize Christian Students.
We can’t do this alone! Let’s raise up more Christian students to
be actively involved in sharing the gospel at school by reaching
out and intentionally inviting them to join in the mission with us.
And if you are here and you’re not a Christian, we are so happy
to have you. Our hope is that this can be a place where you feel
loved and can learn more about who Jesus is.
• The third campus objective is to Gather Community Support. This
mission requires a team! We can invite Christian teachers, our
parents, pastors, local churches, and other believers to support
and sustain the mission by praying, giving, and volunteering.
• And the fourth campus objective is to Develop Future Leaders.
Graduation will come faster than we think. So we want to
continue the mission by raising up future leaders and developing
them to take up the torch at our school year after year so that
no one ever graduates from our school without having a chance
to hear the gospel.
• To do all of this, we are going to take on Decision Point’s 5 Gospel
Challenges. Decision Point is a ministry that equips students to share
the gospel with their peers. The 5 Gospel Challenges are: Pray5,
Go Witness, Teach God’s Word, Lead an Outreach Week, and Give
God’s Word. You’ll learn more about these Gospel Challenges in
the coming weeks, but today we are going to focus on the Pray5
Challenge.
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Introduce the Challenge:
• Prayer is the most basic thing we can do in our relationship with
God. It is simply communicating with Him. Just as we can talk
to other people, we can talk to God. Today we want to focus
specifically on praying for people to be saved by faith in Jesus.
• Why should we care so much if people have a relationship with Jesus
or not? We believe that knowing and accepting Jesus as Lord and
Savior is the best thing that could ever happen in someone’s life.
God offers everyone new life through the work that His Son Jesus did
through His death and resurrection. We pray for others to know Him
because we want them to experience the same love, forgiveness,
hope, and new life that we have received through Jesus!
• Let’s watch this short video about how we as a club can take the
Pray5 Challenge and pray faithfully for people in our lives who don’t
yet know Jesus.
• [Play the Pray5 video.]
Discussion:
[Only do this section if you have a longer club meeting.]
• What stands out from the video?
• There’s a reason it’s called a challenge! What sounds hard to you
about this challenge?
• What feels exciting to you about this challenge? Why would it be
worth it?
Get Started on the Challenge:
• Together as a club, we are taking the Pray5 Challenge along
with other Christian clubs across the nation! If you want to join
us in taking this challenge, take out your phone right now and
go to DecisionPoint.org/Pray5 to sign up and receive reminders,
encouragement, and stories from other students to motivate you
along the way.
• Maybe you’re here and you don’t feel ready to pray for others to
know Jesus because you’re still figuring out what you think about
Him yourself. I want to encourage you to join us in this challenge by
praying every day for the next 5 weeks, and pray specifically that
God would reveal Himself to you!
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• [Distribute Pray5 cards.]
• Now, let’s each think about 5 peers who don’t know Jesus, who we
want to commit to praying for daily.
• After you have your 5 names written down on your card, I want you
to find another person in the room to be your accountability partner,
and share about each person on your list with them. As they share
their list of names, write them down on your own card as well.
• Remind and encourage your partner to pray for their 5 people every
day for 5 weeks!
• [If time permits, have pairs pray over each other’s lists.]
• Don’t forget to sign up to take the Pray5 Challenge at DecisionPoint.
org/Pray5.
Closing:
• The last thing we’re going to do is make one more list, but this time,
of all the Christians you know who go to this school. Take a quick
moment to write down their names on the back of your Pray5 card,
and then commit to personally inviting each one to come to club
next week. Give them the details of when and where we meet and
let them know about the club’s mission to give every student the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate. Encourage
them to come with you to check it out!
• And if you could share our club’s flyer on your social media, that
would be awesome.
• If you haven’t already signed in, there’s a sign-in sheet that is being
passed around. Please do that so you can stay in the loop.
• Thanks again for coming, everyone! See you next week! Let me pray
to close our time together.
• [Pray.]
• [DJ play music.]
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WEEK 2:
Go Witness: Why?
General Prep Checklist for Every Club Meeting:
☐ Read through the Speaking Notes on the following pages.
☐ In your Decision Point Club Planner go to the Club Calendar
section and confirm who is doing which roles for this club meeting:
dj, greeters, snacks, welcome, teacher(s), closing.
☐ Create a minute-by-minute schedule for the club meeting and share
with all who have roles.
☐ Prepare the club sign-in sheet for contact info and logging
attendance.
Specific Prep Checklist for this Club Meeting:
☐ Read about the Go Witness Challenge starting on page 77.
☐ Watch the Go Witness Challenge video ahead of time at
DecisionPoint.org/GoWitness so you are familiar with it.
☐ Watch the Witnessing Why video ahead of time at DecisionPoint.
org/Witnessing so you are familiar with it.
☐ Club leaders sign up online to take the Go Witness Challenge.
☐ Prepare A/V to play the Go Witness video and Witnessing Why video
in your club.
☐ Pick a leader to share a short testimony about when they first heard
the gospel.
30 Minute Club Meeting
[4 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting as people enter
[4 min] Welcome
[8 min] Intro the Challenge
[12 min] Why Witness
[2 min] Closing
Sample Schedules
45 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting as people enter
[10 min] Welcome
[10 min] Intro the Challenge
[15 min] Why Witness
[5 min] Closing
Speaking Notes
Welcome:
• Welcome to club! I’m so glad you all are here! The mission of our
club is to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate.
• The word “gospel” literally means “good news.” It’s that even though
we were all born sinners and separated from God, He made a way
for us to be in a right relationship with Him by sending His perfect
Son Jesus to take the punishment for our sins. Because of Jesus'
death and resurrection, we’ve been given new life! Our past, present
and future sins are forgiven and we get to spend an eternity with
God now on earth and forever in heaven. This is the greatest news
we could ever receive, and we want our whole school to hear this
message!
• Over the next three weeks, we are going to be talking about
witnessing, which simply means sharing the good news of Jesus with
others. If you’re not a Christian, these will be a great few weeks to
learn in-depth about what Christians believe and why they care so
much about others knowing the gospel.
• To start us off, [testimony sharer’s name] is going to share a brief
testimony on how they first heard about Jesus.
• [Share 1-2 minute testimony.]
Introduce the Challenge:
• If you’re a Christian and have put your faith in Jesus Christ, someone
had to have told you about Jesus at some point. Praise God for that
person in your life! The sad truth is that there are millions of people
in the world and even right here in our school who have never heard
the truth about what Jesus has done for them and what it means for
their lives.
• We want our club to be a club that isn’t afraid to share this good
news with the rest of our school, so that is why we are taking the
next three weeks to focus on why we should witness, what the
gospel message is, and how to share it. Then on week 4 we will
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e taking the Go Witness Challenge with other clubs from across
the nation, by going out during our normal club time to start
conversations with people by asking them survey questions. By
the end of the next few weeks, we hope that everyone feels more
confident in sharing the gospel so we can make witnessing an
ongoing part of our club's DNA!
• Let’s watch this video to learn more about the Go Witness
Challenge.
• [Watch the Go Witness Challenge video.]
• The video said that more than 50% of students today have never
heard John 3:16, let alone know the whole gospel. In what ways do
you think our school would be different if everyone knew the lifechanging
good news of Jesus? [Let people share as a large group or
by getting into smaller groups to discuss.]
Why Witness
• This next video talks about why we should witness. Let’s check it out!
[Play Witnessing Why video.]
• [Do the following questions as a big group or in small groups.]
• Which of the reasons to share the gospel stood out to you the most,
and why?
• There’s a reason it’s called a challenge. What sounds hard to you
about the Go Witness Challenge?
• What feels exciting to you about the Go Witness Challenge? Why
would it be worth it?
Closing:
• If you’re feeling nervous about witnessing, that’s okay! Next week
we will be receiving some really helpful training on how to share the
gospel clearly, so make sure to come back for part 2 and bring a
friend with you!
• Make sure to sign in on the sign-in sheet before you leave.
• Thanks so much for coming! Let’s close in prayer.
• [Pray.]
• [DJ play music.]
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WEEK 3:
GO WITNESS: WHAT? + TEACH
GOD’S WORD PREVIEW
General Prep Checklist for Every Club Meeting:
☐ Read through the Speaking Notes on the following pages.
☐ In your Decision Point Club Planner go to the Club Calendar section
and confirm who is doing which roles for this club meeting: dj,
greeters, snacks, welcome, teacher(s), closing.
☐ Create a minute-by-minute schedule for the club meeting and share
with all who have roles.
☐ Prepare the club sign-in sheet for contact info and logging
attendance.
Specific Prep Checklist for this Club Meeting:
☐ Read about the Teach God’s Word Challenge starting on page 129.
☐ Go to DecisionPoint.org/TeachGodsWord to…
• Watch the Teach God’s Word Challenge video ahead of time so
you are familiar with it.
• Club leaders sign up to take the Teach God’s Word Challenge.
• Print the Teach God’s Word interest form to hand out at the club
meeting.
☐ Prepare A/V to play the Teach God’s Word video in the club
meeting.
☐ Print and cut the gospel cards from the PDF on the Go Witness
website or in your Club Planner.
30 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting people as they enter
[3 min] Welcome
[12 min] What is the Gospel?
[7 min] Teach God’s Word Preview
[3 min] Closing
Sample Schedules
45 Minute Club Meeting
[8 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting people as they enter
[8 min] Welcome
[17 min] What is the Gospel?
[7 min] Teach God’s Word Preview
[5 min] Closing
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Speaking Notes
Welcome:
• Welcome to our club! Our mission is to give every student the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
• Whether you are a follower of Jesus or just here to learn more about
Him, I am so happy you’re here.
• As a club, we are in the middle of a 3-week series on witnessing.
Witnessing is simply sharing about the good news of Jesus with
others. Last week we talked about why we should witness. Can
anyone here remember one of those reasons? Or could someone
share something from last week that stood out to you? [Let a couple
people share.]
• If you missed last week’s club meeting, I encourage you to check out
DecisionPoint.org/GoWitness to watch some of the videos on their
website and sign up for the Go Witness Challenge.
• Next week we will be talking about how we can start gospel
conversations with people we know, and even people we don’t. It
will be a really helpful time learning all together!
• Today we are going to be talking about what the gospel is and how
to explain it in a simple way. Let’s jump in!
What is the Gospel?
• As we said last week, the “gospel” literally means “good news.” It’s
the good news about Jesus, and it’s the most important message in
the world!
• Explaining this good news in a clear and simple way can feel
intimidating. Luckily, just like the gospel itself is both simple and
profound, sharing the gospel is the same way.
• Whether sharing the good news with a friend or stranger, one way it
can be summarized is by these four simple points:
• God’s Love: God loves us and created us to know Him personally.
• Our Condition: But humanity has turned against God. Our hearts
are rebellious, and we disobey God, making us separated from
Him and deserving of punishment.
• God’s Solution: Thankfully, God didn’t leave us in our sin.
He made a way back to Him. Jesus died on the cross to pay
the debt for our sin. Not only that, He rose from the dead!
He defeated sin and death, so we could have a personal
relationship with God.
• Our Response: But everyone has a choice: to receive or reject
Jesus. There really is no middle ground. If we repent of our sins,
place our faith in Jesus, and surrender our lives fully to Him, we
can be forgiven and experience God’s love and freedom.
• Let’s take some time to personally review those four points of
the gospel on our own. And if there is anyone here who hasn’t
surrendered their life to Jesus who wants to make that choice today,
I would love for you to come talk with me or another leader any time
during this club meeting or after. It is seriously the best decision you
could ever make! [Give people about 3 minutes-ish to review on
their own.]
• Now I want you to pair up with someone and each of you take a turn
to practice explaining the gospel to each other. [Give people about
6 minutes.]
• [If you have more time, you can have people switch and practice
sharing with someone else.]
• I hope you are feeling more equipped to explain the gospel in a
clear and simple way!
Teach God’s Word Preview:
• Before we close, we are going to play a video about another Gospel
Challenge that is optional for anyone in our club. It is called the
Teach God’s Word Challenge. While we are watching this video,
we will pass out interest forms for anyone interested in taking the
challenge!
• [Pass out interest forms and play the Teach God’s Word video]
• Anyone can do this challenge with one friend in a coffee shop or
with a small group at someone’s house, but as a Christian club we
are also excited about giving an opportunity for more people to
teach at our club meetings. That could be teaching up front with the
big group, or in small breakout groups.
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• If this excites you even slightly, fill out the interest form and turn it in
before you leave, and we will reach out with more info!
WEEK 4:
GO WITNESS: HOW?
Closing
• Next week we are going to be talking about how to start a
conversation with someone about Jesus. Sometimes this can feel like
the hardest part of witnessing, so make sure to come back and bring
a friend!
• Thank you all for coming. Let me close with a word of prayer.
• [Pray.]
• [DJ plays music.]
General Prep Checklist for Every Club Meeting:
☐ Read through the Speaking Notes on the following pages.
☐ In your Decision Point Club Planner go to the Club Calendar section
and confirm who is doing which roles for this club meeting: dj,
greeters, snacks, welcome, teacher(s), closing.
☐ Create a minute-by-minute schedule for the club meeting and share
with all who have roles.
☐ Prepare the club sign-in sheet for contact info and logging attendance.
Specific Prep Checklist for this Club Meeting:
☐ Watch the Witnessing How video at DecisionPoint.org/Witnessing
ahead of time so you are familiar with it.
☐ Prepare A/V to play the Witnessing How video in the club meeting.
Sample Schedules
30 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting as people enter
[2 min] Welcome
[15 min] How to Witness
[5 min] Role-Play
[3 min] Closing
45 Minute Club Meeting
[8 min] Music playing, snacks available
& greeting as people enter
[5 min] Welcome
[15 min] How to Witness
[12 min] Role-Play
[5 min] Closing
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Speaking Notes
Welcome:
• Welcome to our club! Our mission is to give every student the
opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
• Whether you are a follower of Jesus or just here to learn more about
Him, I am so pumped you’re here.
• As a club we are in the middle of a 3 week series on witnessing.
Witnessing is simply sharing about the good news of Jesus with
others.
• The first week we talked about why we should witness, and last
week we talked about what the gospel is and how to explain it in a
simple way. If you missed either of those weeks, I encourage you to
check out DecisionPoint.org/GoWitness to watch some of the videos
on their website and sign up for the Go Witness Challenge.
• Next week we are going to go witnessing as a club by surveying
students at our school!
• So today we will be talking about how to witness. Let’s jump in!
How to Witness:
• Witnessing is an amazing skill that can be used not only here at
school, but for the rest of our lives! Let’s watch this video on How to
Witness. [Play Witnessing How video.]
• To review, those 5 steps to witnessing were: 1. Pray, 2. Start the
Conversation, 3. Share the Gospel, 4. Invite them to Respond, 5.
Follow Up.
• Starting the conversation is often the hardest part of witnessing, so
let’s practice that first! Remember, it’s just a conversation. It doesn’t
have to be awkward!
• Relax, smile, and ask a question to get started.
• If it’s someone you know, you might say… “Hey, you know I’m a
Christian, but I don’t think I’ve ever asked you what you believe. What
are your thoughts about God?”
• Turn to a neighbor and practice saying that. [Give them 1 min.]
• If it’s someone you don’t know, you might say… “Hey there, I’m Eric,
and my friends and I are going around asking people what they
believe about God. We love hearing what people think and having
good conversations. Would you mind sharing with me what you think
about God?”
• Turn to a neighbor and practice saying that. [Give them 1 min.]
• If you’re using a survey, you might say… “Hi, I’m Bree and I’m part
of the Christian club on campus. We’re going around surveying
people about what they believe. Would you mind participating in the
survey?“
• Turn to a neighbor and practice saying that. [Give them 1 min.]
• Now let’s review what to say if someone answers “Yes.” vs “No.”
• If they say “No.” - You can simply smile and pleasantly say, “No
worries, thanks for your time. I hope you have a great rest of your
day!” If you know them personally, you can let them know that you
are always there if they want to talk about it. That’s it! And guess
what? That person just had a kind interaction with a Christian. That’s
a huge win!
• So everyone repeat after me, “No worries, thanks for your time.” [No
worries, thanks for your time.] “I hope you have a great rest of your
day!” [I hope you have a great rest of your day!]
• Ok, now what if they say “Yes.” - Ask your survey questions or an
opening question like, “Sweet! So what are your thoughts about
God?”
• So everyone repeat after me, “Sweet! So what are your thoughts
about God?” [Sweet! So what are your thoughts about God?]
• Now remember, this is your chance to LISTEN FIRST. Listening is so
important! Hear what they have to say and learn about them. The
goal of your time isn’t to debate, it’s to have an honest and loving
conversation that points them to the truth of the gospel.
• After you understand some of what they believe, ask a permission
question. This could sound something like, “Thank you for sharing! Do
you mind if I share with you what I think about God?”
• Alright everyone, one more time, repeat after me, “Thank you for
sharing!” [Thank you for sharing!] “Do you mind if I share with you
what I think about God?” [Do you mind if I share with you what I
think about God?]
• Once you get the green light to share the gospel with them, share
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those 4 simple points we practiced last week! As a reminder, they
are:
• God’s Love: God loves us and created us to know Him personally.
• Our Condition: But humanity has turned against God. Our hearts
are rebellious, and we disobey God, making us separated from
Him and deserving of punishment.
• God’s Solution: Thankfully, God didn’t leave us in our sin.
He made a way back to Him. Jesus died on the cross to pay
the debt for our sin. Not only that, He rose from the dead!
He defeated sin and death, so we could have a personal
relationship with God.
• Our Response: But everyone has a choice: to receive or reject
Jesus; there really is no middle ground. If we repent of our sins,
place our faith in Jesus, and surrender our lives fully to Him, we
can be forgiven and experience God’s love and freedom.
Role-Play:
• Next week, we’ll go out in pairs of two at lunch to survey people and
share the gospel with them! We’re going to pass out those surveys
and some gospel booklets. Let’s practice roleplaying in groups of
three so we all feel more prepared for next week.
• Have one person be the one asking the survey questions.
• Have another person be the one writing down the answers.
• And have the other person be the student being approached.
• Begin by role-playing starting the conversation, go through the
survey questions, ask if you can share with them what you believe,
and then share the gospel. You can use the gospel tract to help you
remember the 4 gospel points. You can definitely leave the gospel
booklet with them along with a flyer inviting them to our next club
meeting.
• Ok, let’s get in groups of three and start practicing! In a few
minutes, we will switch roles so you each get a chance to share the
gospel.
[After a couple minutes, tell everyone to switch roles.]
Closing:
• Remember that witnessing isn’t about being perfect, but is instead
about being faithful to share the good news of Jesus with those
around us. The more you go witnessing, the more comfortable and
confident you’ll get! Just remember: God is the only one who can
save, but we have the amazing opportunity for Him to work through
us as we go witnessing in the power of His Holy Spirit.
• I hope that was helpful practice. Before the Go Witness Challenge
next week, let’s all have at least one more practice conversation
with someone. It could be with your mom, dad, sibling or with
someone here.
• Next week, we will meet right here at the beginning of our normal
club meeting for a quick refresh and prayer. Everyone will receive
a stack of 10 survey forms, 10 gospel booklets, and 10 club flyers to
hand out to people! Does anyone have any questions?
• If you haven’t already signed in, please do that so you can stay in
the loop.
• Thanks for coming everyone! Let’s pray.
• [Pray.]
• [DJ plays music.]
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WEEK 5:
GO WITNESS: Go!
Note for club leaders: Reminder! This club meeting will look different
than others. You will be going out as a club to survey students around
campus and share the gospel! Take the first 5-7 minutes of lunch with
the club to review the instructions, pray together, and then head out in
pairs of two!
Specific Prep Checklist for this Club Meeting:
☐ Review “How to Lead a Witnessing Outing” on page 85.
☐ Send out a text reminder to club members, for example: “The Go
Witness Challenge is this week! If you haven’t yet, sign up to take
the challenge at Decision Point.org/Go Witness. Meet [location you
normally have club] at [time you normally start club]. Will you be
coming?!”
☐ Gather your materials:
☐ Gospel Surveys (10 per club member) - Print from
decisionpoint.org/Go Witness or your Club Planner.
☐ “You’re Invited!” Flyers (10 per club member) - Template can be
found in your Club Planner. Edit, print, and cut.
☐ If possible, get Gospel Booklets (10 per club member) from Decision
Point staff.
☐ Pick a leader or two to round everyone up to briefly review the Go
Witness Challenge and pray before you head out.
☐ Pick a leader who will lead the debrief at the end. If you run out of
time to debrief, this person can text each person who came: “Hey,
sorry we didn’t get to debrief! How did it go? How many people did
you approach, how many said yes to talk, and how many did you get
to share the gospel with? Any cool stories you want to share?”
☐ Once you have the debrief info, record what God did in your Club
Planner, and praise God!
30 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Give people time to get there
[5 min] Welcome, Review, and Pray
[15 min] Go Witness!
[5 min] Debrief
Sample Schedules
45 Minute Club Meeting
[5 min] Give people time to get there
[5 min] Welcome, Review, and Pray
[25 min] Go Witness!
[10 min] Debrief
Speaking Notes
• Welcome everyone! Today is the Go Witness Challenge! We are so
glad you’ve joined us. If you haven’t already signed in, please do so.
• In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been
given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, GO and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey
all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.” (NLT)
• Not only does Jesus give us a big challenge of bringing the gospel to
the whole world, but he gives us a big promise! He will be WITH us!
• Let’s review the 5 steps to witnessing: Pray, Start the Conversation,
Share the Gospel, Invite Them to Respond, and Follow Up.
• For starting the conversation you can introduce yourself and say
something like, “I’m part of the Christian club on campus, and today
we’re going around surveying people to learn more about their beliefs.
Can I ask you some questions?”
• After you get their answers down, ask them if you can share what
you believe. If they say yes, you can share the gospel with them,
invite them to respond, and invite them to the club by giving them a
“You’re Invited” flyer.
• We’ll meet back here at ____ to debrief together.
• Let’s get into groups of 2, pray, and then head out!
• [Pray.]
• [Go Witness!]
• [Debrief.]
• [Record what God did in your Club Planner.]
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LESSON 1:
WHO SAYS?
Intro
WHAT’S THE POINT?
This series dives into what the Bible has to say about meaning and purpose. For people
who have wondered, “What’s the point of life?” “Does God exist?” or “Is there an afterlife?”
- this is a great series for them. Both Christian and non-Christian students have so
many questions, and fortunately, the Bible has great answers!
Lesson 1 - Who Says?
Lesson 2 - Whose World Is It Anyway?
Lesson 3 - What’s The Problem?
Lesson 4 - Where Are We Going?
Lesson 5 - Living On Point
Welcome everyone! We’re so glad you’re here today as we are kicking
off a series called “What’s the Point?” For the next 5 weeks, we’re going
to dive into what the Bible has to say about meaning and purpose.
Perhaps you’ve wondered, “What’s the point of life?” “Does God exist?”
or “Is there an afterlife?” If you’ve had those questions, then you’re in the
right place. Make sure you come back and invite a friend during the next
few weeks.
If you were to ask people to define the purpose of life, you would
probably get a lot of different answers. Here are three viewpoints that
most people would fit into:
1. There is no purpose or meaning in life. There is no God or higher
authority. We are all here by random chance, and there’s nothing
after this life either.
2. Purpose is whatever you want it to be. There is no God in the sense
of a higher authority. You are the highest authority, so you get to
choose your purpose. So does everyone else. Their purpose is
whatever they want it to be.
3. Our purpose is determined by a divine authority. We must look
beyond ourselves to discover our purpose. Option 3 includes most, if
not all religious views - however, there is a lot of variation based on
who or what the divine authority is.
We need to realize that it is impossible for all explanations to be true.
If something is true, that necessarily means that whatever contradicts
that truth must be false. One worldview can be true, but they can’t all
be. The issue comes down to who we will listen to. Who decides our
purpose? As Christians, we must look to the God of the Bible to define
purpose and meaning for all creation.
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People try to find their purpose in many things, such as money,
possessions, careers, relationships, false religions, sex, or substances. It’s
heartbreaking when people are led to despair because they don’t know
their God-given purpose. Today, we’re going to learn a lesson from the
Bible on our purpose. Open up your Bible or Bible App to Ecclesiastes
and read along as we look at select passages.
Main Point + Key Passage
Solomon was the King of Israel nearly three thousand years ago in a
time of peace and prosperity. The Bible says he was wiser than any
other person on earth and he was one of the wealthiest men ever. He
seemed to have it all. As we go through Ecclesiastes, pay attention to
Solomon’s reflections on what is meaningful and what is not.
To begin, look with me at Ecclesiastes 1:12. [Read Ecclesiastes 1:12-14.]
Throughout the book, the word ‘meaningless’ is used 36 times by
Solomon to describe many different things. Trying to find purpose or
meaning in one of these empty things is comparable to trying to catch
the wind. So, what are some of the things that Solomon found to be
meaningless? Here’s what he discovered:
Work and Achievement are ultimately meaningless… (1:3, 2:4-6, 2:17-23)
- People work all their lives, but can’t gain anything lasting.
- Achievements don’t ultimately satisfy.
- Even if you build a fortune, you can’t keep it when you die.
Status and Legacy are ultimately meaningless… (1:11, 4:13-16)
- Status and prominence doesn’t satisfy.
- Everyone is going to die and eventually be forgotten.
Knowledge and Wisdom are ultimately meaningless… (1:16-18)
- Solomon had the most wisdom, but it did not satisfy.
Leisure and Pleasure are ultimately meaningless… (2:1-3)
- Constant pleasure and leisure accomplish nothing.
Wealth and Riches are ultimately meaningless… (2:7-11, 5:10-11)
- Abundance of wealth doesn’t satisfy.
Sex and Human Relationships are ultimately meaningless… (2:8)
- Even having 700 wives and 300 concubines, Solomon was not
satisfied.
Have you noticed that in his quest for meaning and purpose, Solomon
tried just about everything? Yet none of these things satisfied him. None
of these things gave him actual purpose. He was doing all these things
in vain. You know, his list sounds an awful lot like the things people
chase after today: money, pleasure, work, career, relationships, legacy,
wisdom, etc.
[Read Ecclesiastes 12:13.] In the end, Solomon found true meaning
in only one thing - a relationship with God. Rather than being left
hopeless, Solomon said that everyone ought to fear God and keep His
commandments. In fact, he discovered that it is the duty of all mankind.
Solomon figured out nearly three thousand years ago how empty and
worthless most things are. You can’t find true purpose or satisfaction in
money, knowledge, work, knowledge, projects, pleasure, leisure, fame,
riches, sex, or anything else like that. Humans’ true purpose is to serve
and glorify God. Yet people, to this day, still chase after these
meaningless things while rejecting God. We need to realize that God is
our creator and He is the only source of true purpose. All the other stuff
is empty in comparison.
Supporting Passages
That’s probably why the apostle Paul, one of Jesus’ followers, said this to
a group of people: “We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn
from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens
and the earth and the sea and everything in them” (Acts 14:15). Paul was
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telling people that they could know God by turning away from
everything else and trusting in Jesus. In John 14:6 Jesus says, “I am the
way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except
through me.”
Decision Point
We have an important question to consider and a decision to make.
Will we seek God and follow His purpose for us? Will we turn from
worthless things and turn to Jesus? Or will we go on chasing after
worthless things, like billions of people are doing every day? Maybe all
this talk about God and the Bible are brand new to you.
If so, perhaps today is the day where you realize He is real and He has a
purpose for your life. Will you turn to Jesus and submit your life to Him?
I’m sure some of you would already say God determines your purpose.
There’s still some important decisions to be made. Will you tell others
that they can have true life and purpose in Christ? And will you be bold
to tell them that He is the only way?
All of us need to examine ourselves and consider to whom we are
listening. Lots of different answers have been offered for the purpose of
life. Are you listening to what God says, or to what someone else says?
Preview of Next Week and Closing Prayer
Next week we are going to talk about the origin of the world and the
origin of humans and why how we came to be matters. I hope you’ll
come back and bring a friend! Let’s close with a word of prayer…
LESSON 2:
WHOSE WORLD IS IT
ANYWAY?
Intro
Hey everyone! We are in part 2 of 5 in our series called “What’s the
Point?” Today we are going to talk about the origin of the world and the
origin of humans and why how we came to be matters.
Foundations are critical. In 2021 a building in Florida collapsed because
it was built on a poor foundation. Its collapse caused the tragic death
of 98 people. The building was only 40 years old.
Compare that to St. Michael’s Monastery in France which was built a
thousand years ago. It was built straight out of the rock and still stands
securely on its solid foundation.
The foundation of someone’s life depends on how they answer the
question of origin. Where did life come from? Many say the universe
came about by a random explosion, life is an accident, and there is no
God or creator. Others claim there are many gods. Christians believe in
the one God who created it all.
Sadly, if our origin is a random accident, then it follows that there is no
greater purpose or value to our lives. Every day, people are
committing homicide, suicide, euthanasia, and abortion without
understanding where we come from or why human lives matter. If we
are going to know our true purpose in life, then we need to know where
we came from. We need to know that God created everything and
made every human being with inherent value, dignity, and purpose. In
the Bible lesson today, we are going to consider what God says in the
Bible about the creation of the world and the creation of human beings
in particular. Let’s open our Bibles or Bible App to Genesis 1.
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Main Point + Key Passage
[Read Genesis 1:1-31.] I want to focus on two key principles from the
passage: (1) a high view of God, and (2) a high view of man. Key
principle #1: A high view of God.
From the very first words, “In the beginning, God…”(Gen. 1:1), we see that
God has always existed. God is eternal and not bound by time.
God is the one who created everything. If you consider the vast stretch
of the universe beyond our galaxy, God created the whole thing.
Everything on land, everything in the sea, everything in the sky - it was all
made by Him. Nothing in the world would ever have existed if it weren’t
for Him.
Furthermore, God created everything out of nothing. We may be able to
make things, but we require pre-existing materials. In contrast, only God
can make something out of nothing.
God creates by simply speaking. All He did was say, “Let there be…”
(Gen. 1:3-26). Whatever He spoke came into being. God is so powerful
that at His command things come into existence.
Key principle #2: A high view of man.
Mankind is very significant to God. He created mankind in a special way
distinct from the rest of creation. He created them in His image and
likeness (Gen. 1:26-27). No other part of creation is described this way.
Mankind was also given a special role of authority. Bearing His image,
they were to represent Him on the earth and be intermediate rulers over
the created world for God (Gen. 1:28-30).
Genesis 1 shows a high view of God and a high view of man. When
people deny God or deny the creation of human beings, they are
building their view of life and purpose on a false foundation. If we want
to know the true purpose and meaning of life, we have to start with
God.
Supporting Passages
Now, let’s turn to Psalm 139. Genesis 1 showed us (1) a high view of God,
and (2) a high view of man. Psalm 139 will teach us a third principle: A
high view of God’s care for us.
[Read Psalm 139:1-4.] The all-powerful God who created the universe
cares about this one person. You can hear David say that God knows his
every thought, attitude, word, or deed before David even knows them or
does them. God knows everything about every single person.
[Read Psalm 139:13-16.] You’re fearfully and wonderfully made by God.
God knew all the days of your life and everything that would happen,
before you were born. He formed you in your mother’s womb.
This passage shows a high view of God’s care for us. No one is an
accident. Every human being is created in His image, and has value,
worth, and purpose.
Without God’s truth about our origin, it’s no wonder people feel
hopeless, purposeless, and apathetic. But isn’t it wonderful to know that
we are created by a God who knows and cares for us intimately? John
3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only son [Jesus],
that whoever believes in Him, will not perish but have eternal life.”
Everything that God made, including mankind, was described as good
(Gen. 1:3-26). And at the end, the text says that everything was very
good (Gen. 1:31). God didn’t create the world full of evil and death. We
will talk more about how things got messed-up next week. For now, let’s
keep in mind that everything was originally good.
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Decision Point
Maybe you’ve never really considered that you were created by God,
and that He cares for you intimately. How will you respond to God’s love
in Christ? Will you believe in Jesus who came to redeem you back to the
‘good’ status we were made for in Genesis 1?
Maybe some of you’re struggling with thoughts of suicide. I want to tell
you, don’t do it. You’re precious and valuable; you’re uniquely created
and known by God. You’re not here by accident. You were made in the
image of God, and He cares for you. Many are building their worldviews
and making decisions on false foundations. We need to tell others that
they can build their life and purpose on the truth that God created us in
love and redeems us in love through faith in Jesus Christ.
If we want to know the purpose of life, we have to start with the right
foundation. We have to start with God. The same way that your
smartphone is designed with a clear purpose in mind, God made us with
a clear purpose. He is our engineer and manufacturer. He is the best
and He knows best!
Preview of Next Week and Closing Prayer
Next week we are going to discuss the question, “What’s the problem?”
Hope to see you there, and feel free to invite your friends! Before we go,
let’s close with a word of prayer…
LESSON 3:
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Intro
Hey everyone! We are in part 3 of 5 in our series called “What’s the
Point?” Today we are going to talk about the world’s biggest problem
and the solution we all need.
Have you ever heard the expression “the nature of the problem
determines the nature of the solution?” It makes a lot of sense, generally
speaking. If there is something wrong with a toilet, you want to call a
plumber rather than an electrician. If you need a table built, you should
call a carpenter rather than an accountant.
You don’t have to look very long to see there are a lot of problems in the
world - death, suffering, war, crime, poverty, disease, hunger,
corruption, oppression, to name a few. It is noble to try to make the
world a better place and to solve some of these problems. However, it
would be misguided to focus on solving symptoms while ignoring the
disease that is the root cause.
So what is the world’s biggest problem and solution? According to the
Bible, there is one very clear answer to the question. The biggest
problem in the world is sin. It affects every single person, and we cannot
fix it on our own! There is only one solution.
Main Point + Key Passage
Open your Bible or Bible App to Romans 5. We’re going to read some of
this passage. This passage speaks clearly to mankind’s biggest problem
and the only solution.
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[Read Romans 5:6-11.] I hope you notice in these verses some of the
descriptions of people who are not in Christ. The Apostle Paul, the
author of Romans, calls them ungodly (5:6), sinners (5:8), and God’s
enemies (5:10). They were facing God’s wrath (5:9). Sin leaves the
sinner cut off as an enemy of God. Do you think anyone stands a chance
rebelling against the all-powerful God? Before God, who is a perfectly
righteous judge, sinners will be found guilty. This is the most important,
drastic, and severe problem imaginable. What is the point of making the
world a better place if our sin problem is left unresolved and we spend
eternity suffering for our sins? It can’t get any worse than that.
Yet there is a solution. God demonstrates His love for ungodly sinners,
in that Christ died for them (5:8). Sinners can be justified and counted
righteous by the blood of Christ (5:9). Sinners can be spared from God’s
wrath (5:9). They can be saved and reconciled to him (5:10-11.) Sin is
such an enormous problem that only God could provide the solution. He
did that by sending Jesus to die on the cross, bearing the punishment for
all our sins. If you believe in Him, you’re credited with His righteousness.
Your sins are forgiven before God, and He will give you His Holy Spirit.
[Read Romans 5:12-14.] Notice the universal nature of this problem. Paul
says that death came to all people because all sinned. And it doesn’t
matter when or where they lived, whether people heard the Law of
Moses or not, they were all guilty. Paul also says elsewhere in Romans
that all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory (Rom. 3:23). If sin was a
virus, then we would have to say there is a 100% infection rate, and it is
the root cause for all our other problems.
[Read Romans 5:15-21.] Every human followed the pattern of the first
man, Adam, and sinned, and so there is death for all just as there was
for the first man. Yet in the same way, there is life through one man
- Jesus Christ. In Christ alone, there is righteousness and justification
for sinners. By His grace and His power, all who believe in Him are
saved from their sin. They are saved from the power and penalty of sin.
Instead, they receive the righteousness and eternal life that only Jesus
deserves.
Supporting Passages
Let’s also read John 3:16-21. [Read John 3:16-21.] John 3:16 is a very
famous verse that we mentioned in the last lesson. But don’t miss the
profound truth in verses 17-18. God sent His Son to save, not condemn.
Everyone who does not believe the Son stands condemned already.
Many do not believe in Jesus because they do not recognize the fact
that they are condemned already.
People are looking for purpose in life and don’t realize that they stand
guilty and condemned before God. The good news is that you can find
everlasting forgiveness and life in Christ and restored fellowship with
God. Rather than living your life as an enemy of God, you can live as His
child.
Decision Point
Today, we’ve considered the most important subject we could possibly
discuss. We’ve talked about the most important and urgent problem in
the world and we’ve talked about the solution.
If you have never before turned to Christ in repentance and faith, let
today be the day. Now can be the time for you to repent and turn from
your sin, and instead turn to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you want to know
more about trusting Christ, please talk with me or another leader
afterwards. Will you repent of your sin and turn to Christ as your Savior?
Your sin is a massive problem, alienating you from God. Yet God has
made a way to reconcile you to Himself. Will you trust Christ today?
Some of us have already believed in Christ. If that’s you, I want to
challenge you today to embrace the truth of this lesson. Will you focus
on proclaiming Christ, the greatest need people have? Or will you focus
only on peripheral problems and symptoms? Will you make it your life’s
purpose to serve your Lord in the ways He commands?
We must know the most important problem. We need to deal with the
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eality and gravity of the problem of sin. And we need to accept the
only possible solution - the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ.
Preview of Next Week and Closing Prayer
I hope you will come back next week and invite a friend along as well.
Next week we are going to discuss questions people have like “Is there
an afterlife?” and “Where will you go when you die?” Before we go, let’s
close with a word of prayer…
LESSON 4:
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Intro
Hey everyone! We are in part 4 of 5 in our series called “What’s the
Point?” Today we’re going to talk about questions people have like “Is
there an afterlife?” and “Where will you go when you die?”
Imagine this scenario: A relative of yours has just passed away. In his
will, he designated that 10 million dollars worth of assets will be left to
you. But you don’t get any of it now. On your 22nd birthday, all the
assets will be transferred to you.
If you knew you were going to receive this large inheritance, what would
you do in the meantime? Would you change your behavior or decisions
or plans? I think it’s fair to say that this would change things for all of
us. Even before we received any of the inheritance, it would affect our
thoughts, attitudes, and actions. The point is this - How we live now is
determined by what is coming next.
Today we are going to talk about what happens after you die. Some
say there is no afterlife, and that we simply cease to exist. Others say
that you will be reincarnated. Some people think just about everyone
ends up in heaven. While some people live in constant anxiety of death,
others couldn’t care less about the topic.
All of us will die. The Bible tells us that some will end up in Heaven, and
countless people will end up in Hell. The opportunity to be forgiven in
Christ only exists before death. We can’t miss how urgent this matter is!
No one knows when they will die. We need to think seriously about this
right now- today!
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Main Point + Key Passage
Find Revelation 20 in your Bible or Bible App. We are going to start in
verse 11. In the book of Revelation, the Apostle John has been given a
number of visions by God about the future when Jesus returns in triumph
and judgment. [Read Revelation 20:11-15.] John sees God seated on
a great white throne with all creation waiting for judgment - both the
living and the dead. And they will be judged by Him according to what
they have done. Then books were opened, containing the deeds of every
person. Last lesson, we talked about how all have sinned and are guilty
before God.
But there is hope - a special book is opened: the book of life. The first
books contain everyone’s deeds; however, the book of life contains
names. The only way to be saved from Hell is if your name is in the
book of life. How do you get your name in the book of life? It’s simple:
we must repent of our sins and trust in Jesus as Lord, the only hope of
salvation. If your name is written in the book of life, that means Jesus’
perfect righteousness is attributed to you instead of your own deeds.
[Read Revelation 21:1-4.] Rather than suffering in Hell, those who are in
the book of life will dwell together with God in the new heavens and the
new earth. There will be no more tears, mourning, death, or pain. All that
will be gone, and instead there will be eternal life with God. Those in
the book of life will live in eternal perfection with God. Those who were
not written in the book of life are thrown into Hell.
[Read Revelation 21:5-8.] God then says that He is indeed making all
things new. He is the beginning and the end. He was there before
creation, and He will make this new creation. God will save all those
who come to Him, and it’s not because they paid Him or earned it
somehow. It’s because He is gracious and merciful to save those who
humble themselves before Him in Christ.
[Read Revelation 21:22-27.] In the new heavens and earth, there will be
no need for a temple because God the Father and Christ the Lamb will
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dwell with mankind. Imagine how awesome it will be to dwell in the
glorious presence of God forever! Yet notice again - this is not for
everyone. Only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter
into this paradise. Only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life
will be saved and dwell with God in Heaven forever.
Supporting Passages
Hebrews 9:27 says, “It is appointed for man to die once, and after that
comes judgment.” I hope we can see that truth plainly in Rev. 20-21.
For all of us, death is not the end. Those who are in Christ are saved into
everlasting life in heaven. All others are doomed to eternal punishment
in hell.
Decision Point
This is not something to be trivialized or ignored. None of us are
guaranteed another moment in this life. Perhaps this is new to you, or
you’ve never seriously thought about it. If you haven’t believed in Christ
as your Lord, let today be the day. I’m telling you this because I care for
your soul - you must turn to Christ!
Admit you’re a sinner who needs forgiveness; believe that Jesus Christ
died for your sins, and was raised to life on the third day, and confess
him as Lord of your life. Then you will be saved. Your name will be written
in the book of life permanently. Then you won’t be judged according to
your sins but according to Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Only by trusting
in Christ will you be saved from the eternal punishment you deserve and
obtain the hope of eternal life.
Some of you have probably already believed in Christ for some time.
But I want to challenge you today: you know what’s coming next - so it
should affect how you think and behave. We need to be warning others
of the realities of eternity. We need to plead with others to turn to Christ
for the free gift of salvation. We need to proclaim the gospel to others
so they too can be saved! We need to live with a focus on eternity,
rather than focusing on all that is temporary.
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Preview of Next Week and Closing Prayer
Heaven and hell are real, and if we know where we’re going, it should
affect how we live today. Next week we are going to talk more about
how God wants us to live while we are here on earth. Let’s close with a
word of prayer...
LESSON 5:
LIVING ON POINT
Intro
Hey everyone! We are in part 5 of 5 in our series called “What’s the
Point?” Today, we are going to talk about how we are supposed to live
now in light of eternity.
There are lots of funny bumper stickers out there. There’s this one that
says, “Don’t follow me, I’m lost too.”
I think it’s pretty funny. But we can also apply it to what we are talking
about today. Most people in the world are lost. There are lots of people
who have followed terrible examples. Think about what people might
say in hindsight at the end of their lives:
• ‘Don’t chase after money like me; you’ll never have enough.’
• ‘Don’t seek momentary pleasure like me; it’s empty.’
• ‘Don’t search for validation from others like me; it won’t satisfy.’
People are lost because they don’t know who Christ is. Sadly, there are
also those who call themselves Christians but live in such a manner that
denies that Jesus is truly their Lord. We are called to live differently as
Christians. We know our purpose in life is to glorify God, and if we know
the gospel of Jesus, then we aren’t lost. Perhaps the bumper sticker for
our lives should say:
• ‘I once was lost, but now I’m found.’
• ‘Follow me as I follow Christ.’
In our lesson today, we are going to talk about how we are meant to
live. Paul was a disciple of Jesus who said to others, “Follow me as I
follow Christ.” In our lesson today, we are going to look at 5-6 different
passages of examples of what Paul said in the Bible.
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Main Point + Key Passage
[Read Colossians 3:17.] Everything we say or do should be in the name
of the Lord Jesus and include thanksgiving to God the Father in Christ.
Not because our deeds save us, but because we have already received
the greatest blessing in Christ. Therefore, every thought, word, attitude,
and action should glorify Him.
We shouldn’t be motivated by fear of punishment, but by a genuine
desire to please our Lord who died for us. Everything we say or do
should honor Him.
There are countless ways we can glorify Christ in our lives, and it is a
lifelong journey of learning and growing in obedience to God’s word.
For today, let’s look at 5 key ways we glorify Christ:
Supporting Passages
First, we must pray. We need to talk to God constantly. [Read
Philippians 4:6-7.] Believers are called to pray continually. We are called
to take all of our requests and concerns to God. And we are taught to
constantly express thanksgiving and praise to God. One of the ways to
become an example to others is through prayer. With constant prayer
and petition, you demonstrate what it means to depend on God in each
and every situation.
Second, we must study God’s Word. [Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17.]
This passage says that the Scriptures may have been written down by
men, but they were inspired by God. When you read the Bible, you’re
actually reading the words God Himself has revealed. The Scriptures
teach and train us, to rebuke and correct us, and lead us into the
truth- in order that we can be completely equipped to serve Him.
In other words, you won’t be lacking anything you need to know to serve
God if you study the Scriptures. If you want to know everything you need
to know, the answers are in the Bible.
Third, you must be actively involved in the church, the body of Christ.
[Read Hebrews 10:24-25.] We aren’t meant to live our lives alone, but to
encourage and strengthen one another. Our Christian club is one way
we can be part of a group of like-minded believers. Most importantly,
though, you need to be part of a local church. The Bible teaches
Christians to live and serve Jesus in the context of local churches. You
need to be under the consistent care, sound teaching, and preaching
of a pastor. You need to be part of a spiritual family that will intimately
walk alongside you in Christ. You need to be baptized and partake of
the Lord’s Supper with your church family. We need to meet together
with the body of Christ regularly and often.
Fourth, you need to rely on the Holy Spirit. [Read Galatians 5:16.] We
need His power, or else we will go after the sinful ways of our nature.
It’s not about just trying harder, it’s about surrendering more to the
indwelling Spirit. Without the Spirit, we cannot do anything we ought
to do in the Christian life. It is the Spirit who illuminates the truth of
the Word, convicts you of sin, guides you to truth, and transforms your
desires to be holy.
Fifth, we must proclaim the gospel. [Read 2 Corinthians 5:18-20.]
Paul says that Christ’s followers have been given a message of
reconciliation to spread. If you have believed in Christ, then you’re now
an ambassador and messenger of Christ towards others. One of the
most important ways you can live life with God-given purpose is to tell
others of Christ. Doing good things is not enough. Jesus Himself lived the
perfect life and made it His goal to proclaim the good news.
Decision Point
[Read Colossians 3:17.] Everything we say or do should be in the name
of the Lord Jesus and include thanksgiving to God the Father in Christ.
Not because our deeds save us, but because we have already received
the greatest blessing in Christ. Therefore, every thought, word, attitude,
and action should glorify Him.
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Perhaps you’ve never heard of Christ before. Maybe you never realized
that your life is not your own, but you’re called to glorify God. If you’d
like to believe in Christ or want to check out a church, please talk with
me or one of the club leaders before you go.
If you’re already a Christian, I challenge you to examine your life closely.
Are you living to serve and glorify Jesus, or do you live for yourselves?
Maybe God is convicting you to fully commit every part of your life to
Him. Whatever the case, you need to decide if you will serve God and
fulfill your God-given purpose. Will you take that step today?
THE KING AND HIS CROSS
Closing Prayer
[Read Philippians.] I hope that you have been challenged in your
thinking by this series and have gained clarity about your purpose and
meaning in life. I pray that you’ve realized that the Bible gives the
answers we truly need in Christ. Let’s close with a word of prayer...
This series introduces students to Jesus and His mission. As they journey with Jesus
through the Gospel of Luke, they will learn that Jesus is the true King who came to give
His life for them on the cross. As they see Jesus do miracles, hear Jesus preach the gospel,
and watch Him die and rise again, many will be ready to say “Yes!” to Jesus as He
calls them now to take up their cross and follow Him.
Lesson 1 - Qualification of The King
Lesson 2 - Proclamation of the King
Lesson 3 - Demonstration of the King
Lesson 4 - Restoration of the King
Lesson 5 - Mission of the King
Lesson 6 - The Cross Before Me
Lesson 7 - The Crucifixion of the King
Lesson 8 - The Resurrection of the King
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LESSON 1:
QUALIFICATIONS OF
THE KING
Hook
Welcome to our series called “The King and His Cross.” If you had to
describe what you’d want in a king, what would you put on your “Perfect
King Wishlist?” Some kings are imposters who don’t have the right to be
king at all. Some kings are foolish, weak or wicked. In this series about
Jesus, we’ll see that Jesus has the right to be king because He is God.
He is also wise, knowing what’s best. He’s powerful enough to defeat
sin and death. And unlike so many corrupt politicians, Jesus is good. He
never sinned but sacrificially gave Himself for those in His kingdom.
The Story Is Set
Luke starts the story of Jesus with stories of the announcement of the
King. We see angels announce to poor shepherds that Jesus was born to
be the Savior of the world. In Luke 3, we see John the Baptist announce
that Jesus is coming so people should get ready. John had a huge
following and people wondered if he was the Messiah. John said he was
not but Jesus was and that he was not even worthy to untie Jesus’ shoes!
He said that Jesus was coming to save but also warned that Jesus would
judge with “unquenchable fire” (3:17) so people should prepare to meet
their Maker.
That’s a sober warning! You can only imagine the kind of anticipation
that such an announcement would create. Is Jesus really all that great?
Does he live up to these expectations? Join us for the whole series to
decide for yourselves, but we believe the answer is “Yes!” In our passage
today Jesus shows up and goes right into a spiritual battle with Satan.
Main Points
1. Jesus is qualified to be king because He can resist sin and defeat
the devil.
2. Jesus is also a king who is coming to judge so we should repent &
get ready.
Read the Passage
Luke 4:1-13
The Story Unfolds
Following John the Baptist’s announcement, Jesus goes into the
wilderness for forty days where He is tempted by the devil. I wonder,
can anyone here relate to being tempted? How many of you have
experienced temptation – a moment when you were enticed to do
something you knew to be wrong? How many of us have done it even
though we knew it was wrong? Now, can you imagine being tempted
by the devil himself while not eating a meal, or even a snack, for forty
days?
When we hear that Jesus was in the wilderness for forty days, it should
remind us of the people of Israel in the Old Testament who were also
tempted in the wilderness. They failed the test and had to wander in the
wilderness for forty years. They weren’t the only ones to fail the
“Temptation Test.” Adam and Eve, the first people God made, also failed
the test when Satan tempted them to eat what God had told them not
to eat.
The Conflict Begins
Jesus faces three temptations in the wilderness.
First, the devil tempts Jesus to use His powers to turn stones into bread
and break his fast. There is nothing wrong with bread, of course, but
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Jesus was there to fast and pray. And God had not given Jesus
miraculous powers to make bread whenever He got hungry.
This reminds us that the devil and the world love to tempt people to
“meet legitimate desires in forbidden ways.”[1] We all want food, money,
intimacy, and a good self-image. So Satan tempts us to get these in
ways God has forbidden.
Second, the devil tempts Jesus with the opportunity to become the king
of the world. All Jesus has to do is worship Satan. Jesus rejects Satan’s
offer saying God commanded us to only worship Him. This reminds us
of the choice we all have to make: worship God or Satan. Rejecting
God means you follow yourself and ultimately Satan. Jesus also wisely
knows that Satan overpromises and under delivers. As a pastor once
said, “Satan will give you what you want as long as you give him what
he wants.”[2] What does Satan want from you? Two words: “Addictive
allegiance.” Satan wants to get your allegiance by getting you addicted
to sin.
Third, Satan tempts Jesus to test God by throwing Himself off the top of
a temple, knowing that the angels will prevent Him from being injured.
Satan tempts Jesus saying, “If you are the Son of God,” and cites a
prophecy that God would protect the Messiah. But there is no “if” about
it. God said in Luke 3:22 that Jesus is His Son. Satan loves to tempt
people to doubt things God has said are true. He tempted Eve in the
Garden of Eden saying, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any
tree in the garden?’” And Satan wants us to test God by following his
advice rather than God’s plan for our lives.
Why does this matter? This passage shows us that Jesus is qualified to
be King because He is the only man to ever live who never sinned. Jesus
also understands our temptation and He wants to help us with it. Jesus
loves you enough to give His life for you. We all deserve God’s judgment
for all the times we’ve sinned. Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty
we deserve then came back to life. If we confess our sin and receive
Him as our Savior and Lord, He will forgive us and give us His Spirit to
help us resist sin just like Jesus did.
Decision Point
How will we respond? With all the wicked and corrupt leaders in our
world, don’t you want a king like Jesus who has never sinned? Will we
admit that we have failed the test and sinned more times than we can
count? Will we acknowledge that we have said “No” to God and “Yes” to
Satan? And since Jesus, the perfect King, will one day judge the world,
won’t you turn to Him and ask Him to be your Savior today?
Preview
Join us next week as we see Jesus’ mission of compassion for all who are
oppressed.
Discussion
1. Why do you think it was important that Jesus went through His trial in
the wilderness?
2. Why do you think it is important to know that Jesus never sinned?
3. What lessons can we learn from Jesus’ time in the wilderness about
how to fight sin in our own lives?
[1] Dr. Erwin Lutzer. www.moodymedia.org/sermons/who-are-you-judge/judging-entertainment/
[2] Dr. Erwin Lutzer. www.moodymedia.org/radio-programs/running-to-win-25/judging-neopaganism-part-2-3/
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LESSON 2:
PROCLAMATION OF
THE KING
Hook
If someone said they were there to save you from drowning, how would
you respond? The answer might depend on what you thought of them.
If you thought they were a great lifeguard, or in a strong boat, you
might take them up on their offer. The answer would also depend on
how you saw your situation. If you knew you were drowning, you would
say thanks! But if you thought you were in no danger, and perhaps you
wanted to play it cool for the people watching, you might decline the
offer or even be offended.
The Story Is Set
Last week we saw that Jesus is qualified to be King because He never
sinned. Today, we will see Jesus proclaim that He is a king on a mission
to save, heal and restore His people. Despite having a mission to save
His people, we’ll see people get angry and try to kill Jesus.
Main Points
In our story today, we’ll see that…
1. Jesus’ mission is to save, heal, and restore.
2. Jesus is rejected by those unwilling to believe in Him as King.
3. If we want the blessings of the King, we must submit to Jesus our
King.
Read the Passage
Luke 4:16-30
The Story Unfolds
Our story begins after Jesus left His encounter with Satan in the
wilderness. Jesus went back to Galilee and started teaching every week
in their synagogues. He quickly became the talk of the town and people
praised Him everywhere He went. He went to Nazareth, the small town
where He was raised, and taught in their synagogue too.
Jesus read an amazing passage from the book of Isaiah, a prophet who
prophesied about the Messiah. Isaiah said the Messiah’s mission would
be to “proclaim good news to the poor…liberty to the captives,
recovering sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed
and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Isaiah 61:1-2).
After reading the brief passage, Jesus sat down. Luke says everyone’s
eyes were “fixed on Him” (Luke 4:20). Perhaps they were waiting to hear
what He was going to say next. Or perhaps they were marveling at how
Jesus, whom they had known since He was a kid, had grown up to be
such a nice young man.
The Conflict Begins
No one expected what Jesus said next. “Today this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing.” Initially people were amazed at Jesus’ gracious
teaching and spoke well of Him. Then they seemed to grow concerned
about what Jesus was saying about Himself. They asked, “Isn’t this
Joseph’s son?” They can’t seem to believe the kid down the street could
be the one promised by Isaiah.
Maybe they also grew offended at what Jesus’ teaching meant about
them. If this Scripture was fulfilled in their hearing, didn’t that mean
Jesus thought they were poor, captive, blind and oppressed? Maybe
they thought themselves to be good people and didn’t like Jesus
claiming to be a doctor who could heal them.
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Whatever was going on in their hearts, Jesus knew what they were
thinking. What would he do? Would he apologize for telling the truth?
No! Not only does He stand his ground, but He turned the crowd’s
offensive remarks right back on them. He declared, “No prophet is
acceptable in his hometown” and scolded them for requiring miracles in
order to believe.
He then reminds them of two stories from the prophets of Israel:
- Elijah offered to save a poor widow who was on the verge of
starvation, but to be saved she had to trust God enough to give
Elijah what would have been her last meal. She had to believe God
first before she could see His salvation.
- Elisha offered to heal a man with leprosy, but to be cleansed the
man had to trust God enough to dip in the Jordan river seven times
as Elisha instructed. Faith came before the miracle, not the other
way around.
What makes Jesus’ stories about Elijah and Elisha so offensive is that
these miracles were given to people outside Israel. Because there were
so few in Israel who had faith in God, God sent His prophets to take
care of people who were outsiders. Jesus was telling the people in
His hometown that if they did not believe, He would take His offer of
salvation to outcasts and to people all over the world.
Decision Point
How about you? How will you respond to Jesus who wants to set you
free from captivity to your sin? How will you respond to Jesus who wants
to heal you from spiritual blindness? Jesus offers you the favor of the
Lord. He is offering to forgive every sin you’ve ever done and give you a
new start. It’s not enough to speak well of Him and say nice things about
Him being a good teacher. To receive the blessings of the King, you have
to believe in Him and receive Him as your Lord. Will you do that today?
Preview
Maybe you’re not yet sure if Jesus can really save you. Come back next
week as Jesus will back up His claims with action. We will watch Him
cast out demons and heal the sick. You don’t want to miss it!
Discussion
1. What do you think of Jesus’ mission to save, heal, and restore? Does
that sound good to you?
2. Is it surprising to you that even though Jesus’ mission is to save,
people wanted to kill Him?
3. What assumptions might make people today reject Jesus?
When Jesus said this, the people became “filled with wrath,” drove Him
out of town, and tried to throw Him off a cliff. The people felt that Jesus’
message was a blasphemous insult to their faith and a complete
rebellion against the Jewish people. In other words, they liked Jesus
initially, but as soon as His message turned into something that they
didn’t want to hear, they turned against Him.
God protected Jesus and He passed through their midst somehow and
went on His way. One day, however, Jesus would be killed by the angry
mob. As we will see at the end of this study, people mocked Jesus
saying, “Save yourself,” at the very moment He gave His life to save them
(Luke 23:35).
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LESSON 3: [Read Luke 4:31-37.]
Demonstration
of the king
Note: this is a longer passage and will take 4-5 minutes to read. So read
each section as you go and keep your teaching comments brief.
Hook
Being demon-possessed isn’t something that we think about as much in
the United States as people do in other parts of the world.
Not to be confused with other medical or mental conditions, demons
are real and destroy the lives of countless people today. Jesus said in
John 10:10 that the devil is out to “steal, kill and destroy.” That’s just what
the devil’s demons do. They tempt young people to do things that will
destroy them such as suicide, overdosing on drugs, or adopting
ideologies or identities that will ruin their lives. Demons want everyone in
this room to reject Jesus, hate God, and do things that will destroy you.
If you could solve any problem in the world today, what would you solve?
Poverty? War? Disease? If you could solve any problem in your life today,
what would you solve?
The Story Is Set
Last week we saw Jesus proclaim that He is a King on a mission to save,
heal and restore. Today, we will see Jesus do just that as He casts out
demons, cleanses a leper, and even makes a lame man walk! We’ll also
see Jesus forgive a man of his sins, which He says is the biggest problem
of all.
Main Points
1. Jesus’ Word has authority to heal and to save.
2. Jesus teaches that the biggest problem people have is their sin.
3. We should trust Jesus about our problem and ask Him to save us.
The Story Unfolds
Our story unfolds as Jesus left His hometown that rejected Him and went
to Capernaum where He continued teaching. Luke tells us these people
were “astonished at His teaching for His word possessed authority” (Luke
4:32). In our reading today, we’ll see three different people healed by
the authority of Jesus’ word, starting with a man possessed by a demon.
Amazingly, when Jesus encountered this demon-possessed man, the
demon immediately recognized Jesus. He knew who Jesus was and
loudly cried out, “Have you come to destroy us?” Jesus rebuked the
demon and effortlessly cast it out, much to the amazement of the
crowd. This was such a significant and undeniable showing of power
that “reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding
region.”
Let’s pick the story up in Luke 5 and watch Jesus meet a man with
leprosy. [Read Luke 5:12-26.]
Leprosy was a skin condition that doomed a person to a life of misery.
The disease was painful as the infections caused wounds all over the
body and even eyes. Left untreated, these infections could make limbs
fall off or require amputation. Because it was contagious, lepers were
considered unclean and lived as outcasts isolated from relationships
within the community. Just like the man afflicted by a demon, this man
was in a hopeless situation, but his problem too was effortlessly solved
by Jesus. All Jesus had to do was speak the words, “I will; be clean,” and
“immediately the leprosy left him.”
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Finally, in Luke 5:17-26, we see Jesus encounter a paralyzed man.
[Read Luke 5:17-26.] Jesus eventually heals this man with a simple
command, “Pick up your bed and go home.” However, healing this
man wasn’t Jesus’ first response. When the paralyzed man’s friends
took desperate and dramatic action to get him in front of Jesus, Jesus
responded by saying that his sins are forgiven. It isn’t that Jesus lacked
sympathy for the man’s condition. It’s that He cared for the man’s
greatest problem – his sin!
The Conflict Begins
The religious leaders observing all of this wouldn’t stand for Jesus’
statement. They cried, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can
forgive sins but God?” Their anger is similar to the crowd in Nazareth
that we read about in the last lesson. Jesus was granting himself the
right to do something that only God can do. What they did not
understand is that Jesus is God. To prove that He has the authority to
do the spiritually impossible thing of forgiving sins, Jesus demonstrated
that He had the power to do the physically impossible thing of healing
a paralytic. Luke tells us, “Amazement seized them all and they glorified
God and were filled with awe” (4:36).
Decision Point
disease and wipe every tear from their eyes. But these blessings are only
for those who believe in Him. It all starts with having our sins forgiven
and getting right with God. Will you call out to Jesus, asking Him to save
you like the people in this story did?
Preview
Come back next week. We will see how Jesus transforms you from the
inside out so you can be the person He created you to be. We’ll also see
how Jesus alone can give you a firm foundation for your life.
Discussion
1. If Jesus’ primary concern is with teaching people that their sins need
to be forgiven, why would He also spend so much time healing
people of other problems?
2. How does Jesus’ healing ministry connect to Jesus’ use of Scripture
in Luke 4:18-19?
3. If you had to choose between living forever afflicted by a physical
problem or living forever afflicted by sin, what sounds worse? Why?
Do you feel a desperation to have your sins forgiven that is as intense
as the desperation these three people had to be healed? Jesus used his
healing of lesser problems to prove that He has the desire and power
to heal us of what we need most - our sin problem. The Bible says, “Your
[sins] have separated you from your God” (Is. 59:2). Like the demonpossessed
man, our sin leaves us in the power of the devil. Our sin
leaves us unclean and cast out from God’s presence like the leper.
It leaves us paralyzed and unable to do anything to fix it ourselves.
That’s why we need Jesus to save us. Jesus died on the cross to pay the
penalty for our sin then rose again from the dead. That’s why He alone
can forgive us from our sin. Jesus also promised to take His followers to
be with Him in His home in Heaven forever. He promised to heal every
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LESSON 4:
RESToration of
the king
Hook
What excuses do people often make when they get caught doing
something bad? Often, we blame others: “What they said made me so
mad.” Sometimes we blame it on our circumstances: “I was having a
bad day.” Sometimes we act like our actions don’t reflect who we really
are: “That’s not who I am” or “That was out of character for me.”
Or sometimes we act like we just didn’t know any better.
The Story Is Set
Last week, we saw Jesus cast out demons, heal the sick, and raise a man
who couldn’t walk. We also saw how He has the power to forgive sins.
Today, we’ll listen as Jesus cuts away at our excuses and teaches why
we really do bad things. We’ll also learn from Him how we can build our
lives on a strong foundation.
Main Points
1. Jesus gives a new heart that bears good fruit.
2. Jesus is the only sure foundation for your life.
Read the Passage
Luke 6:43-49
The Story Unfolds
Luke 6:43-45 records Jesus’ teaching about the fruit of the heart. He
says, “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear
good fruit, for each tree is known by the fruit.” This is just common
sense. Apple trees produce apples, and orange trees produce oranges
because trees produce fruit according to their kind. We also wouldn’t
expect a tree that is rotting out and dying to produce a clean, crisp
apple. And if a tree consistently produces rotten fruit, something is
wrong not just with the fruit but with the tree. Jesus uses this illustration
to describe the heart. A good heart produces good works and a bad
heart produces bad works. In other words, the things you do show the
kind of person you are. So much for our excuses when we do bad things,
right? Based on this, how would you rate the quality of your heart? While
you’re thinking, listen to this teaching from Jesus in the next chapter.
“For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual
immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful
desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile things come
from within; they are what defile you.” (Mark 7:21-23 NLT)
Jesus says anything on that list that we can relate to should show us
what our heart is really like. Preachers have often put it like this, “The
heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.” We all
start out in life with a heart like this. The Bible says, “None is righteous,
no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned
aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not
even one” (Romans 3:10-12).
Isn’t it amazing that Jesus knows this about our hearts and still loves us?
We’ll see next week that Jesus came to give His life to pay the penalty
that our sins deserve so that we can be forgiven of all of our sin.
Jesus then has a hard word for people who claim to be His followers. He
says, “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?” Jesus
does not want fake Christians. It’s easy to say nice things about Jesus.
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It’s easy to call Him, “Lord.” Talk is cheap. How we live shows what our
hearts are really like. Jesus said in John 14:15, “If you love me, you will
keep my commandments.”
Jesus wasn’t out to just point out people’s problems. He shows a better
way. He calls us to be people who do three key things. Come. Hear.
Do. He puts it like this, “Everyone who comes to me and hears my words
and does them…is like a man building a house who dug deep and laid
the foundation on the rock” (Luke 6:47-48). This way of life isn’t easy.
The man had to dig deep, but it paid off big time. The man also had to
choose wisely where to build. Jesus said he built not on “a rock” but on
“the rock.” Jesus is the only sure foundation for your life.
The Conflict Begins
Here’s why. Storms are coming. Life is hard and trials are coming. How
often do we see people who seem to have it all together in life go
through challenges and they simply fall apart? Movie stars living the
dream life end up in 3rd, 4th and 5th marriages and look lonely and
miserable.
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control”
(Galatians 5:22-23).
Jesus is calling all of us to come to Him, hear His words, and do what He
says. What will you do?
Preview
We invite you to come back next week as we learn more about Jesus’
mission to die on the cross to forgive our sins.
Discussion
1. What excuses do you tend to make for bad things you do?
2. What do you think about Jesus’ teaching that our actions show us
what our hearts are really like?
3. Why would building your life on Jesus give you a strong foundation
for the storms of life?
Whether our lives will be easier or harder than others around us, we all
also have one thing in common. One day we will all die. Jesus loves us
enough to give us this warning: “The one who hears and does not do
them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a
foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and
the ruin of that house was great” (Luke 6:49).
Decision Point
The good news is that Jesus knows that our hearts need help, so He
offers to provide new ones. Jesus says we must be “born again” (John
3:3). He offers to trade out our “heart of stone” and give us “an
undivided heart and…a new spirit” (Ezekiel 11:19). He offers to give us the
Holy Spirit to change our hearts from the inside. The Bible says, “The Holy
Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience,
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LESSON 5:
MISSION OF THE KING
Hook
Every year on Memorial Day, our nation pauses to honor men and
women who have given their lives to serve our country. Maybe you have
someone in your life who died serving in our military. Memorial Day
would take on even more significance if we all personally knew someone
who had. Today we’re going to read about Jesus dying for us all.
The Story Is Set
Last week we heard Jesus say that we all do sinful things because we
all have sinful hearts. Today, we’re going to hear Jesus tell us about His
mission to pay the ultimate price to solve our sin problem. And we’ll hear
Him ask the most important question in all of human history, “Who do you
say I am?”
Main Points
1. Jesus welcomes and has compassion for those who want to hear His
message.
2. Jesus’ mission was to die on the cross for our sins and rise again
from the dead.
3. Jesus is calling you to consider who you say Jesus really is.
Read the Passage
Luke 9:10-22
The Story Unfolds
It’s impossible to overstate how popular Jesus was. Our story starts with
Jesus trying to get away from the crowds, but the crowds learned where
He was going and followed Him! Jesus didn’t chase them away but
had compassion on them. Luke tells us that “Jesus welcomed them and
spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need
of healing.” People spent all day listening to Him teach. As the day went
on, people grew hungry and had no food. And the disciples only had five
loaves and two fish. Jesus did an amazing miracle and multiplied that
food into enough to feed over five thousand people.
You can imagine how Jesus’ popularity would have sky-rocketed even
more after a day like that. In the Gospel of John, we can read the same
story that John concludes saying, “When the people saw the sign that
he had done, they said, ‘This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into
the world!’ Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him
by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by
himself” (John 6:15). If you ever want to run for king, learn how to make
food out of nothing and you’ll be on your way!
But Jesus isn’t satisfied with this. He wants to make people understand
who He truly is and what His mission is all about.
The Conflict Begins
So Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
People knew Jesus taught good things. Many people even knew Jesus
did mighty miracles. Many thought Jesus was a prophet. Even today,
most people will say Jesus was a good teacher who did good things. But
Jesus probed deeper and asked His disciples directly, “Who do you say
that I am?” This is the most important question in all human history. Who
do you say that Jesus is? Is He just a good teacher? Or is He more?
Peter answered that Jesus is “The Christ of God.” The prophets in the
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Old Testament promised that God would send the Christ, or the Messiah,
to save His people. Surprisingly, when Peter answered correctly, Jesus
told the disciples not to tell anyone. This was probably because they did
not yet fully understand what it meant that Jesus is the Christ.
So Jesus told them. He said that He must “suffer many things and be
rejected…and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” This was not
what the disciples were expecting or wanted in their Messiah. They
wanted someone who could heal their sickness, feed the poor, unite the
nation, and deliver them from the oppression of the Romans.
But Jesus was serious about His mission. He tells them again in Luke
18:31-33, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is
written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For
he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and
shamefully treated and spit upon. And after flogging him, they will kill
him, and on the third day he will rise.”
What is so important is that you know this: Jesus did all of this for you!
Jesus loves you enough that He was willing to be mocked, beaten, spit
upon, and killed for you. This is the price He paid to take the
penalty our sins deserve. And He proved that He was who He said He
was by coming back to life on the third day just like He promised.
Decision Point
So what about you? Jesus is asking you the question He asked His
disciples, “Who do you say I am?” If you’re not sure yet, won’t you join
us again next week? You see, there really are only three options of who
Jesus is. He could have been a liar and was not who He claimed to be.
He could have been a lunatic – someone crazy enough to think He was
God. Or, He’s the Lord – He’s God who became man, died for you and
rose again.
and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and
God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being
a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us.”
Jesus is also offering to be your Savior and Lord. He is offering to forgive
you of every sin you’ve ever done because He died for you. To receive
His gift of salvation, we must confess our sins, believe in Him and turn
our lives over to Him.
You can do that today by saying, “Lord Jesus, I’m sorry for my sin.
I believe in you. Please forgive me and be my Savior and Lord.”
Will you follow Him today?
Preview
In the next lesson, Jesus will show us how He wants us to give up
anything that would keep us from following Him.
Discussion
1. Have you known people who like parts of Jesus’ teachings but not
others? What are some examples?
2. If someone claims to be a follower of Jesus but rejects His teaching,
is that person a genuine follower?
3. Are there parts of Jesus’ teaching that you find difficult to accept?
What do you think Jesus would want you to do with any concerns you
may have about His teaching?
As C.S. Lewis said, “You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him
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LESSON 6:
THE CROSS BEFORE ME
Hook
I know we’re all students, but does anyone here like to buy stocks?
Buying stocks is risky. If you pick a bad one, you can lose a lot of money. If
you pick the right one, you can make a great return on your
investment. Imagine there was a stock you could buy that you knew with
100% certainty that every dollar you invested would be worth $1 million.
How much of your money would you invest? A little? A lot? Or all of it? I’d
put in all my money and sell everything I owned so I could buy some more.
Why? For that big of a payoff, I’d go all in.
The Story Is Set
In the previous lesson, we saw that Jesus went all in to save us from our
sins by dying on the cross and rising again. Today, we’ll hear Him teach
that if we want to be His followers, we must go all in for Him.
Main Points
1. Jesus says we must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him.
2. Jesus promises great rewards for those who follow Him.
The Story Unfolds
Our story begins like this, “And he said to all, if anyone would come after
me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
Jesus said this openly to “all.” He was very upfront about the price that
“anyone” who wants to be connected to Him must pay if they want to be
part of His family.
Jesus says that following Him requires a complete and total surrender of
one’s life to Him. Although intense, this is nothing unusual. The most
important decisions in our lives always require a commitment of some
kind. If you want to go to the Olympics, for example, you’ll have to
sacrifice everything to get there. Let’s look at Jesus’ teaching more
closely by looking at the three verbs He uses: deny, take up, and follow.
Deny. Jesus says we must deny ourselves. Our problem is, we have all
denied God and rejected Him as our rightful King. We have said “No” to
Him and acted like we were king instead. If we want to follow Christ,
we must put Him back on the throne of our lives. One preacher put it
like this, “Instead of gratifying ourselves or indulging ourselves in all the
ways our sinful nature desires, we are called to deny ourselves, rejecting
anything and everything that will get in the way of offering ourselves for
God’s service.”[1]
Take up. Jesus says we must take up our cross. The disciples must have
cringed when Jesus said this. The cross was a tool for execution. As one
author put it, “When a man from one of their villages took up a cross and
went off with a…band of Roman soldiers, he was on a one-way journey.
He’d not be back.”[2] Rather than living for ourselves as though God
were dead, Jesus calls us to die to ourselves and live for God.
Follow. Jesus was on His way to die in Jerusalem. So when He says,
“Follow me,” He means that we should follow Him prepared to face
rejection and ridicule from friends and family. We must be prepared to
suffer for Him just like He suffered and died for us.
Many people hear this and say, “No thank you! I’d rather keep my life!”
They think following Jesus will get in the way of their fun, their
relationships, goals, and dreams. It would require letting go of sins they
want to keep. It might cost them their popularity with friends or peace
with their parents. So they try to “save their life” by living their way and
rejecting Jesus.
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Jesus challenges this thinking with a haunting question. “What does it
profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?”
Everything in our lives will one day come to an end. Wouldn’t it be better
to “lose” the things that keep us from Jesus so we can be truly saved?
If this is hard to accept, remember this: Life is short. Eternity is long.
Jim Elliot, a famous missionary, said it like this, “He is no fool who gives
what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
Jesus also warns that if people are too ashamed to be His followers,
then He will be too ashamed to receive them as His followers in Heaven.
It’s easy to get swayed by the opinions of our friends, but a day is
coming when the only thing that will matter is what Jesus thinks of us.
When we see Him standing in His glory with His mighty angels, His is the
only opinion that will matter.
Preview
In the next lesson, we will learn what is at stake in the decision to follow
Jesus and why it was so important for Jesus to set the cross before him.
Discussion
1. Does Jesus’ demands for His followers seem reasonable to you?
2. Do you think that many people today try to partially follow Jesus?
Why do they do this?
3. If a follower of Jesus realized they were not following Jesus in the
way that He requires, what advice do you think Jesus would give
them?
Finally, Jesus promises rewards that far outweigh the sacrifice. Jesus
told His disciples that they would see “the kingdom of God.” In Luke
18:29-30, Jesus promised, “There is no one who has left house or wife or
brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who
will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come
eternal life.”
Decision Point
Jesus says we should count the cost carefully and follow Him. He isn’t
asking us to do anything for Him that He hasn’t already done for us.
He denied Himself the comfort of Heaven when He became a man and
the safety He deserved when He suffered on the cross. Love so amazing
demands our all. And Jesus promises eternal life as children of the King.
[1] Philip Ryken. Luke. Volume I. Reformed Expository Commentary, p. 458.
[2] Leon Morris, The Gospel According to St. Luke: An Introduction and Commentary, p. 170.
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LESSON 7:
THE CRUCIFIXION
OF THE KING
Hook
Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down
his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Today we are going to look at the
story of Jesus laying down His life for us. There is no other story like it in
the world. No king or religious leader ever made so great a sacrifice for
his people. That’s because no other person has ever had such love for
you and me. As we look at this story together, remember Jesus did all
of this for us. Love so amazing demands a response. Will we accept the
gift He is offering, or will we reject it?
The Story Is Set
Over the last two weeks, we have seen Jesus promise that He would go
to Jerusalem to die on the cross. Today we see Jesus keep that promise.
We pick up the story after Jesus was betrayed by one of His disciples,
taken before the Roman rulers, and falsely accused of wrongdoing.
Pilate, the Roman governor, said he found no fault in Jesus but gave into
the demands of the mob and ordered for Jesus to be crucified.
Main Points
1. Jesus died for our sins.
2. If we ask Him, He will forgive us.
3. If we don’t, we will face His judgment.
Read the Passage
The Story Unfolds
Jesus is led away to be crucified outside the city of walls. Along the
way, we see a few surprising things. First, they made a stranger carry
Jesus’s cross. Normally, Romans made condemned men carry their own
crosses as they walked to be executed. In this case, they made Simon
carry it for Him. This means that before Jesus was even crucified, He was
already nearly dead. We read in other gospels that Jesus was beaten,
whipped so hard He was nearly left for dead, and had a crown of
thorns pierced into His head. Isaiah 52:14 says that Jesus was so badly
beaten His appearance was marred beyond recognition and “human
semblance.”
We also see Jesus tell women who are weeping for Him that they should
weep for themselves instead. On the way to His own crucifixion, Jesus
says He is not the one to pity. Why? Jesus loved these women enough to
warn them of God’s coming judgment. If the rulers and authorities did
these things while Jesus was with them, what would they do when Jesus
is gone? Rome did destroy Jerusalem 40 years after they killed Jesus. But
Jesus is also warning them, and us, about God’s coming judgment.
If God allowed His innocent Son to be crucified so people could be
saved, how severe will His judgment be for guilty sinners who reject the
salvation Jesus died to bring?
Finally, we see Jesus pray for those who are crucifying Him. Even as He
hung on the cross, Jesus asked God to forgive them. What a heart of
love and compassion to pray for the ones who are putting you to death
and mocking you along the way. This doesn’t mean everyone there was
saved, but it means Jesus asked God not to hold this sin of crucifying
Him against them. And it reminds us that Jesus is ready to forgive you
and me no matter what we have done if we ask.
Luke 23:26-49
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The Conflict Begins
This brings us to the central conflict in our story: the two thieves’
different responses to Jesus. The first thief mocked Him. He followed
the mob and soldiers in making fun of Jesus saying, “Are you not the
Christ? Save yourself and us!” There was a sign hanging above Jesus on
the cross saying, “This is the King of the Jews.” The first criminal taunted
Jesus saying, “What kind of king are you if you are stuck up here on this
cross?”
The second criminal, on the other hand, humbly called Jesus by name
and said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He
could tell Jesus was innocent and that He is the King. He prayed one of
the simplest, yet most sincere, prayers ever prayed. And in that moment,
everything changed. This criminal had already been judged by the
Romans and was just moments from death. He would soon stand before
God the ultimate Judge and would have been condemned to Hell. But
in that moment, Jesus gave him the greatest promise: “Today you will be
with me in paradise.”
Friends, what we need to understand is that, like the thief, we deserve
God’s judgment. God is holy and just. We have all broken His law and
robbed Him of the obedience we owe Him. Romans 3:23 says, “All have
sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” Romans 6:23 adds that “the
wages of sin are death.”
Jesus never sinned but died in our place, taking the punishment we
deserve. II Corinthians 5:21 tells us, “For our sake [God] made him
(Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.”
Decision Point
Our story concludes as Jesus breathes His final breath. The curtain of
the temple was torn in two, showing that Jesus opened a way for all of
us to have access to God. As people watched this happen, we see a
few final responses. One of the Roman soldiers said, “Surely this man
was innocent.” Others went home and “beat their breasts,” perhaps
feeling guilty for their sins. Others “stood at a distance.”
How about you? Will you stand at a distance? Will you mock Jesus like
the one thief? Or will you, like the other thief, ask Jesus to save you?
There’s no good you can do to save yourself, but Jesus is offering you
salvation today as a free gift. You can receive that gift right now in
prayer. Simply say, “Jesus, thank you for dying for me. Please forgive me
for my sin. I’m turning my whole life over to you.” Jesus promised that all
who truly confess their sin and believe in Him, like the thief, will be with
Him in paradise forever.
Preview
Thankfully, Jesus’ story does not stay dead. Come back next week as we
see that Jesus rose from the dead!
Discussion
1. When Christians say that “Jesus died for you,” what do they mean?
2. How does it make you feel that Jesus knew He was dying on your
behalf?
3. Why was Jesus’ death necessary according to the scripture passages
we read in today’s lesson?
What kind of king dies on a cross? The kind who loves you enough to
give His life for you. Has anyone else ever shown you such love?
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LESSON 8:
the RESURRECTION
OF THE KING
Hook
How did a small group of disciples 2,000 years ago grow into the
largest religion in the world? Jesus, their leader, was publicly executed.
His few followers were depressed, terrified, and in disarray. The answer
comes down to the most powerful historic event: the resurrection of
Jesus. If Jesus had stayed dead, Christianity would not have survived the
week. But in a matter of decades, faith in Jesus spread throughout the
whole world. This happened even while Christians were persecuted and
Jesus’ disciples were killed for their faith.
The Story Is Set
Last week, we looked at Jesus’ death on the cross for our sins. If the
story had stopped there, it would have been a moving story, but His
death would have been pointless. He’d be dead in His grave like
everyone else who ever lived. In our story today, we’ll see that Jesus is
alive and that changes everything.
Main Points
1. Jesus rose again so we can have forgiveness in His name.
2. Jesus offers us a life of peace, joy, purpose, and His blessing.
3. Jesus sends us on His mission and empowers us by His Spirit.
Read the Passage
Luke 24:36-53
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The Story Unfolds
Jesus knew how to make an entrance! Our story begins with Jesus
suddenly standing in front of His disciples. They were terrified! They
thought they were seeing a ghost. The last time they saw Jesus, He was
hanging dead upon a cross. How could He be standing before them
now? Perhaps they also remembered how they had abandoned Him in
His hour of greatest need. But Jesus did not yell at them saying, “Where
were you guys? You let me down! Do you know what I just went through
for you, and you couldn’t even stay with me? Maybe I’ll just have to find
myself some new disciples!” No, Jesus instead comforted them saying,
“Peace to you.”
The Conflict Begins
The disciples didn’t know what to make of all this. Jesus asked, “Why are
you troubled and why do doubts arise in your heart?” Luke tells us they
“disbelieved for joy.” Jesus – the one they came to know and love, who
healed the sick, cast out demons and taught with authority from
God – He is alive?!? It seemed too good to be true. It’s like someone
who just found out they won the lottery saying, “I can’t believe it!”
Jesus takes them from disbelieving for joy to having confident joy. He did
this in three ways.
First, He showed them His body. “See my hands and my feet.” They saw
the scars from the nails that pinned His hands and feet to the cross and
knew it had to be Him. He had them touch His body to prove He was not
a ghost. He even had a meal with them to drive the point home.
Second, Jesus reminded them of His Word. He reminded them of His
promise that He would die and rise again. He explained that everything
promised about Him in the Old Testament “must be fulfilled.” Maybe they
remembered the prophecy from Psalm 16:10 written 1,000 years before
Jesus, “For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy
one to rot in the grave” (NLT). Or maybe they remembered the prophecy
from Isaiah 53 that the Messiah would make an offering for sin with His
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death, then live again. Isaiah writes, “When his soul makes an offering
for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of
the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall
see and be satisfied.”
Third, Jesus “opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.” It wasn’t
just that He taught them. He had to help them understand so they could
truly know and believe. Maybe you’re hearing all this and are not quite
sure. Why don’t you ask Jesus to help you understand, saying, “Jesus, if
you’re real, please show me.”
Jesus didn’t stop with giving his disciples peace and confident joy. He
also gave them a new purpose. “You are witnesses of these things,” he
said. Jesus said that “repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be
proclaimed to all nations.” The disciples embraced that purpose and
became Jesus’ witnesses around the world. They all suffered greatly for
it. They were put in prison and most of them were killed because they
would not stop preaching that Jesus died and rose again. Their witness
can help us have confident joy.
Jesus did not send them on this mission alone. He gave them the
promised Holy Spirit to be with them, to give them power to do the
things He wants them to do. Jesus wants to empower you and me for His
mission too.
Do you want to live your life with the blessing of God? Don’t you want to
have peace with God? Jesus is that to you today. He knows everything
you’ve ever done. He went through death and back to forgive you and
give you peace with Him. There is nothing better in the world. And Jesus
is offering you the same confident joy He gave His disciples. You can
trust Him because He rose again.
To have Jesus’ blessing, you must have Him as your King. Jesus is inviting
you to repent of your sins, believe in Him, and become His disciple. Will
you accept His gift for you? You can do that right now through prayer
saying, “Lord Jesus, I believe in you. Thank you for dying for my sin and
coming back to life. Please forgive me of my sin and be the King of my
life.”
Once His disciple, Jesus wants you to tell other people about Him. Won’t
you follow the King, take up His cross, and join Him in His mission?
Discussion
1. Do you believe Jesus rose from the dead? Why or why not?
2. Why is it good news that Jesus rose from the dead?
3. Why does Jesus send His followers to spread the message about Him
today?
The final thing we see Jesus do is ascend into Heaven. That means Jesus
is still alive today, ruling in Heaven. It means He has made a way for us
to someday live with Him there and see Him face to face. The Bible also
teaches that Jesus will come again and judge the living and the dead,
so we should get right with Him now. As Jesus was going into heaven, He
lifted up His hands and “blessed them.” The one who could have been
their judge gives them His blessing instead!
Decision Point
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LESSON 1:
FIND COMMUNITY
Hook
FOLLOW JESUS
This series challenges Christians to live a life committed to following Jesus, teaches
new Christians next steps in their faith, and shows non-Christians what life as a believer
looks like. This is a great series to use after an outreach!
Lesson 1 - Find Community
Lesson 2 - Pray
Lesson 3 - Read God’s Word
Lesson 4 - Rely on the Holy Spirit
Lesson 5 - Share Your Faith
Followers of Jesus are not meant to follow Jesus alone, isolated, or
disconnected from the community of God, the church. The church is
composed of those who have received Jesus as their Savior and Lord.
Believers are called to be committed participants in a local church
where believers are baptized, study the Word, pray, and worship God
together.
Read the Passage
Acts 2:42
1 Corinthians 12:27
Hebrews 10:24-25
Main Points
• Acts 2:42 | Early Christian gatherings were characterized by
devotion to the “teaching” (hearing God’s Word preached), to
the “fellowship” (doing life together, sharing meals together), and
“prayer.” Live out these characteristics at your church and look for
these characteristics as you look for a local church.
• 1 Corinthians 12:27 | As a follower of Jesus, you need the church and
the church needs you! The Bible describes the church as the body of
Christ. Just like a human body has different and indispensable parts,
so it is with the body of Christ. Some in the body of Christ may be an
eye, ear, or mouth. No matter what part you are in Christ’s body, no
matter how visible or less visible, each part is of infinite worth and
utterly indispensable.
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• Hebrews 10:24-25 | Christians are called to regularly gather to
encourage one another in their faith, love, and devotion to God in
Christ. One of the ways we do that is by gathering on Sundays for
corporate worship - a time to hear from God’s Word, worship God
through song, pray, and spend time in fellowship with one another.
Decision Point
1. Look for a church that preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is
important to look for a church that actually teaches and preaches
from the Holy Bible and the message that only Jesus Christ saves
through faith and not by good works.
2. Take the first step by finding a local church near you. Your local
church isn’t just where you go to worship on Sundays. It’s also where
you make eternal friendships, get discipled, and find ways to serve.
It’s where you “do life!” Looking for a church can be overwhelming,
especially in America where they come in every shape and size. To
narrow down your options and give you some helpful direction, use
the QR code to access a digital map to find a church near you.
3. There is no perfect church. Grow roots and commit to a local
church. Then stay committed through thick and thin. There are no
perfect churches. That’s heaven. Every church has its strengths and
weaknesses.
Discussion
• What is an obstacle for you in finding a local church
near you?
• What are some ways you can overcome that obstacle?
• Is there anyone you know who can help you find a healthy church
near you? Who are they? When can you contact them?
LESSON 2:
PRAY
Hook
Nearly 19 billion text messages are sent worldwide daily. While people
are constantly communicating with each other, followers of Jesus are
taught to be in communication with God. We call the communication
from person to God prayer. In fact, the Bible teaches you to “pray
without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Prayer is not a one-time event,
but a daily aspect of your everyday life. Jesus’ expectation for His
followers is a life devoted to prayer. Jesus does not say to His disciples,
“And if you pray...” Jesus says three times in Matthew 6:9-13, “And when
you pray...” The call for any follower of Jesus is a life of devoted prayer.
So what are you to do?
Read the Passage
Matthew 6:9-13
Main Points
• Devote yourself to prayer by using the Lord’s prayer as your guide.
• Remember (Matt. 6:9) | Remember who God is (“You are __. [i.e.
holy, pure, good loving]) and that you are his (“I belong to my
heavenly Father who loves me. That is who I am. Thank you.”)
• Intercede (Matt. 6:10) | Pray for God’s rule, reign, and purposes to
prevail in the lives of all people (See 1 Timothy 2:1-5). For the
spiritually lost to be saved. For the saved to persevere in the faith
and grow in love for Christ and others.
• Petition (Matt. 6:11) | Pray for yourself. Spiritually and physically,
where do you need the Lord? Be as specific as possible.
• Confess (Matt. 6:12) | Confess your sins. God is not surprised. He is
ready and willing to forgive you as you turn from sin and trust in His
cleansing blood (See 1 John 1:9). Be specific.
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• Be Watchful (Matt. 6:13) | Proactively fight. Ask God to help you turn
from evil and sinful ways and to deliver you from the schemes and
lies of Satan and this world. Then ask God to lead you in
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, and steadfastness as you follow
after Christ.
Decision Point
Build and strengthen your prayer life 1 minute at a time. Devote 5
minutes a day to prayer by spending 1 minute of focused prayer on each
of the 5 categories we just read in Matthew 6. Then gradually increase
the length of prayer in each category to 5 minutes. Once you hit 5
minutes per category, you will have built the capacity to pray for up to
25 minutes per day!
Discussion
• Have you approached God Himself? Have you specifically asked
God to reveal Himself to you and help you understand who Jesus is
as you read the Word? What, if anything, prevents you from asking
Him these questions today before this day ends?
• Have you experienced answered prayer? If so, please share what
you prayed and how God answered!
• Who will commit to start praying for 5 minutes per day using the
Lord’s prayer as a guide? Pray now that God would help you grow
and build your prayer life.
LESSON 3:
Read God’s Word
Hook
How would you feel if you missed breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Cranky,
right? How would you feel after multiple days of not eating a single
piece of food? Wouldn’t you feel weak, terrible, and hangry? Of course
you would! You need food! It is vital for life. While Jesus acknowledges
the real need for physical food, Jesus also emphasizes the importance
of spiritual food, the Word of God. In fact, Jesus says, “Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God”
(Matthew 4:4). You might think you are living because you eat three
meals a day, but you are not truly living if you’re only eating physical
bread. When it comes to your spiritual life with God, reading God’s Word
is absolutely vital. You need God’s Word to direct and shape your every
thought, attitude, and action. You need a steady diet of reading God’s
Word regularly because, without it, your faith will starve to death.
Read the Passage
Psalm 119:105
Proverbs 1:4
Proverbs 19:7
Joshua 1:8
Psalm 1:1-3
Main Points
• Remember the big picture as you read God’s Word.
• The Bible is God’s story of His redeeming love -a story that reveals
how lost sinners can be forgiven and saved through Jesus Christ and
how you can live a godly life through the power of God.
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• Devote yourself to the reading of God’s Word for wisdom and
godliness in life.
• As it says in Psalm 119:105, God’s Word will direct your steps so your
life can honor, glorify, and please God.
• Proverbs 1:4 tells you God’s Word gives knowledge and discretion
to youth. That’s you! It is for you to know how to conduct yourself
with increasing wisdom, maturity, and love. Devote yourself to the
reading and meditation of God’s Word.
• Joshua 1:8 instructs you to have God’s Word so deep within you
that it naturally comes out of your mouth. The way to do that is to
meditate on God’s Word. In other words, think and ponder about
God’s Word, ask questions about it, and then memorize it. You will
be blessed if you meditate upon God’s Word day and night (Psalm
1:1-3).
Decision Point
1. Have you read the Bible cover to cover? Start today! Commit
yourself to read the Bible over the span of one year or two years.
After you’ve read it once, do it again and again for the rest of your
life. Here is a list of various Bible reading plans you can explore and
choose from: www.ligonier.org/posts/bible-reading-plans.
2. Start memorizing and meditating on God’s Word. Look into
www.fighterverses.com for help in meditating and memorizing God’s
Word.
Discussion
What is the best-selling book of all time? It is the Holy Bible, with
between 5 and 7 billion copies sold! Why is it important for a follower of
Jesus to be reading the Word of God regularly?
LESSON 4:
Rely on the holy spirit
Hook
Why do newborn infants cry? Infants innately cry and thirst for their
mother’s milk for good reason: it’s necessary for their life and continued
growth. Left alone, the outcome would be tragic. In the same way, Jesus
does not leave you alone nor empty-handed in your life with God. God
gives you Himself, the person of the Holy Spirit, to be with you forever, to
enable you to live a life pleasing to Him.
Read the Passage
John 14:16
2 Corinthians 3:18
Hebrews 10:15-16
John 16:13
Romans 5:3-5
Romans 8:26
Main Points
• John 14:16 | The Holy Spirit is God’s permanent indwelling
presence in the life of the believer.
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 | The Holy Spirit makes you more like Jesus and
produces godly character in you (also see Galatians 5:22-23).
• Hebrews 10:15-17 | The Holy Spirit reminds you of the way that you’re
supposed to live now that you live under God’s rule. And when we
don’t live that way, the Holy Spirit reminds you that your sins are
forgiven. Through Jesus’ sacrifice, God remembers your sins no more.
• John 16:13 | The Holy Spirit teaches you to view the world rightly and
live God’s way.
• Romans 5:3-5 | The Holy Spirit pours God’s love into your heart.
• Romans 8:26 | The Holy Spirit guides your prayers.
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Decision Point
1. Confess sin early and often. Did you know that sin can grieve the
Holy Spirit in your life? Read Ephesians 4:30-32. When you are
aware of sin, be quick to turn to God and confess your sin. In fact,
you can practice this now by taking a few moments to confess any
sins you are aware of. Ask God to forgive you for those specific sins
that come to mind. Then thank God for His forgiveness (see 1 John
1:9). Finally, ask God to empower you through the Holy Spirit to stand
against that sin and to live a holy, godly, and pleasing life before
Him.
2. Humble yourself daily before God. A sure way to keep yourself from
relying on the Holy Spirit is by continuing to rely on your own selfsufficiency
and pride. Instead, regularly humble yourself before
God by praying daily. Perhaps a prayer like this, “Heavenly Father, I
humble myself before you. I surrender my life to you today. Empower
me through Your Holy Spirit to live for You for I know I can do nothing
apart from You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”
Discussion
• What questions do you still have about the Holy Spirit?
• What is one area of your life you can surrender to God and rely on
the Holy Spirit?
LESSON 5:
Share Your Faith
Hook
There are many things people share with others on a daily basis.
Whether their time, or physical and material resources, people are
always sharing something. As a follower of Jesus, you are entrusted
with a precious treasure of infinite worth that surpasses any physical or
material resource you could ever share with another soul. This treasure
is Jesus Christ. You are called to share this treasure by proclaiming the
gospel of Jesus Christ with others.
Read the Passage
John 20:21
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Romans 10:14-15
Main Points
• John 20:21 | Just as the Father sent Jesus on mission to this world,
Jesus is sending you on mission.
• 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | You have been entrusted with the greatest
message to share with family and friends who need Jesus. God
wants to speak through you!
• Romans 10:14-15 | You must proclaim the message so people can
have an opportunity to hear and believe.
Decision Point
1. Practice. Practice sharing the gospel with a trusted friend, family
member, or pastor. Ask them, “What am I missing? What do you think
I need to emphasize more?” Doing this will help you become more
competent and confident in sharing the gospel. It will also help you
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deepen your understanding of the gospel’s relevancy in your own
life. Visit DecisionPoint.org/GoWitness for a simple outline of the
gospel.
2. Pick and pray. Ask God to help you identify and pick a person in your
life to share with. Write down the name of that one person to share
with soon. Pray and ask God for boldness to engage with the person
and compassion to love that person well.
3. Go. When you go, you are taking a step of faith. You are trusting
God to speak through you. At the end of the day, all your practice
and prayer amounts to nothing if you are not willing to go and take
a step of faith. Do your best to be faithful and leave the results to
God.
Discussion
• Are you confident in sharing the gospel? Why or why not? What will
help you grow your confidence in sharing the gospel? One way to
grow in confidence in sharing the gospel is by spending time
studying and knowing what the gospel actually is.
• Is there any person that comes to mind now that you want to share
the gospel with? Who are they? Why that person?
• What fears do you have about sharing the gospel? Why? Leaders
often fear rejection. The Bible is clear that believers are called to
suffer with Christ. Whether suffering comes through persecution
or even people saying false and evil things about you because you
represent and share Jesus, take comfort, Jesus counts you as blessed
(Acts 5:41; Matthew 5:10-11).
GOSPEL CHALLENGES:
ADDITIONAL CLUB CONTENT
In this section you will find club content for different Gospel Challenges. Let’s break it
down! In the “First 5 Club Meetings” series you covered Pray5, Go Witness, and Teach
God’s Word. In this section you will get the content for the remaining two Gospel Challenges:
• Lead an Outreach Week Preview (10-15 minutes long)
This is where you first introduce the idea of an Outreach Week to your club. You’ll want
to do this about 8 weeks before the Outreach Week so people are aware of it and can
start praying and helping! It would be ideal if you have already done Step 1 and Step 2
of “The 7 Steps to Leading an Outreach Week” and have your Outreach Week approved
in writing by admin.
• Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 2 Weeks (full club meeting)
• Lead this club meeting 2 weeks before the Outreach Week to focus on vision,
prayer, and preparation.
• Lead an Outreach Week Prep - T-Minus 1 Week (full club meeting)
• Lead this club meeting 1 week before the Outreach Week to focus on vision,
prayer, and preparation.
• Give God’s Word Prep (10 minutes long)
• This is where you first introduce the Give God’s Word Challenge to your club
and get them ready to do it the following week.
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Gospel Challenge Refreshes are 5-10 minute announcements to cast vision whenever
doing a challenge again after the first time.
• Pray5 Refresh
• Go Witness Refresh
• Teach God’s Word Refresh
• Lead an Outreach Week Refresh
• Give God’s Word Refresh
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LEAD AN OUTREACH
WEEK PREVIEW
(T-MINUS 2 WEEKs)
This is where you first introduce the idea of an Outreach Week to your
club. You’ll want to do this about 8 weeks before the Outreach Week
so people are aware of it and can start praying and helping! It would
be ideal if you have already done Step 1 and Step 2 of “The 7 Steps to
Leading an Outreach Week” and have your Outreach Week approved in
writing by admin.
Prep Checklist:
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Read about the Lead an Outreach Week Challenge starting on page
97.
Go to DecisionPoint.org/LeadAnOutreachWeek to…
Watch the Lead an Outreach Week Challenge video ahead of time
so you are familiar with it.
Sign up to take the Lead an Outreach Week Challenge.
Prepare A/V to play the Lead an Outreach Week video in the club
meeting.
Speaking Notes:
• We’re so excited to announce that our club is going to be hosting an
Outreach Week! This is a massive Gospel Challenge that is basically
like leading a “mission trip” to our school.
• The Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5, “The love of Christ compels
us to share the gospel.” Jesus loves every student at this campus so
much, and it’s because of His great love that we care so much that
people know Him.
• Matthew 9:36 says that when Jesus “saw the crowds, He had
compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like
sheep without a shepherd.” Jesus had compassion on the lost, so we
have compassion for the lost, which propels us to share the gospel.
• Let’s check out this video to get a deeper look at what an Outreach
Week is.
• [Play the Lead an Outreach Week video.]
• [Share the theme of the Outreach Week if you have that ready.]
• [Share the dates you have confirmed with admin, or share the dates
you are requesting from admin.]
• We would love to invite you to start praying now for the Outreach
Week, and that many would come to know Jesus through it.
• We would also love to invite you to be part of the planning process!
• There’s a lot to pull together, so if that is something you are
interested in, please let one of the club leaders know!
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LEAD AN OUTREACH
WEEK PREVIEW
(T-MINUS 1 WEEK)
Prep Checklist:
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Take some time to invite Christian students you know who don’t
come to the club to be part of the Outreach Week. Invite them to
join for this week and the next to help prepare for the Outreach
Week.
Prepare A/V to play the Lead an Outreach Week video at the club
meeting.
Print the Minute-by-Minute Schedule to go over with everyone and
prepare for them to sign up for specific roles.
Speaking Notes:
Welcome:
• Welcome to club! I’m so glad you all are here! The mission of our
club is to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate.
• A big way we are doing that is by putting on an Outreach Week,
which is only 2 weeks away! I’m so excited!
Vision for the Outreach Week:
• To refresh us on what an Outreach Week is, let’s watch this video.
• [Play Lead an Outreach Week video.]
• The reason we are putting on an Outreach Week is because of what
it says in 2 Corinthians 5, “The love of Christ compels us to share the
gospel.” Jesus loves every student at this campus so much, and it’s
because of His great love that we care so much that people know
Him.
• Matthew 9:36 says that when Jesus “saw the crowds, He had
compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like
sheep without a shepherd.” Jesus had compassion on the lost, so we
have compassion for the lost, which propels us to share the gospel.
• My personal “why” for being part of the Outreach Week is [share
your heart for students who don’t know Jesus, why you want them to
know Him, and why you want to see all Christians unite to make an
impact for the gospel at your school.]
• I’d love to hear from some of you why you think it’s worth doing an
Outreach Week. [Have some people share.]
Pray for the Outreach Week:
• Let’s take some time to pray for our upcoming Outreach Week. Get
into groups of 3-4 and let’s pray for these things:
• Ask God to open up the heart and eyes of every student on campus
to know their NEED for Jesus.
• Ask God to reveal Himself and draw students into a saving
relationship with Jesus Christ. Only God can change hearts.
• Commit our dependance on God. We can do nothing apart from
Christ.
Prepare for the Outreach Week:
• Take a quick moment and jot down the names of any Christian
students who are not here who you could personally invite to help
with the Outreach Week. Reach out to them and invite them to our
club meeting next week so they can be part of it!
• Now let’s go over the schedule and roles for the week. [Review your
Minute-by-Minute Schedule. Review the roles of the Setup Crew,
Doors Open Crew, Closing Crew, and Wrap Up Crew. Then let
people sign up for roles!]
Closing:
• Next week we will be giving you all the Outreach Week t-shirts and
flyers, spending some more time in prayer, and making sure everyone
feels good about the schedule and their roles. Remember to invite
any Christians you know to come join!
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LEAD AN OUTREACH WEEK
PREP - T-MINUS 1 WEEK
Prep Checklist:
• Take some time to invite Christian students you know who don’t
come to the club to be part of the Outreach Week. Invite them to
join for this week.
• Print the Minute-by-Minute Schedule for everyone.
• Prepare for people to sign up for specific roles if they haven’t yet.
• Bring all the Outreach Week t-shirts to pass out.
• Bring a bunch of the Outreach Week flyers to give to people so they
can start passing them out to their friends.
Speaking Notes:
Welcome:
• Welcome to club! I’m so glad you all are here! The mission of our
club is to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
before they graduate.
• We are only one week away from our Outreach Week! I’m so excited!
Vision for the Outreach Week:
• We want to share the gospel so publicly that everyone on campus is
talking about Jesus. In the Bible we see God’s people doing exactly
this as soon as Jesus sent the Holy Spirit. In Acts chapter 2 the
apostle Peter stood up in front of everyone in the city to preach the
first Christian sermon.
• Peter said to the crowds, “Repent and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and
you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. … And with many other
words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, ‘Save
yourselves from this crooked generation.’ So those who received his
word were baptized, and there were added that day about three
thousand souls” (Acts 2:38, 40-41).
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In the book of Acts we see God’s people proclaiming the Word of God
in the public square, in the power of the Holy Spirit, fueled by prayer.
That’s a pattern that still works today and can work at our school next
week.
Pray for the Outreach Week:
• Let’s take some time to pray for our upcoming Outreach Week. Get
into groups of 3-4 and let’s pray for these things:
• Ask God for boldness, and surrender your fears, nerves, and
anxieties to the Lord.
• Ask the Spirit to move in power, through you, through the
Christian students, and in the lives of the students at our school
who don’t have a saving relationship with Jesus.
• Pray that many will surrender their lives to Jesus and get plugged
into a local church.
Prepare for the Outreach Week:
• Take a quick moment and jot down the names of any Christian adults
who you want to ask to be praying that God would move mightily
during this Outreach Week and bring students to Himself. This can
be your parents, youth pastor, small group leader, etc.
• Now let’s go over the schedule and roles for the week one more
time.
• [Review your Minute-by-Minute Schedule.]
• [Review the roles of the Setup Crew, Doors Open Crew, Closing
Crew, and Wrap Up Crew.]
• [Let people sign up for roles if they haven’t yet.]
• [Pass out t-shirts and flyers.]
• [Let people ask any questions they have.]
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GIVE GOD’S WORD
PREP
Prep Checklist:
☐ Read about the Give God’s Word Challenge starting on page 123
☐ Go to DecisionPoint.org/GiveGodsWord to…
☐ Watch the video ahead of time so you are familiar with it.
☐ Sign up to take the Give God’s Word Challenge.
☐ Prepare A/V to play the Give God’s Word video in the club meeting.
☐ Select the date, time, and where you will be doing the Give God’s
Word Challenge as a club so you can announce it at the club
meeting.
☐ Make sure you have the Bibles, Lifebooks, or New Testaments ready
to hand out during the Give God’s Word Challenge, along with
“You’re Invited!” flyers.
Speaking Notes:
• We’re so excited to announce that our club is going to be taking
on the Give God’s Word Challenge where we’ll personally give out
Bibles to our friends and also to our whole school.
• In every relationship, communication is key. The same goes for our
relationship with God! And good communication is a 2-way street.
Prayer is our way of talking to God, and the primary way God talks
to us is through His Word. How many of you want to hear God speak
to you? God is not limited in how He speaks to us, but the primary
and most reliable way to hear from God is through the Bible, the
written word of God. Check out this video!
• [Play the Give God’s Word video and then discuss:]
• What stands out from the video?
• There’s a reason it’s called a challenge! What sounds hard to you
about this challenge?
• What feels exciting to you about this challenge? Why would it be
worth it?
• [Share the date, time, and location of when you’ll be doing the Give
God’s Word Challenge.]
• Let’s all go to DecisionPoint.org/GiveGodsWord to sign up to take
the challenge so that you can receive encouragement as we do it!
• We would love to invite you to start praying now for those who will
receive a Bible, and that many would come to know Jesus through it.
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PRAY5 REFRESH
Prep Checklist for this Refresh:
☐ Review “The Pray5 Challenge” on pages 67-68.
☐ Print and cut Pray5 cards from the PDF in your Club Planner or at
DecisionPoint.org/Pray5.
Speaking Notes:
• Many of you will remember that we took the Pray5 Challenge earlier
this year. Guess what? We are going to take this challenge again!
• The Pray5 Challenge is this: Pray faithfully for 5 unbelievers every
day for 5 weeks. Pray specifically that God would open their hearts
to come to know Christ and surrender their lives to Him. And pray for
boldness, that when God opens a door for a gospel conversation,
you will courageously share the hope that you have.
• [Feel free to show the Pray5 video from the website if desired.]
• We’re going to pass out Pray5 cards right now, and you can take a
moment to write down the names of those five people you want to
be praying for.
• Please also go to DecisionPoint.org/Pray5 to sign up to take the
challenge so that you can receive encouraging reminders as you
take the challenge!
• If you are not a Christian, we would love to invite you to take this
challenge too by committing to pray every day for the next 5 weeks
that God would reveal Himself to you.
• In the book of Colossians, the apostle Paul challenges us to pray
in this specific way: He says, “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being
watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us,
that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery
of Christ… that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak”
(Col. 4:2-4).
• This passage teaches us to pray faithfully for opportunities to share
the gospel and for boldness to take them as God opens the door.
Let’s commit to Pray5 together over the next five weeks!
GO WITNESS REFRESH
Prep Checklist for this Refresh:
☐ Review “The Go Witness Challenge” on pages 77-79.
☐ Review “How to Lead a Witnessing Outing” on page 85.
☐ Pick a date and time to go witnessing as a club so it can be
announced.
☐ After witnessing, record what God did in your Club Planner.
Speaking Notes:
• Many of you will remember that we took the Go Witness Challenge
earlier this year. Guess what? We are going to take this challenge
again!
• The Go Witness Challenge is this: Initiate conversations until you
get to share the gospel with 5 people. Be friendly, ask them their
thoughts about God, be a good listener, ask if you can share the
gospel with them, and invite them to respond!
• [Feel free to show the Go Witness video from the website if
desired.]
• As a club, we are going to go witnessing on [insert date] at [insert
time].
• Please also go to DecisionPoint.org/GoWitness to sign up to take
the challenge so that you can receive encouragement as you take
the challenge!
• The apostle Paul writes in Romans 10, “ ‘For everyone who calls on
the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then will they call on him
in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him
of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without
someone preaching?”
• Here we see both the power of the gospel to save and how it’s
a message that must be spoken. God wants to use people like
you - yes, you! - to tell the world and your friends the clear gospel
message so that they can know Jesus and be saved.
• So please join us for witnessing on [insert date] at [insert time]!
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TEACH GOD’S WORD
REFRESH
Prep Checklist for this Refresh:
☐ Review “The Teach God’s Word Challenge” on pages 129-131.
☐ Print the Teach God’s Word interest form from the PDF in your Club
Planner, or at DecisionPoint.org/TeachGodsWord.
Speaking Notes:
• Many of you will remember that we talked about the Teach God’s
Word Challenge earlier this year.
• The Teach God’s Word Challenge is this: Teach an evangelistic series
that clearly shares the gospel and calls people to respond.
• [Feel free to show the Teach God’s Word video from the website if
desired.]
• Anyone can do this challenge with one friend in a coffee shop or
with a small group at someone’s house, but as a Christian club we
are also excited about giving an opportunity for more people to
teach at these club meetings. That could be teaching up front with
the big group or in small breakout groups.
• If this excites you even slightly, fill out the interest form and turn it in
before you leave, and we will reach out with more info!
LEAD AN OUTREACH
WEEK REFRESH
Prep Checklist:
☐ Review “The Lead an Outreach Week Challenge” on pages 97-98.
Speaking Notes:
• We’re so excited to announce that our club is going to be hosting
another Outreach Week this year!
• An Outreach Week is five days of prayer, promo, gospel events, and
follow-up so that everyone at school has the chance to meet Jesus.
• In the Bible we see God’s people doing exactly this as soon as Jesus
sent the Holy Spirit. In Acts chapter 2 the apostle Peter stood up in
front of everyone in the city to preach the first Christian sermon. He
said to the crowds, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit… And with many other words he
bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, ‘Save yourselves
from this crooked generation.’ So those who received his word were
baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand
souls” (Acts 2:38, 40-41).
• [Feel free to show the Lead an Outreach Week video from the
website if desired.]
• [Share the theme of the Outreach Week if you have that ready.]
• [Share the dates you have confirmed with admin, or share the dates
you are requesting from admin.]
• We would love to invite you to start praying now for the Outreach
Week, and that many would come to know Jesus through it.
• We would also love to invite you to be part of the planning process.
There’s a lot to pull together, so if that is something you are
interested in, please let one of the club leaders know!
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GIVE GOD’S WORD
REFRESH
Prep Checklist:
☐ Review the “Give God’s Word Challenge” on pages 123-126.
☐ Select the date, time, and where you will be doing the Give God’s
Word Challenge as a club so you can announce it at the club
meeting.
☐ Make sure you have the Bibles, Lifebooks, or New Testaments ready
to hand out during the Give God’s Word Challenge, along with
“You’re Invited!” flyers.
Speaking Notes:
• Many of you will remember that we took the Give God’s Word
Challenge earlier this year. Guess what? We are going to take this
challenge again!
• The Give God’s Word Challenge is this: Personally give a Bible, New
Testament or one of the Gospels to five of your friends, classmates,
or peers. Invite them to read it and let you know what they think. Or
better yet, invite them to read it with you. As a Christian club, we’ll
take the challenge in a bigger way by giving out Bibles on a mass
scale to our entire campus!
• [Feel free to show the Give God’s Word video from the website if
desired.]
• [Share the date, time, and location of where you’ll be doing the
Give God’s Word Challenge.]
• Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper
than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul
and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of
the heart.”
• We would love to invite you to start praying now for those who will
receive a Bible, and that many would come to know Jesus through it.
SPECIAL CLUB
MEETINGS
In this section you will find club content for a few time-specific club meetings.
• See You At The Pole Prep - SYATP is on Wednesday Sept 27, 2023, so this content is
meant to be done at the club meeting the week before to help get everyone ready
for SYATP. It also includes prayer prompts that can be used at SYATP.
• Christmas Party - To be done at your last club meeting before Christmas Break. This
is also a great day to do the Give God’s Word Challenge in the morning before
school. Have your club hand out God’s Word and a Christmas Party flyer to everyone
as they come into school.
• End of Year Party And Intro Next Year’s Leaders - Finish the school year strong with
this final club meeting.
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SEE YOU AT THE POLE
PREP
SYATP is on Wednesday Sept 27, 2023, so this content is meant to be
done at the club meeting the week before to help get everyone ready
for SYATP.
Prep Checklist:
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Decide when and where you will meet for See You At The Pole
(SYATP) on Sept 27th. Most schools meet at the flagpole 30 minutes
before school starts.
Promote SYATP with posters and flyers at school.
Check out syatp.com for resources.
Have the SYATP Prayer Topics below prepared on a slide,
whiteboard, or handout.
Speaking Notes:
Welcome:
[Share your name, grade, and one example of the power of prayer in
your life or the life of someone you know.]
Introduce SYATP:
• On the morning of September 27th, we will be joining students
across this nation in praying for our schools! See You at the Pole is
a national event that is built on our faith in God as the Healer and
Redeemer and belief that He cares and listens to our prayers.
• In 2 Chronicles 7:14, it says, “If my people, who are called by my
name, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their
sin and heal their land.”
• Here is how we’ll structure our prayer time.
• We’ll first start by hearing a few words from [name of club
president] on the power of prayer from the passage we just talked
about. Then, we’ll break into groups of 3-4. [Club President] will
continue to announce different topics that we’ll pray for every few
minutes.
• In our small groups, we’ll be praying out loud, so have someone in
your group start praying. The next person can quickly hop in. If it
makes it easier, pick one person to be the first person to pray for
each prompt, and then the person to the right of the first person
will pray second, and so on. After praying for a while, you will hear
me start praying in a loud voice to close our time in prayer for that
particular prompt. As you hear me pray, please wrap up your prayer.
When I finish praying, I will tell everyone the next prompt and the
process will repeat.
• We will pray over as many prompts as we can until the 5-minute
warning bell rings for first period, and then I will dismiss everyone.
• Here are some prayer topics that we will be covering.
SYATP Prayer Prompts:
• Pray for classmates at our school who don’t yet know Jesus. Pray
that Jesus “seeks and saves the lost” at our school and heals their
lives with His amazing love and hope as it says in Luke 19:10.
• Pray for Christians at our school. Pray that Christians would spend
time with God and be reminded how much God loves them. Pray
also that Christians would have the courage and desire to share
God’s message of love with their classmates - the message that
if we trust in Jesus, we can have an eternal place in God’s loving
family.
• Pray for teachers and administrators at our school. Pray that these
school leaders find wisdom, joy, hope, and healing in Jesus. Pray
that they would walk with Jesus, and that He would give them
the strength and energy they need to be amazing teachers and
administrators - that Jesus would bless them to be a blessing to
students.
• Pray for students around the country at other schools that are
gathering just like we are to pray today. Pray that God would
encourage them to never give up in their pursuit of Jesus. Never give
up praying. Never give up reading their Bible. That God would fill
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them and send them with His love. That they would be bold to share
the message that we can find hope in Jesus Christ alone.
• Pray for revival in our nation. Pray that God would wake up
Christians that have forgotten about Him or have gone after
other things. Pray that God would show both Christians and non-
Christians that knowing Him is greater than anything this world could
ever offer. Pray that God would raise up a new generation of young
Christians who are filled with His love and the gospel message that
can change the world.
• Pray for the leaders of our nation. Pray that they would seek Jesus,
pray to Him, and that Jesus would give them the wisdom and
strength they need to be great leaders. Pray that these leaders
would point the people of our nation back to God, rather than away
from Him. Pray that our nation would shine the love and light of
Jesus to the rest of the world.
Let’s gather in small groups of 3-4 and pray over some of these topics
now!
Closing:
• What other Christians can you invite to join us at SYATP? I want to
challenge you to send a text now and personally invite them!
• It would also be awesome if you could tell your pastor about our
club’s SYATP. Invite them to come, and ask if your church can provide
any donuts or snacks.
• Again, we will be meeting at [insert location] at [insert time].
• Thanks again for coming, everyone! Make sure to sign in on the signin
sheet before you leave to stay in the loop. Let me pray to close
our time together.
• [Pray.]
• [DJ plays music.]
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Woohoo! Your last club meeting before Christmas Break! This is also a
great day to do the Give God’s Word Challenge in the morning before
school. Have your club hand out God’s Word and a Christmas Party flyer
to everyone as they come into school.
Make this a super fun club meeting! It is a party after all. Below is a
devotional a student or pastor could give during the party, especially
so that non-Christian students get a chance to hear the gospel. This
devo is taken from the book of Luke, which is also the same book of the
Bible that the series “The King And His Cross” is all about. So encourage
people to come back after Winter Break and jump into “The King And His
Cross” series!
Devo Notes: Birth of the True King (12-20 minutes)
Hook
Thank you for coming to our Christmas party! Today we’re excited to look
at the first Christmas in a talk called, “The Birth of the True King.”
As we think about kings, people have a lot of ideas about kings and
about whether it’s better to have a king or an elected president like
many countries do today. One thing is for sure: kings have tremendous
power. And if you live in their kingdom, you’d better do what they say.
This can be fine if your king is good, but it can be a nightmare if your
king is corrupt, foolish, or selfish.
Do you think the world would be better if we had kings doing whatever
they wanted? What if the king had the right to be king, was kind enough
to want what’s best for his people, wise enough to know right from
wrong, and powerful enough to do what is right?
The Bible teaches that there is such a good king. His name is Jesus. No
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one has made a bigger impact on the world than Jesus. Despite being
born in a humble setting and living as a poor religious teacher, Jesus has
gathered billions of followers across the world. In fact, He has impacted
the course of history so much that we date the year by the time that has
passed since His birth.
The Story Is Set
After Christmas, we’ll be launching a series called “The King and His
Cross.” We’ll be learning about Jesus from a book of the Bible written
by one of His earliest followers - a man named Luke. We’re doing this
because we believe that Jesus is the true King who is alive today,
reigning in Heaven, who will come back to judge and rule the world.
We’ll also see that Jesus is a king unlike any other the world has ever
known. Rather than forcing His citizens to give their lives to build His
empire, Jesus gave His own life to save His people. You see, Jesus was a
King with a cross.
So, are you ready?!? Let’s dive in by looking at the story of His birth -
which is what Christmas is all about!
Main Point
Jesus was born to be the Savior of the world.
Read the Passage
Luke 2:1-20
The Story Unfolds
We begin our story about Jesus the King with a story about another
king. At that time, Caesar Augustus was the most powerful king in the
whole world. Caesar used his power to order a census to take place,
and citizens from far and wide quickly began journeying to their place
of birth in order to be counted. Caesar’s commands were absolute, with
little care for the disruption that this census decree would cause in the
lives of his citizens. Even Jesus’ parents found themselves caught in his
influence, making a difficult journey even while pregnant to comply with
the king’s commands.
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The Conflict Begins
Caesar’s command caused Jesus’ life to begin in miserable conditions.
As people from all over the country swarmed to town and overflowed
all of its lodgings, the time came for Jesus’ mother, Mary, to give birth,
but there was no room for her anywhere. She ended up giving birth and
laid Jesus in a dirty and smelly manger that was normally used to feed
animals (2:7). Considering that He was born in such a place, is Jesus
really meant to be a king? Compared to the glory of a man like Caesar
Augustus who commanded the whole world, how would people even
hear about this baby born in a remote city?
Thankfully, God was the one orchestrating these events and ensured
that Jesus was made known to the world. God even sent angels to the
most unlikely first followers - shepherds. Shepherds were poor. They
slept all night in the fields with animals and smelled like it too! But God
chose these people as the first followers and messengers for Jesus.
They went and told everyone what they saw. Many others eventually
told everyone they knew about Jesus too. Caesar died not long after
this story and his empire declined and eventually crumbled. But Jesus’
kingdom grows each day as more people place their faith in Him.
Decision Point
How about you? Jesus came to be your Savior. You see, each of us
needs a Savior. The Bible says we all have disobeyed God and done
things that we know are wrong. The Bible calls this sin and says that
we all deserve God’s punishment for breaking His law. That’s why Jesus
came. He died on the cross for our sins to pay the penalty we deserve,
then came back to life three days later. God has promised to forgive
everyone who believes in Him and asks Him to be their Savior.
There is no greater gift God could give you this Christmas than Jesus.
What a great gift He offers. Is there anything that would keep you from
accepting Him today? I’d like to invite you to receive Him today. Would
you take a moment and pray with me? If you’re here and you would
like to become a follower of Jesus, you can do so by asking Jesus right
now to be your Savior. You can pray something like this, “God, I know
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I am a sinner. I’m sorry for all the wrong things I have done. Thank you
for sending Jesus to die on the cross to take the punishment I deserve.
Today I open my life to you and receive you as my Savior and Lord.
Please take control as the King of my life and make me the person you
want me to be.”
Preview
If you’re not yet sure about following Jesus, that’s okay! We’d love for you
to join us and keep learning more about Him!
Discussion
• If God wanted the world to recognize Jesus as king, why do you
think Jesus was born in such a humble way?
• Even though Jesus never held political power while on earth, why
would He be considered the true King?
• What do you think it means that Jesus is the Savior of the world? Do
you understand why Christians believe we all need a Savior?
END OF YEAR PARTY +
INTRO NEW LEADERS
Wow! Your last club meeting of the school year! Take time to celebrate
what God did this past year and cast a vision for next year.
Make this a super fun club meeting! Have music playing, get some
good snacks, and consider playing a fun game. You could even make a
slideshow of pictures from the year that you watch together.
Speaking Notes
Looking Back - Celebrating what God did this year!
• Our mission this year was to give everyone at our school the
opportunity to hear the gospel.
• We focused on 4 Campus Objectives which were: 1. Reach Every
Student, 2. Mobilize Christian Students, 3. Gather Community
Support, and 4. Develop Future Leaders.
• God moved in big ways through [Recap highlights like SYATP,
Pray5, Go Witness, seeing God move through the club series we
went through in the Bible, Outreach Weeks, Give God’s Word…]
• [Have a couple leaders share 1 or 2 obstacles you guys faced
and how God got you through.]
• [Have a couple leaders share anything else you are praising God
for this year.]
• We’d love to hear what you’re praising God for! [Have people share
as a big group, or in small groups, or in an interactive way like
writing up on a whiteboard. Feel free to use any of these prompts:]
• One way you saw God move at our school through this club.
• One student you saw impacted through the gospel outreach
efforts of this club and how they were impacted.
• One thing God taught you this year.
• [Pray together and praise God for all He did!]
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Looking Forward - Leaning into what God has for next year!
• The mission to give every student the opportunity to hear the gospel
is not just a one year mission because guess what? There will be
new students at our school next year! And I believe God wants to
draw even more students to Himself. Because of this, we’re excited
to introduce next year’s club leaders.
• [Intro each leader and have them share:]
• One way God has changed their lives.
• One thing they are excited about for next year.
• One way they are praying to see God move on campus.
• Let’s take some time to pray for next year. [Pray in small groups or as
a large group:]
• Pray for the new leaders, thank God for them, and ask Him to
move through ALL the Christians on campus to bring the light of
Christ to the lost.
• Pray for all the students who found Jesus, those who don’t know
Him, the Christians that have yet to join the club, and efforts on
campus to reach the school.
• Pray for one another: Share any specific prayer requests, and
pray that this summer we would grow closer to Jesus and help
others grow closer to Him too.
Closing:
• Share any summer opportunities you’d like to give to your club. For
example:
• Read the same book of the Bible together and maybe offer a
scripture memory challenge.
• Pair people up (girls with girls, guys with guys) to be prayer
partners for the summer to text one another what they are
reading in the Bible, prayer requests, and to encourage each
other.
• Invite a person you gave a Bible or Lifebook to for Give God’s
Word to read it with you.
• Have a summer get together as a club.
• Student Leader Conference - invite any club members who want
to come to register if they haven’t done so yet!
• Take a group picture and tag @decisionpointorg on Instagram!
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