High School Youth Group
For the week of March 1st, 2015

This Week's Topic
"God Revealed"

" For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. "
Titus 2:11

This week in group we will focus on who God is and how he reveals himself as creator, trinity, and love. 

Join us an look at the small, but powerful book of Titus as Paul encourages a leader to remind a community about our God of love and grace that came to redeem them and calls them to live in community in a way that honors and worships God.


Day 1
Scripture: Titus 1:5-9

1. What was your high and low this week?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why did Paul leave Titus in Crete? 
4. Why are elders important to making sure faith is passed on to others?
5. What is God teaching you through this text? 
6. Pray for each other

Day 2
Scripture: Titus 2:11-15

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What does salvation teach us? 
4. According to this passage, why did Jesus give himself for us? 
5. What did God teach you about salvation?
6. How might this learning impact your life this week?
7. Pray for each other

Day 3
Scripture: Titus 3:3-8

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. How does Paul explain life before faith? Do you agree with his explanation or not? Why, or why not?
4. Reread Titus 3:4-8 and try to summarize the gospel in your own words? 
5. What difference has the gospel made in your daily life? 
6. What did God teach you about himself today?  
7. Pray for each other 

Day 4
Scripture: Titus 3:9-11

1. What was your high and low today?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why do you think Paul would want Christians to avoid these things? 
4. What does this passage teach you about God's vision for Christian community? 
5. What did God teach you about his community called the church? 
6. Pray for each other

For questions or comments, email Steven Johnson at Steven@gslcirvine.org

High School Youth Group
February 8th, 2015

This Week's Topic
"In Weakness We Find Strength "

" 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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me."
2 Corinthians 12:9


For many, their weaknesses plague them, but scripture tells us that God can redeem our weaknesses and use it for his glory. Through conversations, this week we invite you to discover how God is redeeming and working in your weaknesses.



Day 1
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:30-31

1. What was your high and low this week?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why might it seem weird that Paul is willing to boast in his weakness? 
4. What does this show us about our weakness? 
5. What is God teaching you through this text? 
6. Pray for each other

Day 2
Scripture 2 Corinthians 11:32-33

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. How do you think Paul felt when he was almost arrest for his faith? 
4. How did God protect Paul from being arrested? 
5. What does this tell you about how God works in the world?
6. Pray for each other

Day 3
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-5

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. God did many great things through Paul, yet he boasts about what God is doing in the lives of others. Why do you think Paul did this? 
4. How is Paul working to redefine how we think about our weaknesses? 
5. What is God showing you about your weakness? 
6. Pray for each other 

Day 4
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:6-10

1. What was your high and low today?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why do you think God would allow Paul to have a "thorn in his flesh"? 
4. What did God show Paul about his grace in weakness? 
5. What is God showing you about your own weakness? 
6. Pray for each other

For questions or comments, email Steven Johnson at Steven@gslcirvine.org

High School Youth Group
February 13th - 16th

This Week's Topic
HSM Winter Camp

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25:40

This week at camp, we will focus on what God did for us, how he shapes us in community, and then how he empowers and sends us out to serve his Kingdom.

Questions to help process camp with your teen:

1. Tell me about one of your camp highs? 
2. What is one thing that Megan talked about that stood out to you? 
3. What is one thing that Steven, or another morning speaker, said that stood out to you? 
4. How did God impact your life through your camp experience? 
5. How will your life now be different? 
6. How can I pray for you as you transition down the mountain?

High School Youth Group
February 8th, 2015

This Week's Topic
"Fixing Your Eyes"

" So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 4:18

This week we will are turning to the book of 2 Corinthians as we swift our conversations towards focusing on what it means to live for Christ and be shaped by the Holy Spirit.
This week we focus on 2 Corinthians chapter 4 and 5. 

Day 1
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1

1. What was your high and low this week?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. How would you define "God's mercy"?
4. How has God's mercy affected your life?
5. How might you need God's mercy right now, so that you do not lose heart?
6. Pray for each other

Day 2
Scripture 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. How have you seen God's light transform darkness?
4. What does this passage tell you about how God desires to use us as light in the word? 
5. How might God be calling you to be light in your day to day life?
6. Pray for each other

Day 3
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 and 16-18

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What do you think Paul meant when he said, "We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus..."?
4. Reread 2 Cor. 4:16-17, how does this passage encourage you today? 
5. Reread 2 Cor. 4:18, how does this passage call you to see the world differently this week?
6. Pray for each other 

Day 4
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

1. What was your high and low today?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why do you think Paul used the present tense in the phrase, "the new creation has come"?
4. According to these verses, what is God in the process of doing now? 
5. Reread 5:17-21 and pick out a word or phrase that God might be speaking to you within this passage. What is it? Why does that stand out to you? 
6. Pray for each other

For questions or comments, email Steven Johnson at Steven@gslcirvine.org