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

Finals Week. January 2015

High School Youth Group
January 25th 

This Week's Topic
Finals Week 

" May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands."
Psalms 90:17

The best thing that you can do to help your kids through finals this week is to help them relax. Chances are that they feel enough pressure placed on them by themselves, teachers, the fear of not getting into college, etc. 

This week I encourage you to serve your student by bring them their favorite coffee or tea drink home just because. Invite them on a walk with you to talk about anything that might be on their minds. Before they go to bed this week, ask to pray for them and their upcoming finals. When they get home from school over this next week, instead of asking them about finals, start with asking them about their day and how they are doing. Most likely they will spill about finals because is dominating their minds. 

Blessings as you look to love and support your teens this week as they journey through finals. 

High School Youth Group
January 18th

This Week's Topic
"Crimson Chord"

" It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.."
1 Corinthians 1:30

This week we will be having a worship night where we will invite students to reflect on their past, present, and future to find God's redemption, healing, and discover how God might be calling them to move forward.

This week we focus on 1 Corinthians chapter 4. 

Day 1
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:30

1. What was your high and low this week?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What do you think it means that we are "in Christ Jesus"? 
4. How has Christ affected your life?
5. Pray for each other

Day 2
Scripture 1 Corinthians 1:30

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What do you think it means that God "has become for us wisdom"? 
4. What does this tell you about where our wisdom should be found? 
5. Pray for each other

Day 3
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:30

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What is redemption? 
4. How has God redeemed you?
5. Pray for each other 

Day 4
Scripture: 1 Corinthians1:30

1. What was your high and low today?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What does it show us about God that Paul ties righteousness, holiness, and redemption all tied together with each other? 
4. How do these words affect the core of who you are and how you see yourself? 
5. Pray for each other

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

This Week's Topic
"Scum of the Earth"

"We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment."
1 Corinthians 4:13

This week we will have a large group conversation on how God reveals what it means to represent him in the world. 

This week we focus on 1 Corinthians chapter 4. 

Day 1
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1

1. What was your high and low this week?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What is the mystery of God? 
4. What do you think it means to be entrusted with the mystery of God? 
5. How is God calling you to be an example of his mystery this week? 

Day 2
Scripture 1 Corinthians 4:2-4

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why is Paul's conscience clear? 
4. What does this passage tell us about judgement? 
5. How does this passage affect the way you look at the motivations of your heart?

Day 3
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:8

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why does Paul say, "Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!" 
4. How has want God has given us enabled us to reign with him in his kingdom? 
5. How might be God calling you to be an example of his Kingdom this week?

Day 4
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:9-13

1. What was your high and low today?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. What surprises you about this passage?
4. How does this passage change how you think about what God calls us to in the world?
5. What is God showing you today in this passage?

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