Encounter Sampler 2015

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Young Teen & High School ENCOUNTERTM Curriculum • Lesson Sampler

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Table of Contents

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Young Teen The Curriculum and How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Scope & Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FREE Sample Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

High School The Curriculum and How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Scope & Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FREE Sample Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18 www.encounterface2face.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ENCOUNTER™—The Magazine® . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FREE eNCOUNTER Downloads for Small Groups .

True to Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Every week, ENCOUNTER™ challenges students with an engaging Bible study that helps them understand God, the Bible, doctrine, or a biblical worldview. Your students experience lessons in ways that fit their learning styles—“hands-on” activities like drama, art, and games and intellectually engaging small group discussions, research, and reporting.

HOW IT WORKS: Each week’s lesson follows 4 easy steps: 1. Setting the Stage—students define the week’s topic 2. Searching the Word—students get into the Bible 3. Making It Real—students learn how the topic applies to their world 4. Living It Out—students apply the week’s topic to their personal lives

WHAT YOU GET: Teacher’s Convenience Kit Each quarterly lesson pack gives you 13 lessons and includes: • Teacher Book*—Relevant Bible commentary, clearly stated objectives, and a variety of learning options for each lesson • Resources*—Tons of ready-to-use posters and reproducible handouts with a CD-ROM packed with audio skits, engaging video clips, and fun Bible memory puzzles • Student Book*—Meaningful case studies, ready-to-use discussion questions, enlightening (revealing) self evaluations, and more to help students apply what they are learning to their everyday lives • ENCOUNTERTM—The Magazine*—13 full-color, 8-page, weekly magazines filled with engaging articles and real-life stories, daily lesson-related devotions and even safe, parent-approved online activities. Get one set for every student! (Sold in packs of five 13-week sets) * Also sold separately

WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT! ENCOUNTERTM is: •

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Planned ENCOUNTER is built on a three-year curriculum plan that was created after consulting with student ministry experts and teens.

Packed ENCOUNTER gives you a virtual toolbox for preparing creative, content-rich studies.

Personal ENCOUNTER allows you to customize each lesson for your teens.

Great for Sunday morning, Sunday evening, or mid-week!

Lesson length 45-90minutes 3

young teen Scope & Sequence ENCOUNTER TM

FALL

Year 1

Focus on the Finish Line • Seeing the Big Picture • Knowing God’s Will • Making Wise Choices Challenges to a Biblical Faith • Is There More We Should Know? (The Challenge of Mormonism) • Which Church Has the True Gospel? (The Challenge of Jehovah’s Witnesses) • Shouldn’t More Be Required?

(The Challenge of Islam) • Aren’t We All Part of God? (The Challenge of Wicca) Famous Women of the Bible • Ruth–A Woman of Loyalty • Abigail–A Woman of Peace • Hannah–A Woman of Gratitude

WINTER Descriptions of Jesus the Messiah • Wonderful Counselor • Mighty God • Everlasting Father • Prince of Peace The Christian and Conflict • All About Anger • How to Express Anger • How to Resolve Conflict • How to Forgive Highlights of 1 Timothy • Faithfulness • Leadership • Example • Relationships • Hope

SPRING Friendships • Peer Pressure • It’s Just Me, Lord • An Ideal Friendship • Reach Out and Make New Friends Meeting God • Meeting God in Prayer • Meeting God in Communion • Meeting God Through Fasting • Meeting God Through Worship • Meeting God Through Fellowship Trusting God • Trusting God When I Feel Anxious • Trusting God When I Feel Like a Failure • Trusting God When I Feel Hurt • Trusting God When I Feel Rejected

SUMMER The Ten Commandments • No Other Gods • No Idols • Honor God’s Name • Take Time for God • Honor Your Parents • Do Not Murder • Do Not Commit Adultery • Do Not Steal • Do Not Lie • Do Not Covet Understanding Salvation • What Was God Thinking?

• What Do I Do Now? • Pardon Me?

Authority • Authority–Why Respect It? • Authority–How Do I Use It?

Year 2

Take Charge • Take Charge of Your Health • Take Charge of Your Habits • Take Charge of Your Emotions • Take Charge of Your Attitude • Take Charge of Your Example Outcasts Jesus Encountered • A Sinful Woman • Zachaeus • Blind Bartimaeus • Ten Lepers Sharing the Good News • Responding to the Call • Overcoming Obstacles • Clarifying the Truth • Using Every Opportunity

Year 3

Living the Real Life • Triumph Over Temptation • Fight Favoritism • Zip the Lip • Get a New Boss • Power Up Satan, Angels, and Demons • Satan’s Purpose • Satan’s Scuffle • The Work of Angels • About Demons • Spiritual Warfare Contentment • The Results of Discontent • How to Be Content • Content, but Not Satisfied

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Your Possessions • I Want More!

• It’s All Yours, Lord!

• Use It; Don’t Abuse It • What More Could We Want?

What to Know Before You Date • The Definition of Love • The Necessity of Respect • The Call to Purity • The Process of Preparation

Being Real • Avoiding Hypocrisy • Showing Compassion • Practicing Humility • Demonstrating Integrity

Your Priorities • Be His • Stretch Seconds • Seek Success • Take Time

Famous Men of the Bible • David–Confident in God • Thomas–Overcoming Doubt • Daniel–Devoted to the Lord • Abraham–Unshaken Faith • Solomon–Wisdom From Above

Parables • The Lost Son • The Lost Coin • The Great Banquet • The Sower, the Seed, and the Soil • The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Dispelling Myths • No Death?

• No Rules?

• No Consequences?

• No Responsibility?

Making a Difference • Making a Difference in Your Work • Making a Difference in Your School • Making a Difference in Your Community • Making a Difference in the World

Work of Christ • Building His Kingdom • Trusting in Jesus • No One Knows Like Jesus • Are You Committed?

• Become a Servant

Christ-centered Christmas • Who’s Center Stage?

• What’s the Point?

• What Am I Seeking?

• What Can I Bring?

Self-Esteem • Trusting God • Seeing the Heart • Choosing Humility • Serving Like Christ Building According to Code • A Reason to Build • Unveiling the Plan • Following the Blueprints • Construction Costs • The Grand Opening

Sportsmanship • The Team, the Whole Team, and Nothing But the Team • Practice Makes Permanent • It’s How You Play the Game • Cool Head, Warm Heart

Miracles in Matthew • Heavenly Help • Super-sized Lunch • Foul-weather Faith • The Fisherman King • Sincerely His

Christian Evidences • Did Jesus Really Die? • Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?

• Is Jesus Really Lord?

• Is Jesus Really the Only Way to Heaven?

The Media • Learning About Our World • Seeing and Believing • The Value of Music • The Christian Cyber-Citizen

The Perfect Family • The Responsibilities of Parents • The Blessings of Obedience • The Causes of Conflict • The Conquest of Crises • Family of God

Lessons from Job • Why Me, Lord?

• How Can I Help?

• I Hurt!

• It’s You and Me, Lord

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Every week, ENCOUNTER™ challenges students with an engaging Bible study that helps them understand God, the Bible, doctrine, or a biblical worldview. Your students experience lessons in ways that fit their learning styles—“hands-on” activities like drama, art, and games and intellectually engaging small group discussions, research, and reporting.

HOW IT WORKS: Each week’s lesson follows 4 easy steps: 1. Setting the Stage—students define the week’s topic 2. Searching the Word—students get into the Bible 3. Making It Real—students learn how the topic applies to their world 4. Living It Out—students apply the week’s topic to their personal lives

WHAT YOU GET: Teacher’s Convenience Kit Each quarterly lesson pack gives you 13 lessons and includes: • Teacher Book*—Relevant Bible commentary, clearly stated objectives, and a variety of learning options for each lesson • Resources*—Tons of ready-to-use posters and reproducible handouts with a CD-ROM packed with audio skits, engaging video clips, and fun Bible memory puzzles • Student Book*—Meaningful case studies, ready-to-use discussion questions, enlightening (revealing) self evaluations, and more to help students apply what they are learning to their everyday lives • ENCOUNTERTM—The Magazine*—13 full-color, 8-page, weekly magazines filled with engaging articles and real-life stories, daily lesson-related devotions and even safe, parent-approved online activities. Get one set for every student! (Sold in packs of five 13-week sets) * Also sold separately

WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT! ENCOUNTERTM is: •

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Planned ENCOUNTER is built on a three-year curriculum plan that was created after consulting with student ministry experts and teens.

Packed ENCOUNTER gives you a virtual toolbox for preparing creative, content-rich studies.

Personal ENCOUNTER allows you to customize each lesson for your teens.

Great for Sunday morning, Sunday evening, or mid-week!

Lesson length 45-90 minutes 11

high school Scope & Sequence ENCOUNTER FALL

Year 1

Preparing for the Future • Seeing the Big Picture • Knowing God’s Will • Making Wise Choices Challenges to a Biblical Faith • God and His Message (The Challenge of Mormonism) • God and Truth (The Challenge of Jehovah’s Witnesses) • God and Justice (The Challenge of Islam) • God and Nature (The Challenge of Wicca) Famous Women of the Bible • The Price of Power (Esther) • Lessons in Leadership (Deborah) • Man’s Trash, God’s Treasure (Rahab)

WINTER Descriptions of Jesus the Messiah • Wonderful Counselor • Mighty God • Everlasting Father • Prince of Peace

Friendships • Peer Pressure • Loneliness • Close Christian Friends • Conquering Cliques

The Christian and Conflict • How to Prevent Anger • How to Control Anger • How to Resolve Conflict • How to Forgive

Meeting God • Meeting God Through Prayer • Meeting God in the Lord’s Supper • Meeting God Through Fasting • Meeting God in Worship • Meeting God Through Christian Fellowship

Highlights of 2 Timothy • Faithfulness • Self-discipline • Christian Character • Relationships • Confidence

Year 3

Year 2

Authority • Why Is There Authority?

• Why Should I Respect Authority?

• How Should I Use Authority Responsibly?

Take Charge • Take Charge of Your Health • Take Charge of Your Habits • Take Charge of Your Emotions • Take Charge of Your Attitude • Take Charge of Your Example

Our Possessions • Having the Right Attitude • Being Honest with God • Managing Our Wealth • Recognizing the Greatest Possession

Outcasts Jesus Encountered • A Woman Caught in Adultery • Matthew, the Tax Collector • The Thief on the Cross • The Woman at the Well

Our Priorities • Putting God First • Using Time Wisely • Listening for God’s Call • Learning to Rest

Sharing the Good News • Accepting Responsibility • Overcoming Opposition • Presenting the Truth • Seizing Every Opportunity

Jesus Christ: His Ministry • He Trained Disciples • He Performed Miracles • He Shared Human Hardship • He Tested His Followers • He Served

Set Free • Christianity vs. Religion • Integrity vs. Hypocrisy • Slavery vs. Sonship • Natural vs. Supernatural • Community vs. Isolation

Something to Sing About • No Room • Hark the Herald Angels Sing • While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks • We Three Kings

Satan, Angels, and Demons • Satan’s Plan • Satan’s Showdown • The Work of Angels • About Demons • Spiritual Warfare

Self-Esteem • Confidence • Beauty • Humility • Generosity

Contentment • The Cause of Discontent • Choosing Contentment • Content, but Not Satisfied

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God’s Plan for the Church • The God of Second Chances • The God of Powerful Beginnings • The God of a Healthy Church • The God of Courageous Witnesses • The God of All Nations

Trusting God • Trusting God When I Feel Anxious • Trusting God When I Feel Like a Failure • Trusting God When I Feel Used • Trusting God When I Feel Rejected

SUMMER Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount • Finding Happiness • Our Mission • Jesus and God’s Law • Healing Hating Hearts • Speaking with Credibility • Trusting Divine Justice • Knowing What Really Matters • Offering Advice • Following the Right Leaders • From Learning to Life Understanding Salvation • By Works or Faith?

• About Law and Sin • From Salvation to Glorification

Dating, Courtship, and Marriage • Relationship Wisdom • Relationships of Respect • Relationships of Purity • Relationships that Last

Being Real • Avoiding Hypocrisy • Showing Compassion • Practicing Humility • Demonstrating Integrity

Famous Men of the Bible • Elijah–Courage to Stand • Cleopas–Finding Hope • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego–Loyal Believers • Joshua and Caleb–Trusting God • Jonah–Roadblocks to Forgiveness

Parables • The Two Sons • The Lost Sheep • The Workers in the Vineyard • The Growing Seed • The Persistent Widow

Dispelling Myths • No Death?

• No Rules?

• No Consequences?

• No Responsibility?

Tough Issues • The Value of Life (Abortion) • True to God’s Design (Homosexuality) • Saving Your Best (Premarital Sex) • Breaking Barriers As Real As It Gets • The Death That Makes a Difference • No Doubt About It • Call Him Lord • One Way Road Ahead Family Life • The Results of Respect • Family Conflict • Family Crises • The Family of God

Making a Difference • Making a Difference on the Job • Making a Difference in Your School • Making a Difference in Your Community • Making a Difference in the World Miracles in Mark • Breaking Blockades, Healing Lives • When Storms Come • A Matter of Life and Death • Faith Beyond Borders • One Step at a Time Media • Just the Facts • More Than Entertainment • With a Song • Online, Not Out of Line Coping with Crisis • When Bad Things Happen • Helping the Hurting • Where Is God When it Hurts?

• God Is There

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Now students can take home a magazine that connects with every week’s lesson.

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The Magazine ENCOUNTERTM—The Magazine challenges students to bring home what they have studied.

This eight-page magazine contains engaging articles, interviews, stories, daily lesson-related devotions, quizzes, poetry, and even invitations to go online and blog about a topic of the week!

Don’t wait.

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TRUE T O LIFE The True to Life series delivers an arsenal of studies that ring true to students and open them to exploring Bible truth in more detail. Each study

The series is divided into 3 volumes that focus

begins with a real story about a recent sports,

on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and

entertainment, world news, or odd news event

hot topics of interest to teens. Every lesson is on

and then continues with probing discussion

a single sheet, perforated for easy removal.

questions and a closing challenge.

Plus, leaders can search the index by lesson topic, Scripture, or story. Each of the books offers a rich selection of 40 Bible lessons that are low on preparation and high in interest.

40 Instant Studies: Old Testament Item No.: 23294 Price: $9.99 ISBN: 978-0-78472-298-5

40 Instant Studies: New Testament Item No.: 23295 Price: $9.99 ISBN: 978-0-78472-299-2

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GENESIS 37, 45

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LUKE 10:25-37

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Young Teen & High School ENCOUNTERTM Curriculum

ENCOUNTER is: PLANNED ENCOUNTER is built on a three-year curriculum plan that was created after consulting with student ministry experts and teens. Don’t worry about what you are going to teach next—you now have a plan!

PACKED ENCOUNTER gives teachers a virtual toolbox for preparing creative, content-rich studies. Don’t spend hours looking for ideas—it’s all here!

PERSONAL ENCOUNTER allows teachers to customize each lesson for their group. Don’t just teach a lesson—teach students!

ISBN 978-0-7847-7762-6

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Great for Sunday morning, Sunday evening, or mid-week! Lesson length 45–90 minutes.

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