Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Resource Review: Messy Stuff

Messy Stuff: Finding Hope in the Midst of Everyday Struggles, is a five-week small group video curriculum produced by Group. I recently had the opportunity to review it, and I wanted to share with you my thoughts on the curriculum.

First of all, most youth and children's curriculum that Group produces is top quality stuff and with "Messy Stuff" there is no exception. If you're looking for an easy to use, well-balanced Bible study or small group curriculum to use with Junior High or High School students, then look no further. In this five-week small group video series,  your students will examine the realities of our messy lives-and discover how valuable they are to God, despite their messiness. They'll investigate the wrong ways and the right ways to handle this stuff that makes life messy and causes our pain and brokenness. And they'll be encouraged to invite God and other people into the process of change in their lives.

Topics include:1) Me, Valuable?, 2)Um, What Happened?, 3)How to Handle the Hurts? 4) Finding Hope in the Messiness, and 5) Remember, Life’s Pain isn't Permanent!

What you get out of the box is a DVD with guided lessons. You also get a CD-ROM that includes discussion sheets in both PDF format and Microsoft Word format,  promotional ecards, postcards, posters and desktop backgrounds. You also will receive additional editable promotional elements that you can use to get your students to get involved in this curriculum.

I hope you get an opportunity to use this resource, I highly recommend it. If you are a member of the Susquehanna Conference the United Methodist Church you can borrow a copy of Messy Stuff: Finding Hope in the Midst of Everyday Struggles free of charge through our resource center, Discovery Place (discovery-place.org).

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