One Year Junior High Curriculum
One year of intentional junior high ministry curriculum. Created specifically to meet the needs of students undergoing the many spiritual, physical, emotional and social changes of the junior high / middle school years.
Save 79% on 1 year of new junior high curriculum!
SCOPE & SEQUENCE
Use the following series as outlined below or mix and match as you like. Do whatever you think works best for your group.
JANUARY
Master Design: A 4-week series helping students root their identity in their relationship with God. Students will discover how their hearts, feet, hands, ears, mouths and eyes were designed by God for the specific purpose of loving Him and loving others.
FEBRUARY
The Bible: A 4-week series helping students place a high value on knowing and doing what is written in the Bible.
MARCH
Matthew: A 4-week series on the book of Matthew about the life of Jesus.
APRIL
Easter: A 4-week Easter series on the death & resurrection of Jesus
MAY
Change: A 4-week series giving students the tools needed to navigate the many changes of early adolescence in the areas of: emotions, independence, friendships and decisions.
JUNE
Parables: A 4-week summer series on parables of Jesus.
JULY
Grow: A 4-week series helping students nurture & grow their relationship with Jesus.
AUGUST
Back to Basics: This 4-week junior high series teaches students how they can build healthy habits and routines into their lives that help them in their walk with God and establish a good foundation for their future.
SEPTEMBER
Colossians: This 6-week series takes jr high students through the book of Colossians, helping them understand what a life lived with Jesus is really like. We call it the “Kingdom Life”.
OCTOBER
Accepted: A 4-week series that teaches students that God loves and accepts them and they should extend that same grace to others.
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Following Jesus: This 8-week junior high series encourages students to experience the adventure of following Jesus.
SAMPLE LESSON
GO HERE to download a sample lesson.
This lesson is from the Bible series. Bottom Line: How do we know the Bible is 100% true when it was written by over 40 different authors over a period of over 1,600 years? Bible: Isaiah 40:22, Micah 5:2, Psalm 22, Isaiah 53, and Daniel 9:26
HOW IS OUR JUNIOR HIGH CURRICULUM UNIQUE?
1. TRANSITION & CHANGE
The junior high years are defined by transition. They undergo drastic amounts of change in all areas of their lives: spiritual, physical, emotional, relational, etc.
In our curriculum, we do all the heavy lifting to help you address these unique changes and help students wrestle with their faith and discover what it means to love and follow Jesus.
2. ABSTRACT & CONCRETE THINKING
Concrete thinking is a rigid, black and white understanding of the world, one without nuance and paradox. Abstract thinking involves perspective, self-awareness, nuances, paradox, etc. It's realizing that life isn't black or white, but a rainbow of colors.
As a part of their natural development, junior high students are moving from concrete to abstract thinking. But it’s not a linear straightforward process. Instead, over a period of time they flow in and out of concrete and abstract thinking. And some students are further along in the journey towards abstract thinking. This is all perfectly normal, but can be tricky for a junior high leader wanting to reach all students with the message of Jesus.
When teaching 6th-8th graders, it’s important to speak to both concrete and abstract learners in the group. As students begin to see the world through the lens of abstract thinking, they see their faith in a new light. It’s your job to help guide them through the process of figuring out what it means to love and follow Jesus in a complex world that isn’t black or white.
For students who are still in the concrete thinking stage, it’s important to communicate complex and difficult spiritual truths in memorable and easy to understand ways.
That’s what makes our junior high curriculum unique. Each lesson speaks to both abstract and concrete learners. We help you land big ideas in concrete ways and help abstract learners wrestle with the nuances of life and what it means to follow Jesus.
3. INTENTIONAL
You get one year of strategic junior high curriculum. We give you the tools needed to intentionally lead a thriving junior high ministry and become a more organized, prepared, relaxed, and creative leader.
- Organized and Prepared - You have an entire year of junior high lessons at your finger tips. We do all the work upfront coming up with a well thought out and intention scope & sequence to help students become fully devoted followers of Christ.
- Relaxed - We've removed the stress of preparing each week.
- Creative - You can give 100% of your focus on making our lessons your own.
4. DISCIPLESHIP
Junior highers are questioning and wrestling with their faith. They're trying to figure out what it means to love and follow Jesus on their own, independent of their parents and in light of the many developmental changes they're experiencing.
Throughout the year, students will go on a journey to discover what it means to take ownership of their faith and become fully devoted followers of Christ.
ABOUT THE LESSONS
EVERYTHING IS DOWNLOADABLE. After purchase, you'll be directed to the download page and get an email that includes a link to download all the resources. Feel free to share the download link with volunteers. The bundle is only available as a downloadable product.
FOR JUNIOR HIGH MINISTRY. The resources included in the bundle are written to be used with teenagers in 6th-8th grade.
LESSONS COME IN PDF & WORD format so you can edit as needed and share with volunteers.
SERIES ARTWORK includes cover image and blank text image for promotional use. Some series also include social media graphics.
LESSONS includ opening game, creative Biblical teaching and small group discussions.
ALL OUR RESOURCES ARE WRITTEN BY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERS like you who have a heart to see God move in the lives of students.
FULL SCRIPT. We don't just throw together an outline or teaching notes. We create a full lesson, giving you more than enough to customize it and make it your own. All our curriculum goes through an extensive editing process to ensure quality.
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My team and I are so thrilled with the one year curriculum. It is so impactful and easy to follow. I’m so thankful I found your website. Please keep up the great work.
United StatesGreat for church regulars
This is a great curriculum for students who grew up hearing the bible stories. I have a mixed group of raised in church and never heard of it before. This is not the curriculum for them.
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