Youth Ministry Curriculum and Resources

The ESV Student Study Bible is adapted from the ESV Study Bible and is ideally suited for students who are serious about God’s Word—who want to learn more about what the Bible teaches and how the Bible applies to all of life. It includes 12,000 clear, concise study notes, 80 maps/illustrations, articles, and more.

The ESV Following Jesus Bible is full of outstanding content designed to help younger students understand and enjoy the Bible. Designed for middle school age and younger as they transition from a beginner’s Bible, nearly every other page features a box answering the who, what, where, when, or why of a particular text.

Youth live in the in-between: They’re no longer children but not exactly adults, growing through a God-designed season of life that is tumultuous, exciting, and essential. How can we best love, encourage, and challenge the young people in our lives, helping them live into their gifts and grow toward spiritual maturity? And where should we look for these answers?

Serve: Investing Together In Student Ministry is a valuable resource for youth ministry leaders and their volunteers. With the built-in study guide and the chapter reflections, this book is designed to bring about conversation and discussion among a youth ministry leader and their volunteer team. No matter how long your volunteers have served, SERVE provides encouragement, research, and practical insight for a youth ministry team.

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Use 99 Thoughts for College-Age People: Insightful Tips for Life After High School written by Chuck Bomar to help save some young adults some pain, money, and foot fungus while keeping their faith intact.

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In this edition of our “multi-views” series, the chapters are authored by a group of youth ministry thought leaders. We asked them two key questions: What are the problems youth ministry currently faces? And what is the pathway forward? Each chapter represents a thoughtful, practical, and challenging viewpoint. At the end of each chapter, there is a sidebar from an in-the-trenches youth worker whose ministry is currently living out the future the chapter’s writer foresees.

Becoming a Teen Savvy Parent is a practical guide for parents raising teenagers in today’s ever-changing world. With engaging and real-life stories, biblical wisdom, and reflection questions, this book helps parents understand the culture shaping their teens’ hearts and how to learn how to engage it with grace, courage, and truth. Becoming a Teen Savvy Parent offers the encouragement and perspective parents need to confidently walk alongside their teenager to equip them for the path ahead.

7th Grade: Growing Your Faith is a 30-day teen devotional that will engage students with its creative and age-targeted readings, questions, and prompts to action.

8th Grade: Leading the Way With the "Real You" is a 30-day devotional that will help students lead by following Jesus, leading yourself, and then leading others.

Freshman: Making Faith Your Priority is a 30-day devotional that addresses many "firsts": your first day of high school, your first football game, your first pop quiz, and even some of your first major temptations. It's also a year filled with some really important questions: How can you make good habits? How can you make faith a priority, not just another "thing" in your life?

Sophomore: Stepping Into Maturity is a 30-day devotional that will help high school sophomores answer some of the unique questions they are presented in their 10th grade year: what role do friends play in their lives? Who are their role models? What life-shaping habits are they developing?

Junior: Making Sense of It All is a 30-day devotional designed to answer important questions students have during their incredibly important 11th grade year: what is their identity? What role will faith make in their futures? How do they make decisions?

Senior: Preparing for the Future is a 30-day devotional that addresses common questions 12th grade students have during their final year of high school: what is your legacy? How do you deal with regrets? What does it mean to truly let God lead you?