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The Way Back – Teaching Series

The Way Back – Teaching Series

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The book of Jonah and Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son show us a God who pursues His people. Whether we’re running away, hitting rock bottom, or wrestling with what we think is fair, God’s love and mercy meet us and call us back. This series will encourage students to turn back to God and embrace the life and mission He has for them. 

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The book of Jonah and Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son show us a God who pursues His people. Whether we’re running away, hitting rock bottom, or wrestling with what we think is fair, God’s love and mercy meet us and call us back. This series will encourage students to turn back to God and embrace the life and mission He has for them. 

  • What's Included
  • Session Overview

  • EVERY MIDWEEK ESSENTIAL FROM YM360 COMES WITH:

    • Detailed Large Group Outlines - Every Midweek comes with detailed large group outlines. Teach them "as is" or adapt them to suit your specific ministry context.
    • Discussion Questions - Questions are designed to foster conversations, help students think critically about the teaching, and wrestle with how these Biblical truths impact their complicated and ever-changing lives. You can use these discussion questions to facilitate small groups after your large group teaching or even create handouts for students to work through the message as you go.
    • Graphics - A title slide, background slide, header, social media graphic, and all the editable asset files for you to use the logo how you see fit are included to help you promote your midweek. Use the background slide as a backdrop for your song lyrics, Scripture passages, teaching points, and any illustrations you choose to display.
    • 100% downloadable and adaptable

    EVERY MIDWEEK PREMIUM FROM YM360 COMES WITH:

    • Detailed Large Group Outlines - Every Midweek Series comes with detailed, editable large group teaching outlines. Teach them "as is" or adapt them to suit your specific ministry context.
    • Discussion Questions - These questions are designed to foster conversations, help students think critically about the teaching, and wrestle with how these Biblical truths impact their complicated and ever-changing lives. You can use these discussion questions to facilitate small groups after your large group teaching or even create handouts for students to work through the message as you go.
    • Graphics - An entire folder with a style guide, social media graphics to help you promote and recap each session, presentation slides to help create a visually appealing environment for song lyrics, Scripture passages, or teaching points, posters for you to print and display, headers for you to include in e-mails or other documents, and all the editable asset files for you to use the logo how you see fit.
    • Videos - A thematic message bumper video and countdown video to help you tie in the entire midweek gathering with the visual look of the midweek series.
    • Parent Resources - Includes a series overview page, a monthly parent e-mail script, and four session e-mail recap scripts for you as you seek to partner with the parents in your youth ministry.
    • Volunteer Resources - Volunteer resources include a series overview page and volunteer e-mail and text scripts to help you communicate with your volunteers for each session.
    • Games - Unlock access to choose the games you want from our growing library of fun and interactive games to create engagement and connection. (4 game credits per series to use however you choose)
    • 100% downloadable and adaptable

  • "THE WAY BACK" IS PART OF YM360’S MIDWEEK LINE OF RESOURCES AND IS IDEAL FOR:

    • Any large group setting
    • Mid-week youth service
    • "Master teacher” format 

    "THE WAY BACK" COVERS THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AND PASSAGES:

    • Session 1: The Runaway (Jonah 1; Psalm 139:1-12) | Jonah runs from God’s call, and chaos follows him and others. But in the midst of it, God’s pursuit never fails. This session challenges students to see that they can’t outrun God’s pursuit.

    • Session 2: The Giant Fish (Jonah 2) | Jonah hits rock bottom in the belly of the giant fish. This session challenges students that the way back to God starts when we call out to God and come back to Him. When they do, God hears them and rescues them. 

    • Session 3: Nineveh and the Prodigal (Jonah 3; Luke 15:11-24) | Jonah obeys God, Nineveh turns back to God, and God responds with mercy. Jonah’s story and Jesus’ story of the prodigal son show us that when we turn back to God, we’re met with His mercy

    • Session 4: Changed (Jonah 4; Luke 15:25-32) | Jonah is angry that God showed mercy to Nineveh, and Jesus’ parable of the prodigal reveals the older brother’s resentment toward his brother. Students will see that God’s mercy doesn’t just bring us back-it changes us by reshaping our hearts to look like His.


Samples

Overview and Sample Sermon

Overview and Sample Sermon

Download a full overview of The Way Back and sample the first sermon in the series.

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