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Canceled: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Loving Others SCRIPTURE: Old & New Testament DECORATING THEME: Emojis AGE GROUP: Students You hear a lot about "cancel culture" these days. It's what happens when swarms of people on the internet band together to call out, shame, or even "cancel" someone. And while there are definitely times when people or systems need to be called out and held accountable, we can all be a little too quick to be cruel to each other - online and offline too. In this 4-week series, we'll get introduced to a few people from Scripture whose stories show us that humans have always struggled to choose love instead of hate. This problem isn't a new one, but through the stories of Jesus, a few outcasts, a king, and a shepherd, we'll see that God is challenging us to love people who aren't like us, love people who are in need, love the people we envy , and love the people we want to hate. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES Love people who aren't like you. (Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman: John 4:1-26, 39-42; 2 Timothy 4:2-4; Galatians 3:28) Love people who are in need. (Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight: Mark 10:46-52; Luke 8:40-48; Matthew 25:31-46) Love the people you envy. (Saul's Growing Fear of David: Proverbs 27:4; 1 Samuel 18:6-10, 19:1-12; Matthew 22:36-39; Philippians 4:12) Love the people you want to hate. (David Spares Saul's Life: 1 Samuel 24:1-7; Matthew 5:38-45; Romans 12:17-21)

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