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More to the Story: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Evangelism SCRIPTURE: the Old Testament DECORATING THEME: Planet Earth AGE GROUP: Students In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and started writing the most incredible story. It's not a story meant to be put away on a shelf somewhere, but it's one we're meant to explore and experience because we're deeply connected to it. God created a role for each of us to play. In this 4-week series from the Old and New Testaments, we'll take a look at the story of God as we learn more about our lives and our roles within it. We'll see that God is writing a good story, how sin isn't the end of the story, the way Jesus can rewrite our stories, and that we can be part of God's story. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES God is writing a good story. (God creates the heavens and the earth: Genesis 1; Psalm 104:24-34) Sin isn't the end of our story. (Adam and Eve break God's rule: Genesis 3:1-10, 21-24; Romans 5:1-5) Jesus can rewrite our stories. (A woman with expensive perfume anoints Jesus' feet: Luke 7:36-50; Galatians 3:23-29) We can be part of God's story. (Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to his disciples: John 14:12-21; Galatians 5:13-14, 22-25 ) MEMORY VERSE: "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation." - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NIV)

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