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Squad Up: a 4-Week Teaching Series for Youth Ministry TOPIC: Friendship SCRIPTURE: Ephesians DECORATING THEME: Series Thematic AGE GROUP: Students Everyone wants a squad - a community of people that cares for us, helps and supports us, and gives us a place to belong. In short, we all want to be part of a community that feels like family. That kind of community isn't easy to come by, but it's exactly what Jesus had in mind for His followers when the Church first began. In this series, we'll discover why the word "Church" means something much bigger than a building, we'll learn what life was like for some of the earliest Christians, and we'll explore four big ideas that mean as much for us today as they did to the Jesus-followers who lived nearly 2,000 years ago. The truth is, we can all be part of God's family, and because we're God's family, we can do for others what God has done for us, we can grow together, and we can stand strong together. BIG IDEAS & BIBLE STORIES We can part of God's family. (Praise, Thanksgiving & Prayer for Blessings in Christ: Ephesians 1:1-23; Galatians 3:26-28) We can do for others what God has done for us. (Made Alive in Christ: Ephesians 2:1-22; Colossians 3:13) We can grow together. (Unity in the Body of Christ: Ephesians 4:1-32) We can stand strong together. (The Armor of God: Ephesians 6:10-20)

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