Synago is the Greek word for "come together." The goal of this resource is to strengthen members' spiritual relationship with God and Jesus Christ. Secondly, it will build Christian community within a circle of friends, in which group members practice and experience what it means to be in ministry to and with one another. This first of four volumes, Light in the Dark, provide 16 sessions for student-led senior high small groups. It also includes the necessary information for setting up and maintaining this approach to reaching and teaching senior high youth. The cell-group design calls for two student leaders, two adult “encouragers,” and up to six additional youth members, usually friends—both churched and unchurched. When the group reaches ten, it splits. The two new groups then grow again to ten. The model has proven effective in numerous areas and is especially appealing to senior-highs because it gives them leadership, encourages them to invite others, creates a safe place of spiritual intimacy, and deals with integrating Bible, life, and faith. Sessions include being a Child of God, Stress, Reaching out to others, Prayer, Friendship, Gossip, and Hope. All participants should use the Student Journal (ISBN 0687049733)

Sessions include:
Child of Mine
Stress-Less
Love Story
The Outsiders
Prayer 101
Getting Directions
What Friends are for?
Thirst Quencher
Serve it up
When Life Hurts
Zip the Lip
Loving God
Loving Myself
Loving Others
Light in the Dark

ISBN: 9780687049332
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Synago is the Greek word for "come together." The goal of this resource is to strengthen members' spiritual relationship with God and Jesus Christ. Secondly, it will build Christian community within a circle of friends, in which group members practice and experience what it means to be in ministry to and with one another. This first of four volumes, Light in the Dark, provide 16 sessions for student-led senior high small groups. It also includes the necessary information for setting up and maintaining this approach to reaching and teaching senior high youth. The cell-group design calls for two student leaders, two adult “encouragers,” and up to six additional youth members, usually friends—both churched and unchurched. When the group reaches ten, it splits. The two new groups then grow again to ten. The model has proven effective in numerous areas and is especially appealing to senior-highs because it gives them leadership, encourages them to invite others, creates a safe place of spiritual intimacy, and deals with integrating Bible, life, and faith. Sessions covered in this study include: Caring for the earth, forgiveness, relationships, dating, temptation, and doubt. All participants should use the Student Journal (ISBN 0687049539)

Small-Group Sessions include:
Setting Priorities
Back to Nature
Forgiveness
When Boy Meets Girl
How Do You Score in Love?
Getting Physical
Prayer Power
Time Out!
Sweet Temptations: Materialism
Sweet Temptations: Revenge
Sweet Temptations: Deceit
Who Do You Say I Am?
The Parent Trap
I Doubt It!
Calm in the Storm
Closing Time

ISBN: 9780687049233
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Tested and proven resources for student-led Senior High youth groups Synago (syn-AH-go) is the Greek word together." It is the root word of "synagogue, " a place where people come together to worship and to learn the life-giving faith. In Synago, Senior High youth find a place among friends who come together to worship and to learn. Each study in the series provides 16 sessions for student-led small groups and includes the necessary information for setting up and maintaining healthy cell groups. This small-group design calls for two student leaders, one or two adult "encouragers, " and up to six additional youth members--usually friends--both churched and unchurched. When the group reaches ten, it splits. The two new groups then grow again to ten. The model (often called "cell groups") has proven effective and is especially appealing to senior highs because it teaches them leadership, encourages them to invite others, creates a safe place of spiritual intimacy, and deals with integrating Bible, life, and faith. All participants should use the Student Journal

Small-Group Sessions include:
Who Are We?
Get Real
State of Alert
Normal? What's Normal
Reply Soon
The Challenge of Church
WWF: Wildly Walkin' in Faith
Friends for the Journey
Home-Time Hassles
Jesus Jaw Droppers: Story 1
Jesus Jaw Droppers: Story 2
Jesus Jaw Droppers: Story 3
The Lust Factor
I Can't Handle the Pressure!
Open Before Christmas: Part 1
Open Before Christmas: Part 2

ISBN: 9780687026685
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In Synago, Senior High youth find a place among friends who come together to worship and to learn. Each study in the series provides 16 sessions for student-led small groups and includes the necessary information for setting up and maintaining healthy cell groups. Student Journals should be used by all participants.

Small-Group Sessions include: 
New Year, New You
The Sequel
In God We Trust? (Trusting God When Everything's on the Line)
What a Hypocrite!
Sleeping With the Enemy (Destructive Relationships)
Practicing the Presence (Looking for God Encounters)
Have a Good Cry
Laugh Out Loud
The Party's Over? (The Deal With Drinking)
Beyond Belief (The Journey of Discipleship)
"Dirty Pictures": God, Sex, and Media
"Holy Ghost, Batman!" (Exploring the Mystery of the Holy Spirit)
Gear for the Road (Checklist for the Faith Adventure)

ISBN: 9780687025985
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Soul Tending expands on the ideas Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster put forth in The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry (published by Upper Room) and offers a practical way for senior high youth and young adults to study spiritual disciplines while strengthening relationships among participants.

The study includes lessons on inward, outward, and corporate disciplines. The goal is that Christ would be formed in each participant. Youth and adults co-journ together as they examine classical and contemporary disciplines, supporting one another, and intentionally seeking encounters with God.

Key Features:
-- Easy-to-use format allows group members to chart their own course through the book
-- 43 sessions give participants plenty of material to choose from for a spiritual life retreat, an occasional session, a seasonal study for Lent or Advent, a short-term option, or a weekly covenant group
-- The role of the leader/facilitator can change each time the group meets
-- The teaching component can be used as a large group session, or as the basis for discussion in the small group or spiritual life retreat

ISBN: 9780687030798
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In Synago, Senior high youth find a place among friends who come together to worship and to learn. Each study in the series provides 16 sessions for student-led small groups and includes the necessary information for setting up and maintaining healthy cell groups. Student Journals should be used by all participants.
Small-Group Sessions:
Out of the Box (Expanding your images of God)
You Are the Temple (Respecting your body by mak ing healthy choices)
Who You Gonna Call? (Learning to trust God)
Silence of God’s Lambs (Finding God in Silence and Solitude)
People in Glass Houses (Cultivating a nonjudgmental spirit)
The Rock (Building your life on Jesus)
Humble Yourself (Finding the balance between positive self-esteem and cockiness)
Pie in the Sky? (Exploring the meaning of eternal life)
Learning to Live Faith (Finding and claiming your own faith in God)
Back to the Future (Setting realistic goals for your life)
Say What? (Being open to God’s call on your life)
United in Love (Belonging to a church community)
Down and Troubled (Tapping God’s power when you feel down)
Living the God Life (Following a recipe for a godly life)
Grumble, Grumble (Dealing with resentm ent in a healthy way)
Signs at the Crossroads (Making wise choices)

ISBN: 9780687056842
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With Synago, senior high students explore life and faith topics in the safety and intimacy of a small group:
Sessions include:

• Basking in God’s Love
• Don’t Tempt Me
• Feed My Sheep
• Life-Giving Water
• Your Life as a Testimony
• Making the Effort
•  Bouncing Back
•  Can You Squeeze Through?
•  The Gift That Is You
•  Asking for and Receiving Help
•  Tell the Truth
•  Picking Up the Mantle
•  I’ll Cover You
•  The One My Heart Loves
•  An Open Invitation
•  Hope at the Cross

 The sixteen sessions provide material for a school semester.

ISBN: 9780687496204
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