START UP:

Welcome:

• Say: Welcome to First Priority! (Be sure to welcome guests) We are so glad that you have chosen to join us today! Our focus this month is going to be centered around “Doing.”
• Say: Let’s spend a few minutes talking about what it means to be a doer of the Word!
• Say: Today is equip week. Today, we want to equip and encourage you to on how to better share your faith with your friends.

Opening Prayer:

• Say: God, thank you for another great week that we get to be here at our First Priority club! I am thankful for those that are here today and thankful for your love for each of us! Prepare our hearts now to hear your Word. In Jesus name, Amen.

Game:

• See Game List (www.firstpriority.club/games)
• Feel free to select a game that fits your needs best!

DIG IN:

“Yes, Lord” Is Our Only Response

Read: Luke 18:18-27

• Let’s say I have a house with 12 rooms, and each room has a door with a specific key to unlock it. Let’s also imagine that you want to buy that house from me for a large sum of money. What if you paid me in full upfront, but I only gave you six out of the 12 keys? I tell you, “Here are six of the keys, so that means you can’t use the upstairs bathroom, the closet, the bedroom on the left or the downstairs washroom, etc.” Without a doubt, you would say, “No way! No deal!”
• Many times, we try to offer Jesus Christ the same type of deal. In Luke 18:18–27, a rich young ruler approached Jesus with the ultimate question: “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life” (v.18)? If you continue to read, you will see that after some discussion the young ruler walked away sorrowful, because he was trying to receive eternal life on his own terms. Jesus explained that eternal life is received when you give total rule of your life to Him. Unfortunately, the young man was unwilling to do that.
• Often, we approach Christ offering Him just part of our lives. You must realize that He doesn’t want part, He wants all of you. I am sure you’ve heard the adage,“He can’t be Lord at all, unless He is Lord of all!” Once we say, “Yes” to Jesus for salvation, “Yes” is the only answer we can ever give Him again.

Pruitt, Shane. Who’s Your One? 30 Day Devotional for Students. North American Mission Board.

Questions:

• What are areas of our life we tend to only offer part of to God?
• What does it mean to truly surrender?
  • When we surrender to the Lord, it can’t just be in one area like going to church on Sunday but then living for self the rest of the week.
  • Surrender must be complete.
  • How can we help each other this week to truly surrender to Christ?

TOOL TIME:

Supplies:

• Bracelets
• Posters
• Bibles

The Cross: Jesus Gave Everything for Me

• Our sin and our selfish actions do not stop God from loving us. He even became a human being in JesusChrist and gave His life for us. He took our place on the cross, bearing all the consequences of sin Himself.Jesus died – but He rose to life again. He offers us peace with God and a personal relationship with Him.Through faith in Jesus, we can experience God’s love daily, discover our purpose, and have eternal life after death.
• John 3:16
• 1 Peter 3:18

Questions:

• What does the cross represent?
• What is the importance of the cross?

Prayer Time:

• Take 2 – 3 minutes to allow students to give different prayer requests and pray for the needs of the students.
• Ask students to pray for their friends that don’t know Christ.

Announcements:

• Say: This is the place for the club to make any announcements for the upcoming week and or month.This is a great spot to add student leaders to your team and give responsibilities to them. It is also the place to check on the upcoming school schedule for days off or breaks (your Faculty Sponsor is a great resource for this)

START UP:

Welcome:

• Say: Welcome to First Priority! (Be sure to welcome guests) We are so glad that you have chosen to join us today! Our focus this month is “Doing.” Today is prepare week! Today, we want to see what God has to say about prayer. Specifically, the privilege of praying for others.

Opening Prayer:

• Say: God, thank you for another great week that we get to be here at our First Priority club! I am thankful for those that are here today and thankful for your love for each of us! Thank you for the privilege of prayer. I pray that we would be found faithful to pray for our friends to know you. Give us the strength to speak out. In Jesus name, Amen

Game:

• See Game List (www.firstpriority.club/games)
• Feel free to select a game that fits your needs best!

DIG IN:

Love God, Love People
Read: Matthew 22:32-40

• If you had the opportunity to ask Jesus something face to face, what would you ask? I would ask, “Jesus, would You sum up the whole Bible in one or two statements for me? What does Christianity really mean? Would You tell me the purpose of all that goes on in the world and what I’m supposed to do?”
• In Matthew 22:36–39, a lawyer asked Jesus one question: “Teacher, which command in the law is greatest?” Jesus responded with two commandments that coincided with one another. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Jesus explained that all the laws and everything that the prophets taught hung on loving God and loving one another. You can’t have one without the other. Loving God with all your being will cause His love to overflow from within you to other people, because this is precisely how He loves.
• You can’t really love other people unless you sincerely love God. True love comes from God. “Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God” (1 John 4:7). On the other hand, if you have a hard time getting along with people and showing love to your neighbor, then you must check your love for God. “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20)

Pruitt, Shane. Who’s Your One? 30 Day Devotional for Students. North American Mission Board.

Questions:

Many people have different definitions of Love.

• What is God’s definition of Love?
• We can’t really love others until we first love who?
• How can we show love towards God?

TOOL TIME:

Let’s spend some time preparing to do our part to reach our campus for Christ.

Learning to share your story:

Sharing your story outline

1. What was your life like before you encountered Jesus?
2. When and where did you first encounter Jesus?
3. When did you pray the prayer of salvation and start following Jesus?
4. Where do you attend church? Talk about your youth group and how it has impacted your life.
5. When were you baptized?
6. How has your life been different since you started following Jesus?
7. Close with what you want others to know. This is a good place to share your favorite scripture and challenge others to follow HIM.
8. Share the Gospel message using the four.

For two more ways to learn to share your story and God’s story, go to: https://firstpriority.club/storytraining

Prepare for Invite Week:

Who will be responsible for these areas:

• Pizza/Donut Order
• Welcome/Opening Prayer
• Game
• Guest Speaker
• Guest Speaker guidelines

Prayer Time – PREPARE:

• Take 2-3 minutes to allow students to share different prayer requests and pray for the needs of the students.
• Spend a few minutes praying for next week. Pray specifically for students’ lives to be forever changed by the Good News of Jesus Christ!

Prayer Cards:

• Use the Prayer Cards that were provided for the club.

Invite Cards:

• Use the Invite Cards that were provided for the club.
• Make sure to fill them out.

Announcements:

• This is the place for the club to make any announcements for the upcoming week and or month. This is a great spot to add student leaders to your team and give responsibilities to them. It is also the place to check on the upcoming school schedule for days off or breaks (your Faculty Sponsor is a great resource for this).

START UP:

Welcome:

• Say: Welcome to First Priority! (Be sure to welcome guests) We are so glad that you have chosen to join us today! Our focus this month has been “Doing” Today is connect week and we are so excited to share with you the many ways to connect with God through the local church.

Opening Prayer:

• Say: God, thank you for another great week that we get to be here at our First Priority! I am so thankful for those that committed their lives to follow Jesus last week. I am also thankful for the local church. Thank you, God, that you have placed people in groups that love you and that will help each other walk faithfully. In Jesus name, Amen.

Game:

• See Game List (www.firstpriority.club/games)
• Feel free to select a game that fits your needs best!

DIG IN:

The Way, The Truth, and the Life
Read: John 14:1-7

• I’m married and a father of five wonderful children, and I feel like I am really just now beginning to truly value the help and advice of those who are wiser than me. I also realize that the moment I stop learning will be the moment that I stop growing spiritually, mentally and emotionally. It’s very mature to follow people who know the way of life, who know important truths about it and who can help you live a healthy life both physically and spiritually.
• In John 14:6, we read one of the clearest declarations from God the Son: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”This is a very beautiful declaration by Jesus Christ. He doesn’t just help you or teach you, but He is the Way, He is Life and He is Truth. Jesus is not just a good way to God or one of several ways to Him, but He is in fact the only way to the Father, because He is the only One who has perfect communion with God the Father.
• Jesus is the Way that leads to life eternal; all other paths lead to death and destruction. He is the Life, and anything outside of Him is death. Jesus Christ is theTruth, and everything outside of Him is a lie. He is all and all, and He demands to be all and all in you. You must realize that He has to possess all of you, and you can’t hold on to anything. When you believe this, then you have the ability to be used in extraordinary ways!

Pruitt, Shane. Who’s Your One? 30 Day Devotional for Students. North American Mission Board.

Questions:

• What are other ways people try to get to heaven?
• How can we remind ourselves that Jesus is the only way to heaven this week?

TOOL TIME:

Prayer Time – CONNECT:

• Take 2-3 minutes to allow students to give different prayer requests and pray for the needs of the students. Spend a few minutes praying for local churches.

Connection:

Christ:

• Anyone want to share their connection to Christ story? (How they came to a relationship with Christ.)

Club:

• Who can we connect to club this next week?

Church:

• Ask students what churches they go to?
• Why do they go to their church?
• What do they love about their church?
  – Mentor share about their church!

Announcements:

• This is the place for the club to make any announcements for the upcoming week and or month.
• This is a great spot to add student leaders to your team and give responsibilities to them.
• It is also the place to check on the upcoming school schedule for days off or breaks (your Faculty Sponsor is a great resource for this).