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ADVENT YOUTH LESSONS SERIES

How do you think the writer feels about the future? How does the fact that the present is so difficult change the power of this passage?.

Explain that the time then was a hard, dark season. Have students read the verse and then tell them that it was written during a time when there was a lot of persecution of God’s people.

ADVENT YOUTH LESSONS SERIES

If you have time, you can do a multiple-elimination tournament-style series of rounds. The team that downs the most cards in a minute wins. The directors then shout changes for the shooter’s aim while the reloader hands the shooter another rubber band. The reloader hands the shooter a rubber band, and the shooter tries to hit one of the cards. The game begins with the shooter being blindfolded. To begin, divide into teams and appoint one student on each team the “reloader,” another the “shooter,” and the rest as “directors.” Put a row of playing cards on the clothespin stands at the end of a table on one side of the room. Before the game, attach clothespins to the bottom of playing cards to serve as stands. In this team-based game, students will work together to shoot playing cards with rubber bands. The discussion dives into the Bible reading from Isaiah, exploring hope and restoration in tough times and the activity helps students turn their hope into a visible reminder either in the youth ministry space or in their homes.

The icebreaker will help students work together as a team. Keep that in mind as you process through all these elements. This week is about finding hope in challenging times.