Teens · About 15 minutes

Pentecost and the Church's Public Beginning

This week we are revisiting Elders and Oversight. Keep the focus on what Acts 20:17-35; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9 actually says and one faithful response.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Connect Elders and Oversight to the story already learned in Church, Worship, and Mission.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Connect Elders and Oversight to the story already learned in Church, Worship, and Mission.
5 min
Read
Read a manageable selection from Acts 20:17-35; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9 and name direct observations.
3 min
Understand
Restate the big idea in your own words: New Testament elders are described through character, teaching ability, household credibility, and shepherding responsibility.
3 min
Play
Use Elders and Oversight Claim Audit verbally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Name one concrete faithful response for this week.

Talk about it

What does the passage directly say?
What meaning follows from it?
What is one response we can practise?

This week

Action: Choose one concrete response connected to new testament elders are described through character, teaching ability, household credibility, and shepherding responsibility and practise it this week.

Prayer: Thank God for what is clear in the passage; ask for wisdom to respond faithfully without claiming more than the text supports.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.

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