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Title:  Guys and Girls:  Are You Datable?  Are They? (week 7)
Lesson in a Sentence:  God places standards on the people we can date.
Understandable Message:  This week we want students to understand the standards by which God wants us to select our future significant others/spouses.  Following the story of Isaac and Rebecca, Abraham had 4 requirements of his future daughter-in-law which we can follow yet today:  1)  They must be follower of God;  2)  God reveals the right person to us;  3)  They must demonstrate their faith and trust in God;  4)  They must have a servant's spirit and live out selfless love. 
Scripture: Genesis 24 – Story of Isaac & Rebbecca
Humor/Fun Element:  This week Jared led a game involving a relay with everyone’s shoes.  Needless to say the room smelled like smelly feet (think typical Junior High boy…).  We also showed a video of what it would look like if Superman started dating.
Favorite Moment:  This week we tried something new without the music portion of our normal service.  I don’t think anyone even noticed.  We’re in the process of developing a new youth led worship band and team.  In lieu of the extra time I was able to spend a little more in the development of the story of Isaac and Rebecca.  This entire series I’ve been limited to 10 minutes to preach.  This week I got to spend about 20 minutes—a slight change of pace—to which everyone was really engaged and following along.  It was exciting to also spend time after the service to really talk to a few students about some of these things.  God is at work!
 


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