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Prayer of Recollection

Guided meditation based on Saint Teresa of Avila's prayer method.

Violence

Rev. Dr. Dori Baker and Dr. Patrick B. Reyes present a lecture on violence.

Resilience

Dr. Rodger Nishioka and Rev. Dominique Robinson present a lecture on resilience.

Peacemaking & Reconciliation

Dr. David Anderson Hooker and Dr. Elizabeth Corrie present a lecture on Peacemaking and Reconciliation.

Community

Dr. Kara Powell and Rev. Mike Park present a lecture on investing in intergenerational ministry.

Becoming a Spiritual Athlete

This lesson will help youth to develop spiritual practices that can help to prevent self-destructive behaviors.

The Forgotten Billion

This lesson will focus making youth aware of the injustice in the world.

Intelligent in More Ways Than One

In this lesson, youth will learn to appreciate their own intelligence as well as the gifts of others.

Bravery and Imagination

In this lesson, we will introduce young people to the idea of prophetic imagination.

Rejoicing in Adolescence: A Parable of God

David White, C. Ellis and Nancy Gribble Nelson Professor of Christian Education and Professor in Methodist Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary on whether adolescence constitutes an aesthetic or joyful stage in the life cycle.

Trusting God in Anxious Times

In this lesson, youth will learn how faith can help them to deal with anxiety.

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

This lesson takes a piece of popular culture and uses it to show how youth can find the sacred in the secular.

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