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3 weeks helping students navigate friendships.
$45.00
Friendship is one of the most important parts of a teenager’s life. Students spend hours texting, hanging out, and navigating the ups and downs of friend groups. But as meaningful as friendships can be, they are also messy. Cliques form, drama erupts, feelings get hurt, and selfishness sneaks in. If students don’t have a gospel-centered perspective, they’ll either settle for shallow connections or let unhealthy patterns define their closest relationships.
There For You is a 3-week youth ministry curriculum that helps students view friendship through the lens of the gospel. Instead of approaching relationships the way culture tells them to, teens will discover how God’s Kingdom values diversity, how Jesus models love in friendship, and how to navigate drama in healthy, Christ-centered ways. This series equips students not only to choose good friends but to be good friends — reflecting the love, grace, and wisdom of Christ in their everyday lives.
This series takes students into the heart of what gospel-shaped friendship looks like. In Week 1, they’ll see that the Kingdom of God is beautifully diverse — and their friend groups can reflect that same Kingdom diversity. In Week 2, they’ll explore how Jesus treated His friends with compassion, empathy, and patience, offering a model for how they can love others the way God loves them. And in Week 3, they’ll dive into one of the most common struggles students face — friend drama — and learn how to handle it by listening, speaking wisely, and extending invitations to reconciliation.
By reframing friendship through Scripture, students will begin to see that friendships aren’t just about convenience, shared interests, or avoiding loneliness. They’re about reflecting God’s Kingdom, God’s love, and God’s wisdom in the way we treat each other.
Week 1 – Kingdom Diversity in Friendships (John 11:5)
Intro: Friend groups tend to look the same — people who share our interests and experiences.
Truth: Jesus’ circle of friends included Matthew, Mary, and Martha — a diverse group in His cultural context. He modeled what the diverse Kingdom of heaven looks like on earth.
Takeaway: When you see friendship through the gospel, your friend groups reflect the diversity of the Kingdom.
Week 2 – Loving Friends as God Loves (John 11:32-35)
Intro: Treating friends well isn’t easy when selfishness, anger, or annoyance creeps in.
Truth: Jesus showed compassion, patience, and empathy toward His friends, reflecting God’s love in practical ways.
Takeaway: When you see friendship through the gospel, your love for friends reflects God’s love for them.
Week 3 – Handling Drama God’s Way (Luke 10:38-42)
Intro: Every student knows the stress of friend drama — and how it can either build or break relationships.
Truth: When Jesus was caught in the middle of a conflict between friends, He modeled how to respond with wisdom: He listened, spoke truth, and invited change.
Takeaway: When you see friendship through the gospel, you’ll listen, speak, and invite.
Addresses a universal teen need: Every student wrestles with friendships — this series meets them where they are.
Practical and biblical: Ties real-life friendship struggles directly to gospel truths.
Equips students for drama and diversity: Prepares teens to thrive in friend groups that reflect God’s Kingdom.
Includes everything you need: Video messages, leader guides, small group questions, and graphics.
