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<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s only been a couple months now that my team has been using this material, but I can tell you it\u2019s been a help. And I wanted to share it with any readers out there involved in youth ministry. It\u2019s saved me hours upon hours of work. It\u2019s helped us to step up our connectivity with our students and even their parents. And it\u2019s allowed me to focus on the important job of spending time with my students.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll share a couple of the things I like about this material for your help.<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0The material is quality.<\/strong> Hands-down this HAS to be the most important thing. It makes no sense for any ministry to use small group material that isn\u2019t actually good. So I perused the material pretty seriously and thought it looked good. In actual practice we haven\u2019t been disappointed. It sparks great conversations, covers a number of good topics, and brings in some good illustrations as well.<\/p>\n 2. \u00a0The online feature is very helpful.<\/strong> It\u2019s really nice reducing even the little aspects of what I once did. I would not only have to write out the curriculum and think of good questions. On top of that I had to email all my leaders and send it to them. We\u2019re talking just a few minutes, granted. But now they can get the lessons at their own discretion whenever they want! It gives them a chance, if they want, to take a Saturday and even look over the next couple weeks in one sitting.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0The perks really do add something.<\/strong> To be fair, not all of the small group leaders feel the need to take advantage of all the perks available. To me, that\u2019s fine. I just like that they\u2019re there and available for when you do want to use them. These include a pre-packaged email to parents letting them know what their kids will be talking about. It also includes predesigned texts to send to students to entice them to come. And then there\u2019s follow up material as well. These are things I had only wished I could do on my own, but simply didn\u2019t have time for.<\/p>\n All in all, I\u2019m really pleased with using Simply Youth Ministry\u2019s LIVE Curriculum. In case you\u2019re wondering, no, I\u2019m not getting anything out of this promotion. But I\u2019m hoping that some youth pastors might. We\u2019re always looking for good materials. And nothing beats hearing some personal experiences.<\/p>\n Details: It was just under $700 for us to buy the 2-year junior high and 4-year high school material.<\/p>\n So do you recommend any other small group curriculum out there? Have you used LIVE and have anything to add? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"