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How ENCOUNTER™ Curriculum Works

Every week, ENCOUNTER™ curriculum provides a complete, four-step lesson plan. Each step contains two options, allowing the teacher to choose from activities best suited to his or her teens. Options include “hands-on” activities like drama, art, and games as well as intellectually engaging research, reporting, and discussion. Student pages from the student books and video, audio, and posters from the resource packet equip teachers to easily lead activities while allowing students to participate fully.

Each week’s lesson follows 4 easy steps:

  • Setting the Stage—students define the week’s topic
  • Searching the Word—students get into the Bible
  • Making It Real—students learn how the topic applies to their world
  • Living It Out—students apply the week’s topic to their personal lives

In addition, ENCOUNTER—The Magazine challenges students to bring home what they have studied. This eight-page magazine contains engaging articles and stories, daily lesson-related devotions, and even invitations to go online and blog about a topic of the week!

With eNCOUNTER Downloads for Small Groups, The Magazine also becomes small group material! A free four-page session guide download allows you to lead a small group session that coordinates with our weekly lesson using an article from our student magazine.

Do your teens need to get connected with God? No curriculum gives you more resources to do just that than ENCOUNTER™.

Every week Encounter challenges students with an engaging Bible topic that helps them understand God, the Bible, Christian Doctrine or Christian Worldviews. Your students experience lessons in a variety of ways to fit their learning.

Why You Will Love It

Encounter is:

  • Flexible—every lesson contains multiple options
  • Low prep—no more last-minute, long hours getting ready for a lesson
  • Biblically sound—students get into the Bible
  • Experiential—students participate in hands-on activities
  • Relational—engaging small group discussion help students and leaders build Christ-centered relationships

Great for Sunday morning, Sunday evening or mid-week!

Lesson Length—45 – 90 minutes

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