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Encouragement

Helping others face difficult challenges or hardships, exhortation. (See also comfort, helping)

Activities
	Compliment Hat How do others see me? How do I see myself? An activity that is sure to be an encouragement and a boost of self-esteem.
Lesson
	Encouragement True encouragement only can come from God. Relying upon Christ in our time of need, and listening for God’s Holy Spirit is how we can truly receive (and give) encouragement.
	Ephesians: Living in Faith To help students understand what it means to defend their faith.
	Faith, Love and Encouragement Paul letters to the Thessalonians reminds them that it is their faith, love, prayer, and endurance that will see them through.
	I Got Your Back A lesson on how we can build strong relationships and look out for one another as genuine brothers and sisters in Christ.
	Last Things A lesson to motivate students to allow the last things of the end of the age to effect their lives today.
	Our Connection to Each Other This lesson on the book of Colossians places emphasis on understanding our connection to each other.
	The Church: Accountability This lesson focuses on the need for "accountability" relationships with other members of the church for encouragement and Spiritual growth.
	The End This lesson gives students a Biblical perspective of the End Times.
	The Supremacy of Endurance This lesson teaches on the importance of developing an enduring faith, a faith which will enable us to endure to the end.
Tips For Leaders
	Accountability: Remembering Who You Work For One of the most difficult things about working with youth is understanding who it is you really answer to.
	Communication: The Newcomer Bridging the communication gap between the newcomer and the rest of the class
	Group Building: Don't Do It Alone Some of us try to build our youth ministries alone even though we do not live any other part of our lives that way.
	Motivation: Defeating Discouragement Overcoming Discouragement and Staying Motivated.
	Teaching: Before and After Sometimes the best teaching occurs outside the lesson.
	Teaching: Involving Parents As leaders of youth ministries, it should be our goal to minister with parents, not around them.