Ephesians for teens

Ever heard of Rod and Karen Morris' spicy ideas for Bible studies? They are so keen on the Bible that they wrote a book on leading better Bible studies and have saved many a study from dying a slow and painful death by a thousand Q&As...

Last term's Ephesians studies were inspired by them... (studies were more or less divided according to chapter divisions)


Chapter 1 - Timeline (Before the foundation of the world -> Jesus on earth -> Our time -> End of this age)

Paul pulls out the Imax Camera to show how God planned all of history around Jesus, with the intention of blessing us. (Application ~ Who's at the centre of the universe / history / your life? Does that match God's view?)


Chapter 2 - Divides (lists of contrasts, working in pairs)

How we used to walk and what our new walk looks like (1-10).
Who's in, who's out? How do you get in? (11-22)


Chapter 3 - Play Detective (gather clues)

What's the mystery? (1-6)
What's Paul's job? (7-13)
What does this have to do with the Ephesians & us? (14-21)


Chapter 4 - Patterns (discussion)

One
Body language & Church (unity and diverty)
Old and New Self

[Game: take turns naming a body part, when you repeat / get stumped, sit down]


Chapter 5 Walking (describe the pairs of people)

- Walking around & fill in lists (pinned up around the room) of how people are to behave.

Walking = conduct / practice.

[Game: adverbs game - The group decides to behave in a particular a manner (crazily, shyly, theatrically). The guesser asks any one of the group to do any action and has to guess what the manner is.]


Chapter 6 - Fashion Parade

Make Armour of God out of newspaper (2 teams). Someone narrates the model as they walk down the 'runway'.