Faithlink: This weekly resource from the UMC is designed for adults but can be easily adapted for conversations with youth.

LinC: This weekly youth curriculum cost $8 per week and provides a lesson that examines the latest music, movies, news, and current events through a biblical lens.

Faith Lens: This free blog from the ELCA provides a weekly Bible study that engages youth and young adults in connecting world events with the Bible, faith, and everyday life.

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Curriculum or Program Resources

EMerge - A Cokesbury program that has had some good reviews from youth workers I know.

Veracity Videos - Another Cokesbury curriculum that is attached to the confirmation and Claim the Life education series

Trigger - A newer Youth Specialties/Zondervan resource that is edgy.

You Teach - If you’ve ever encountered the Skit Guys, this series uses their skit humor as discussion starters.

Nooma - Most popular and effective with older youth, these videos by Rob Bell are essentially sermons in video form.  It can be expensive to buy the whole set, but one idea shared with me recently is to invite congregation members to give a new Nooma video to the youth program as a Christmas gift.  They run about $10 for each video.

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Web Stores to Search and Preview

bluefishtv.com

worshiphousemedia.com

www.mediashout.com

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Movie Illustrations

Ask your youth to come up with a year’s worth of movie clip discussion starters, or try these resources.

Wingclips - Clips from current and older films grouped by topic

Reel Faith - the website also links to websites that provide legal use of movie clips

Reel to Real, Group’s Blockbuster Movie Illustrations, the Video’s That Teach series (all available through Cokesbury)

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Click on comments under the post title above to add your own ideas for video resources!!!