This four-session unit from the Connect series is designed to teach middle school youth how to incorporate the biblical vision of peace into their relationships at home, in school, in society and in the world community.
Session 1: Peace Begins With Me - helps youth practice nonviolent methods of conflict resolution.
Session 2: School Violence - helps to develop a Christian response to violence in America's schools.
Session 3: Media Violence - helps youth understand how they are influenced by violence in the popular culture.
Session 4: War and Peace in the Global Environment - helps youth understand that the walls that divide us as individuals also divide us as nations.
Scriptures referenced in this unit include:
Exodus 20:1-17
Isaiah 65:17-25
Matthew 5:9,43-48
Luke 10:30-37
John 8:1-11
Galatians 5:22-26
Ephesians 2:13-22
Philippians 4:8
