This four-session unit from the Connect series helps middle school teens look at some mistakes, goofs and blunders they commit and discover how to evaluate each of these, how to atone for each and how to handle their feelings when someone they trust makes a serious mistake.
Session 1: Bushels of Blunders - helps youth to recognize that mistakes come in many different kinds and levels of seriousness.
Session 2: You Must Be Perfect! - seeks to understand what Christ's call for his followers to be perfect means.
Session 3: But I'm Not Perfect! What Now? - helps youth explore the concept of forgiveness.
Session 4: But I Trusted That Person! - helps youth deal with the failures of those they trust and respect.
Scriptures referenced in this unit include:
Psalm 103:8-13
Amos 5:21-24
Micah 6:6-8
Matthew 5-7; 9:1-8; 15:16-20; 18:21-22; 23:23-24; 26:30-35,69-75
Luke 15:11-24
John 8:1-11; 21
Hebrews 4:15
1 Timothy 1:5