Canvas: A Portrait of Humanity Leader Guide - Softcover

Desilva, David; Cherry, Rev Natalya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150185948X ISBN 13: 9781501859489

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2018

Synopsis

Affirm is a 6 week discipleship refresh from confirmation. With an emphasis on following Jesus and spiritual practices Affirm is great for a youth group series, a small group study, or for a weekend retreat. Providing leaders with the tools to enlist the support of their church and parents to help students grow stronger and go deeper with their relationship with Christ. While confirmation is an important part in the walk of faith, we all understand that it’s not the end of the journey. A lot happens in the months and years after students make their first faith commitment. While teenagers may have a basic understanding of what it means to be a Christian, they still need help to let their faith develop as it deepens and strengthens. Affirm was written with this challenge in mind, as a discipleship resource for youth leaders to guide their teens through the transition phase after confirmation. Through Affirm, teens will learn about and put into practice the following truths: • They are called to be both disciples and disciple makers. • They can experience deeper faith alongside their church family. • They should talk about what they believe and why. • Faith can be practiced in their everyday lives. With 6 creative, thought-provoking and easy-to-use lessons, Affirm is great for a youth group series, a small group study or for a weekend retreat. Affirm provides leaders with the tools to enlist the support of their church and parents to help students grow stronger and go deeper with their relationship to Christ.

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About the Authors

Dr. David A. deSilva, an elder in the Florida Annual Conference, attended Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary and earned his Ph.D. in Religion at Emory University. He currently serves as Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary. He has written over twenty books, including Unholy Allegiances: Heeding Revelation's Warning, The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Introducing the Apocrypha. He also served as Apocrypha Editor for the Common English Bible and has published extensively in journals, reference works, and adult Bible curriculum.

Dr. Natalya Cherry, an elder in the Susquehanna Conference, earned her BA from Georgetown University, MDiv from Wesley Theological Seminary, and PhD from Southern Methodist University. Having served churches in DC, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, she joined Brite Divinity School on the Campus of Texas Christian University in 2018 as Assistant Professor in Methodist Studies and Theology. Dr. Cherry, the author of several articles, is turning her dissertation, Believing Into Christ: Restoring the Relational Sense of Belief as Constitutive of the Christian Faith, into a book and is also working on multiple projects in Methodist Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 150185948X
• ISBN 13: 9781501859489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72