ArreniteLittle Way › Ages 13 to 17
Ages 13 to 17: Real life
Honest, short reflections on who you are, being worth something, friendship, phones and rest. Written to be read alone, with no lecture.
Verses are from the King James Version, with plain-words help beside any old-fashioned words.
Hints for you
Offer, do not insist. Leave the page open where they can find it, and ask later only if they want to talk.
Every day: the thirty-day journey
One short reading, one question and one tiny thing to do, each day. Start at day 1, or open any day below.
Show all thirty days
- 1 You are wonderfully made
- 2 God is love
- 3 Be still
- 4 God looks after the birds
- 5 Trust
- 6 Be kind
- 7 Gentle words
- 8 Treat others well
- 9 Be brave
- 10 When I am afraid
- 11 A day to be glad
- 12 Say thank you
- 13 Tell the truth
- 14 Do your best
- 15 Be a light
- 16 A lamp for the path
- 17 You were made for good things
- 18 Give your cares to God
- 19 Come and rest
- 20 A friend loves at all times
- 21 Better together
- 22 Look at the sky
- 23 Fruit of the Spirit
- 24 What is good
- 25 Sleep in peace
- 26 Sweet words
- 27 Love is patient
- 28 Never alone
- 29 Thank you, God
- 30 A blessing
Every week: the family curriculum
Fifty-two lessons in four units. Each has a Bible passage, a memory verse, questions, an activity and a prayer for ages 13 to 17.
- Unit 1: In the Beginning · Start at week 1
- Unit 2: God Is With Us · Start at week 14
- Unit 3: Jesus Comes · Start at week 27
- Unit 4: Jesus Is Alive · Start at week 40
Reflections for ages 13 to 17
Five short pages, written to be read alone.
- Who am I? · Identity: who you are when nobody is rating you.
- Do I matter? · Worth: why your value is not something you have to earn.
- Real friends · Friendship: being a good friend, and finding good ones.
- Phones and attention · Phones: noticing what your screen is doing to your attention and mood.
- Permission to rest · Rest: why stopping is not laziness.
Games
Quiet games with no timers or prizes.
- Match the verse · Turn over cards to find a Bible verse and its address.
- Put the verse in order · Tap the pieces to build the verse in the right order.
- Kindness days · Mark the days you did something kind, and get ideas.
Printables
Free to print: a colouring page and a sheet of memory verse cards, and a four-week sample of the leader guide for ages 13 to 17. The full printable pack is being prepared for Etsy.
Other ages: 3 to 5 6 to 8 9 to 12
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