{"id":65171,"date":"2017-10-30T23:50:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T03:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siteground.stuffyoucanuse.org\/?p=44834"},"modified":"2017-10-30T23:50:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T03:50:36","slug":"64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Player” background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” _builder_version=”3.0.76″] [crazyplayer_narrow id=”” title=”64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence” artist=”Youth Ministry Answers” url=”http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ymanswers\/64Scope.mp3″ thumb=”https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/YMApodcastimage.jpg” theme=”#cf3c3f” bgcolor=”#1e2226″ autoplay=”true”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Description” background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” _builder_version=”3.0.76″]<\/p>\n

Description:<\/h2>\n
Dallas (a youth pastor in South Carolina) wants to know why it\u2019s so important to have a scope and sequence for your sermons and how to develop one that works for your unique context. In this episode, Elle shares what she\u2019s learned about developing a scope and sequence, not only from educators, but also through the experience of creating one for\u00a0Grow Curriculum and Annual Strategy.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
WHAT IS A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
A scope<\/b> is what<\/i> you\u2019ll teach. A sequence<\/b> is when<\/i> you\u2019ll teach it. \u201cScope and sequence\u201d is a term familiar to anyone in the education system, but teaching math in a school setting is a lot different from teaching teenagers about faith. Unlike school, we can\u2019t assume students will show up consistently \u2014 we have to assume they\u2019ll show up inconsistently, visitors will show up unexpectedly, and that no two teenagers will be on the same page spiritually. You can find a lot of resources online for developing a scope and sequence in the context of a school, but keep in mind you need to contextualize it for a youth ministry.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
So how do we create a scope and sequence for our youth ministries? Here are 4 steps.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
1. ASSEMBLE A TEAM<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Don\u2019t try to do this alone. This is really important. You need other people around the table to help guide the process. Part of your \u201cteam\u201d could be a curriculum company (like\u00a0Grow<\/a>!). Grab as many sample scope and sequences as possible and compare them for ideas.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
2. DETERMINE<\/span> HOW<\/i> YOU<\/span>\u2019<\/span>LL TEACH<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Will you teach stand-alone messages or in series? (We recommend a series-based teaching strategy.) How long will your series be? (We recommend 4-week series for consistency and ease of planning.) Will you teach topically, with book studies, or with character studies? (We recommend a combination of all of these, including hybrids, like a topical study that is also a book study.)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
3. BRAINSTORM IN LAYERS<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
This is where a creative board (or a big blank wall) and index cards or post-it notes will come in handy. You\u2019ll need 4 colors. Create one column for every month of the year. Get your team together and set aside 4 blocks of time to brainstorm in 4 layers, in this order . . .<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Links” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” module_alignment=”left” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n

Links:<\/h2>\n

Experience Mission:\u00a0experiencemission.org<\/a><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Record A Message Button” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_module=”41930″ module_alignment=”left” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”] \"q\"<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”We Need Your Help” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_module=”41931″]<\/p>\n

We Need Your Help:<\/h2>\n

Did you like what you heard? Please help us out by taking a few seconds to rate and review our podcast on iTunes. It really will go a long way to help us spread this tool to youth workers all over the world.
\nClick Here To Rate And Review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[crazyplayer_narrow id=”” title=”64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence” artist=”Youth Ministry Answers” url=”http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ymanswers\/64Scope.mp3″ thumb=”https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/YMApodcastimage.jpg” theme=”#cf3c3f” bgcolor=”#1e2226″ autoplay=”true”] Description: Dallas (a youth pastor in South Carolina) wants to know why it\u2019s so important to have a scope and sequence for your sermons and how to develop one that works for your unique context. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[26,29,52,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-podcasts","category-podcast-leadership","category-podcast-small-groups","category-ym-answers"],"yoast_head":"\n64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry - Stuff You Can Use<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry - Stuff You Can Use\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[crazyplayer_narrow id="" title="64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence" artist="Youth Ministry Answers" url="http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ymanswers\/64Scope.mp3" thumb="https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/YMApodcastimage.jpg" theme="#cf3c3f" bgcolor="#1e2226" autoplay="true"] Description: Dallas (a youth pastor in South Carolina) wants to know why it\u2019s so important to have a scope and sequence for your sermons and how to develop one that works for your unique context. In […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stuff You Can Use\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-31T03:50:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Noah Hinson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Noah Hinson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/\",\"name\":\"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry - Stuff You Can Use\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-31T03:50:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8b15bafe41654ad25b02d1c0e7c2c9c5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/\",\"name\":\"Stuff You Can Use\",\"description\":\"Helping Churches Grow\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8b15bafe41654ad25b02d1c0e7c2c9c5\",\"name\":\"Noah Hinson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0384ab3053de4ade67219c510e720c65?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0384ab3053de4ade67219c510e720c65?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Noah Hinson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/author\/kennycampbell24\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry - Stuff You Can Use","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry - Stuff You Can Use","og_description":"[crazyplayer_narrow id=\"\" title=\"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence\" artist=\"Youth Ministry Answers\" url=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/ymanswers\/64Scope.mp3\" thumb=\"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/YMApodcastimage.jpg\" theme=\"#cf3c3f\" bgcolor=\"#1e2226\" autoplay=\"true\"] Description: Dallas (a youth pastor in South Carolina) wants to know why it\u2019s so important to have a scope and sequence for your sermons and how to develop one that works for your unique context. In […]","og_url":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/","og_site_name":"Stuff You Can Use","article_published_time":"2017-10-31T03:50:36+00:00","author":"Noah Hinson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Noah Hinson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/","url":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/","name":"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry - Stuff You Can Use","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-10-31T03:50:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8b15bafe41654ad25b02d1c0e7c2c9c5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/64-develop-scope-sequence-youth-ministry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"64 | How To Develop A Scope And Sequence For Your Youth Ministry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/","name":"Stuff You Can Use","description":"Helping Churches Grow","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8b15bafe41654ad25b02d1c0e7c2c9c5","name":"Noah Hinson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0384ab3053de4ade67219c510e720c65?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0384ab3053de4ade67219c510e720c65?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Noah Hinson"},"url":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/author\/kennycampbell24\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuffyoucanuse.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}