Paradosis
Each month your youth group learns a topic together. Then every student takes it to an older Christian they trust, asks five questions, and keeps what that person said.
Sign in to startHow it works“One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.”Psalm 145:4
Handed on, one conversation at a time
Paradosis is the New Testament’s word for what is handed over: the faith one generation received and delivers to the next (2 Thessalonians 2:15).
Most churches would say the generations should talk to each other. Very few have a way to make it happen. Paradosis is that way: a lesson becomes a real conversation about how a truth has played out in someone’s life.
For the older members, somebody finally asks. It is one conversation with the questions already written, which is a much smaller thing to say yes to than a year of Sunday school. And young people leave knowing more adults than the youth pastor.
What each one gets
How it works
A leader starts a group
Pick a curriculum (Straight Path today, more to come) and a pace. Students 13 and up join with a code.
The group meets on a topic
The same topic, verse and words a family sees at home and in the Walk.
Each student asks someone older
A grandparent, an aunt, a family friend, a church member. Anvoy gives them the questions and keeps the notes.
Nobody is left out
A student with no one to ask is matched by the leader with an adult whose background check is on file, after a parent says yes.
The next meeting starts from what they heard
The shared lines, without names, and questions for the room.
Straight Path
Twelve pits the enemy sets for young people, and the straight path around each one, walked with someone who loves them.
Tell a youth leader
A pastor, a Sunday school teacher, a youth leader who wants the handing-on to be on purpose.
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