InWord Online - The "School-Year Humility" Issue

The "Back-To-School Humility" Issue

July 2011

In This Issue

1. From Barry: Tapping into the Strength of Humility

2. TRY THIS: Getting Your Humble On!

3. Media Presentation: Memorize THIS!

4. Free Session: A little something from Philippians

5. InWord Online: Real Content. Real Tools. Real Free.

6. Check Out InWord!

Humility. It's a trait that's a bit off the beaten path, especially when we're in back-to-school mode. Yet it's a trait that comes with promises that we dream about for our teens: guidance and lift from God. Those things could be useful in the course of a school year. So, maybe this newsletter can be a tool to help you and your students get your humble on for the 2011-2012 school year!

1. From Barry: Tapping into the Strength of Humility

When we picture our teens moving into the crucible of a new school year we usually picture ourselves, as youth workers, loading them up with confidence and power to navigate the challenges that will come their way. Confidence and power are good, but there's one more, often-overlooked trait that could be the best school-prep trait yet: humility.

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2. TRY THIS: Getting Your Humble On!

Humility isn't the first thing you think of when you think about prepping teens for another school year. In fact, school culture is a minefield of humiliation booby traps waiting to tear down any unsuspecting student. To equip a student with humility seems counterintuitive. Thankfully, there is a big difference between humility and humiliation.

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Post a comment on how you used this exercise! Your creativity will improve its application.

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3. Media Presentation: Memorize THIS!

Use this PowerPoint presentation to help your students hide in their hearts the divine mandate and overwhelming benefits of humbleness. You can download a video version or the actual PowerPoint file.

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Post a comment on how you used this media presentation! Your creativity will encourage others in putting some doing in their hearing.

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4. Free Session: A Little Something from Philippians

It's no accident that one of the most effective methods of teaching any skill or subject is to lead by example. God wired us to learn that way! That's why Jesus didn't just tell us how to follow God; He showed us. Titled "Imitation-the Highest Form of Flattery," session 4 of InWord's small-group study Learning To Be Like Christ (Philippians) will help motivate you and your students to adopt the posture of humility as you move into the 2010-2011 school year.

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5. InWord Online: Real Content. Real Tools. Real Free.

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