Compass 21 Shared Value Resources
The resources linked to the values listed below are based on YU's timeless 7 Biblical Shared Values of Youth Ministry.

Transformational - growing and challenging students to live out their faith by processing Biblical truths and applying them to their lives -- Romans 12:2

• The Seven Deadly Sin, A Survival Guide
  Student Resources:  978-1-59255-420-1
  Leader Guide:  978-1-59255-421-8

• This course engages students in a process of spiritual formation, helping them to diagnose barriers to discipleship, remove them, and replace them with a corresponding new habit of thought and feeling.   Author Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung gives a contemporary translation to this classic motif of Christian discipleship that connects with young people.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-Leaders-Guide 
  

• Living Your Faith in a Messed Up World
     Student Resources: 978-1-59255-423-2 
     Online Leader Guide: Free online access with the purchase of Student Resources

   DVD:  978-1-59255-459-1 $24.95 (also available free online with the purchase of Student Resources)

• This 15-session study for older teens and young adults focuses on what the Christian Reformed Church's Contemporary Testimony has to say about how we live out our lives as Reformed Christians through the lens of current events.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Living-Your-Faith-in-a-Messed-Up-World-DVD

• Believe It! 16 Things you Need to Know About Your Faith

   Leader CD: 978-1-59255-426-3 

• Looking for a resource that helps teens fully understand reformed concepts?  This 16-session small group course for teens and small groups is based on the Belgic Confession and provides the basics of Reformed doctrine.  Lessons are quick and easy, and the entire course is included on a single CD.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Believe-It-Leaders-Guide-on-CD

• Walk With Me, Grades 6-8, Year 2 - the "Believe" year, focusing on doctrine

• This entire year of Walk With Me curriculum (36 lessons in all) covers Q&A 1-78 from Q&A: A Summary of Biblical Teachings.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Children/Walk-With-Me

• Walk With Me, Grades 6-8, "Bible Reading" (Year 1, Unit 2)
     Student Resources: 978-1-59255-120-0
     Leader Guide: 978-1-59255-121-7

• These Walk With Me units include "Finding Your Way Through the Bible", "How to Read the Bible", "Make it a Habit".
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Walk-With-Me-Yr-1-6-8-Unit-2-Leader

• Walk With Me, Grades 6-8, "Talking With God" (Year 1, Unit 4)
     Student Resources: 978-1-59255-124-8
     Leader Guide: 978-1-59255-125-5

• These Walk With Me units cover "Questions About Prayer", "How to Pray", "What to Pray", and "Making Prayer a Habit".
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Walk-With-Me-Yr-1-6-8-Unit-4-Leader

• A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why
  Textbook: 978-1-56212-779-4
  Teacher Manual: 978-1-56212-780-0

• Written by Cornelius Plantinga, this unique collection of daily devotions for Christian teenagers clearly and systematically teaches students the language and basic truths of the Christian faith within the Reformed tradition. The teacher's manual includes background material to enhance understanding of the lessons, step-by-step procedures for each lesson, and lesson variations that can adapt to the specific needs of your students. Through this course, students will acquire and use a basic "faith vocabulary" common to the Reformed tradition, grasp the systematic structure of Reformed doctrine and gain a deeper understanding of the bond between Scripture and doctrine, recognize how the doctrines of the church are expressed in its confessions and teachings, and see a clear connection between doctrine and life.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/A-Sure-Thing

• Quest of Faith     978-0-930265-74-8

• Newly revised and updated!  A brief review of Reformed teachings that helps new Christians think through and deepen their faith.  In this book, Robert DeMoor leads the reader through basic questions about the Christian faith and our Reformed heritage. For each question he suggests possible answers that stimulate readers to formulate their own answers and speak clearly and knowledgeably about what they believe. Great for pre-profession of faith classes.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Quest-of-Faith

• Route 66:  A Road Trip Through the Bible
  Student book: 978-1-59255-200-9
  Leader Resources: 978-1-59255-201-6

• A Bible overview course that presents "the big picture" for high school students.  Teens become acquainted with the structure and content of the Bible, learn about the major themes that unify the Bible, and are challenged to respond in their daily lives. The leader's guide includes reproducible handouts and a large wall chart.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/Route-66-Leaders-Guide

• Reformed Handbook

978-1-59255-297-9

• An essential "field guide" for all things Reformed.  Organized into "Church Stuff", "Everyday Stuff", and "Bible Stuff". This handbook uses humor to make complexities of our religious tradition accessible to all.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/The-Reformed-Handbook

• No Easy Answers

• A Christian ethics course with real-life dilemmas and case studies organized around the Ten Commandments. No Easy Answers is highly interactive and great for teens and young adults.  Completely downloadable.
• http://www.faithaliveresources.org/No-Easy-Answers