Before the Session

• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Encourage your group to listen to the FaithElement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).

Context

Show the Spiderman clip and ask:

• How often have you heard the essential message of this clip and under what circumstances?
• What did you argue over with your parents or guardians while you were growing up?
• How important do you think those arguments are now and why?
• In what ways might we be shaped by the various points of conflict we have with our families while growing up?
• How does the process of working out our personal faith play out in the way we relate to others as we develop?

Content

Have someone read aloud Luke 2:41-52, then play the Bible Background Video and ask: