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Thanksgiving Bible Lessons for Youth: 6 Free Ministry Resources

Thanksgiving Bible lessons for youth

Need creative Thanksgiving Bible lessons for youth? Then check out these free resources from our friends at YM360. That team works to encourage, equip, serve, and support youth workers like you. They provide Gospel-centered, biblically solid, easy-to-teach, Bible study resources.

Below you’ll find 6 high-quality lessons and some fun games. They’re designed specifically for use during the Thanksgiving season. Thanks for your dedication to teaching teens!

6 Thanksgiving Bible Lessons for Youth

Grow gratitude among the teens in your youth group with these lessons and games.

1. Expressing Thanks

Lesson Objective: Help students discover how three people in the Bible responded with thanks to God’s blessings. Then lead students to be more thankful in their day-to-day lives.

Lesson Includes: Teaching Plan, Student Activity Sheet

2. Changing Thankfulness

Lesson Objective: Help students understand how offering thanks to God expanded throughout the Bible. Then see what that means as they look for ways to offer their own thanks to God.

Lesson Includes: Teaching Plan, PowerPoint

3. Thankful in All Things

Lesson Objective: Help students understand that a thankful heart involves more than just words and thoughts. Gratitude is a spiritual attitude that develops when we give God thanks for all things and in all situations.

Lesson Includes: Teaching Plan, PowerPoint, Student Handout

4. Thankful in Praise

Lesson Objective: At a time when we are mindful of all we have, the proper response to God’s blessings is to praise Him. Let’s give thanks for the favor He has shown us and the great things He has done in our lives. 

Lesson Includes: Teaching Plan, PowerPoint