Sex & Relationships 1

A session exploring the theme of sex and relationships, what the bible says and what the young people think

Suitable For Ages 14 upwards (depending on maturity)

Required: Friends season 8 DVD (and means of playing it), pens, paper, flip-chart, OSBD Sex Video,

Extra Files Needed (i.e. worksheets etc): Agony Aunt Activity – click to download

Session Plan

Opening: Disclaimer – It’s important to emphasise the importance of keeping what is said in this session within the group, this way the young people will feel more open for discussing things

Ice Breaker What are the 3 most important qualities in a boyfriend/girlfriend

Had you appeared on the TV programme Blind Date what would your three questionss have been?

Video Clip – OSBD – Catholic 18 year old talks about Sex (This is available from osbd.org under the ‘Talk Trigger’ category)

Brainstorm! – Flip Chart Time!

What the Young People think the worlds view on sex is

What the Young People think God thinks about sex

Read: Genesis 2:18 – 26 – God creates woman!

Say: Relationships are God’s idea!

Read
‘And said, for this cause, shall a man leave his father and mother and he shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh’

Matthew 19:6 – ‘Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh, what therefore God hath joined together let no man pull apart

Explain: Cleave means to be glued together, when you glue things together you don’t intend on them coming apart.

Illustration: 2 Pieces of paper being glued and ripped several times to show that sex wasn’t intend to be with multiple people

Questions! – Use these as topic starters for a group discussion, give the young people a chance to ask their own questions too!

How far is too far?
What do I say to my friends?
What about dating non-Christians
Celibacy
Singleness
What is love?

Agony Aunt Exercise: Split the group into boys and girls and get them to answer the agony aunt/uncle letters which are downloadable with this resource

Video Clip: Friends Season 8 ‘The One Where Rachel Tells Ross’ from 8minutes 40 until 14 minutes 40
Prior to this clip ask the group to be thinking about the issues in the clip and what they think of the image of sex portrayed in the clip

Follow-Up Let them chat about the clip!

To Finish Have a time of prayer, perhaps praising God for girls/guys/sex etc, ask for wisdom in relationships, self control and to put Him first.