Youth for Christ

Consumerism 2: Contentment

Key themes: Money, Justice, Happiness

Key Bible Verses: 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Philippians 4:12-13

This session is to help the group explore how fortunate they are to own many possessions, and to help them realise how wealthy they are in comparison to many other people in the world. Thus the aim is to teach the group to be content with what they have, addressing greed and jealousy.

Keywords: Consumerism, Possessions, Contentment

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Meeting aims:
• To be aware of how a proportion of the world lives • To consider what the group have in terms of possessions, compared to other people in the world • To be challenged about living contentedly

Other resources needed:
‘How much have we got?’ graph (see photocopiable sheet) Pens Slumdog Millionaire DVD (15) DVD player and TV Sweets (2 activities) 2x Plastic cups Bibles

Other downloadable resources needed:
PowerPoint - Consumerism HP5