If you’re short on prep time or just looking for some extra guidance, our weekly Leader Training for Explore the Bible Students is designed to help you lead your students through the week’s lesson.

This is the Leader Training for Session 2 of our Winter 2025–26 study of Luke, Ezekiel, 2 Kings, Daniel, 1 & 2 Peter, and Hebrews (suggested use date: December 14, 2025).

You can download this week’s leader training in PDF format here.

Want to prepare even further ahead? All our Leader Training guides, as well as the Daily Reading Plan and Parent Ministry Video Script, can be found at https://explorethebible.lifeway.com/studentextras.

Daily Bible Reading Plan

Our Daily Bible Reading Plan leads students to read through each quarter’s books of the Bible one day at a time.

(Note: Starting Fall 2025, Explore the Bible Students follows a different reading timeline than Explore the Bible Adults.)

Parent Ministry Video Script

The busyness of life and mounting to-dos keep many families from engaging meaningfully with their local church’s student ministry. However, just like with student ministry, building and nurturing relationships with parents is crucial. We want to assist you in creating better connections, even with those hard-to-reach parents. Our easy-to-customize parent ministry script can help you record a brief video to connect with parents at the beginning of each new quarter of Explore the Bible for Students. Download the Winter 2025 script here!

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Additional Helps:

Youth ministry can be lonely work. Collaborate in a caring online community with hundreds of other youth ministers like you—join Youth Ministry Booster!

Define the Relationship: Growing a Parent Ministry that Brings Families and Churches Together is a research-driven guide that takes a comprehensive look at how churches can implement a parent ministry strategy to help both parents and students grow in their relationship with the Lord.