Faith & Justice Youth Curriculum for 2026 | UMC YoungPeople
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November 2025

Faith & Justice Youth Curriculum for 2026

By Chris Wilterdink

Thank you to our friends at The General Board of Church & Society for an awesome year full of faith and justice lessons designed especially for youth.

This resource will be released quarterly, and the current batch of lessons that go from November 2025 into February 2026.

Connecting Faith and Justice: Youth Lectionary Curriculum is designed to help students actively engage the intersection of faith and justice and explore why our faith compels us toward justice. It is available to download today for free.

Rooted in scripture, this curriculum connects biblical teachings to the world around us and uses the 2025–2028 Social Principles to offer engaging lessons that encourage students to actively reflect on how their faith calls them to take action in the world.

Created by a diverse team of pastors, educators, emerging leaders, and laypersons from across the connection, each lesson invites youth to dig deeper into their spiritual journey and discover their role in advocating for justice.

https://www.umcjustice.org/latest/connecting-faith-and-justice-youth-lectionary-curriculum-1539 

Chris serves as Director of Young People’s Ministries for Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Chris has a BA in English Education, and an MS in Project Management, and over 15 years of local-church youth ministry experience. He is passionate about leadership and faith development in young people and helping ministry leaders understand their value in the lives of young people. A Stephen Minister, Chris is a native of Colorado living in Franklin, TN with his wife Emily, 2 children, and sausage-shaped beagle.