Mentoring Our Boys –

I’m working on a Manhood Curriculum. While I’ve had a number of contacts from interested youth leaders, I’d like to get a feel for the interest and need for such a curriculum.

Squires Mentoring Group for Teenage Boys

When I started meeting with teen boys in a church mentoring group I called Squires, I discovered that there is very little in the way of resources for this program. I wanted to teach some general Bible study and I wanted to present and reinforce the Gospel, but my primary vision was to impart a vision of manhood - one that included commitment to marriage and family beyond what our current culture embraces (even the church).

So I began reading. I read a lot about manhood and teenage boys. I was able to plan monthly in-depth discussions with the boys. I adopted three Knighthood Verses. And I continued meeting with these boys for most of five years.

During that time, I discovered that many were very interested in what we were doing. Many were psyched about offering their sons and other boys a similar experience. But they wanted and needed resources. So I began to write.

While the Squires2Knights Devotional is useful in many venues, It falls short of the needed curriculum for church youth groups or school Bible clubs. So I’m back to writing again, but this time I’m going to do some video teaching with several other men.

Manhood Curriculum

We’re putting together four 6-week courses for teenage boys. They will be titled: Manhood 101, Manhood 201, Manhood 301 and Manhood 401. Each lesson will begin with a 15-20 minute video lesson. Each course will include a workbook for use in group discussions after each video. And each course will cover the 12 teaching topics from the three Knighthood Verses. The four courses can easily aline with the four years of highschool. Or they can be offered twice a year and be completed in two years. The boys attending are intended to be teenagers, but they could certainly start before age 13.

Please Comment or Email

I’m inviting comments and emails. I’d like to hear from those who could shed some light for me on the need and interest for this manhood curriculum. It’s going to take some time and money to complete this project and I’d like to know it would be put to good use. So again, please comment or email.

Jeff@Squire2Knights.com.

Posted on October 16th, 2008 by Jeff Purkiss
Filed under: Fathering/Mentoring