Moving Beyond Broken Teen Bible Study: Resource Hub
- Jul 21
- 4 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
Welcome to the Moving Beyond Broken resource hub.
A Note from Kelly: This Resource Hub will continue to grow throughout the year as I pilot Moving Beyond Broken with teen girls. As we walk through the study together, I'll be adding new videos, discussion guides, creative activities, leader resources, and practical tools to help you experience healing with Jesus.
Whether you're starting today or finding this page months from now, my hope is that these resources will help you discover that healing with Jesus is possible.
Bookmark this page and check back often. New resources will be added throughout the pilot year as we continue building this library together.
Here you will find everything you need for each week of the study, including blog posts, podcast episodes, teaching videos, reflection questions, and additional resources to help you experience the emotional healing Jesus offers.
Who Is This Study For?
Moving Beyond Broken is for teen girls who want to experience the emotional healing, hope, and freedom that Jesus offers. Whether you're carrying past hurts, facing current struggles, or simply want to grow closer to God, this study will help you discover how to walk with Jesus toward a renewed mind and a healthier heart.
What You'll Discover
As you walk through Moving Beyond Broken, you will begin learning how to process life with Jesus. You will discover how God can restore and redeem your history, strengthen your identity, and bring healing into family wounds and relationships. This journey is about relationship with Jesus and discovering that real healing is possible when you invite Jesus into every part of your story.
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Go Deeper Each Week
Every week of Moving Beyond Broken includes free resources designed to help you go deeper as you learn about emotional healing through Jesus.
Weekly Blog Posts
Each lesson has a companion blog post that expands on the week's teaching, shares practical encouragement, and helps you better understand the biblical truths you're learning.
The Faithful Chicks Podcast
Join Kelly Kirstein each week as she walks through the lesson with personal stories, biblical insight, and practical encouragement to help you apply God's truth to your everyday life.
Additional Reflection Questions
Continue your conversation with God through extra reflection questions that help you process your emotions, renew your mind with Scripture, and apply what you're learning in real-life situations.
Let's Get Started!
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Start Here: Preparing Your Heart for Moving Beyond Broken Teen Bible Study
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Bonus Pages
Leader Preparation
Parent Communication & Permission
Sample Parent/Caregiver Permission Letter Because Moving Beyond Broken discusses emotional healing, we encourage leaders to communicate with parents or caregivers before beginning the study. This sample letter explains the purpose and boundaries of the study, clarifies that it is not counseling or trauma therapy, encourages parents to check in with their daughters, and includes a permission signature.
Before You Lead: 8 Things Every Mentor Should Know
If you are preparing to lead Moving Beyond Broken or another Bible study that may open the door to deeper conversations, remember these eight things before your first meeting.
1. You are her mentor, not her counselor. You don't have to diagnose what is happening, provide therapy or know how to fix it. Your role is to listen, encourage, share biblical truth, pray with her and help her find additional support when she needs it.
2. Create a safe place to share, but don't invite every detail into the group. A girl may begin sharing something deeply personal about her family, trauma or circumstances. Acknowledge what she is saying, but gently move highly sensitive conversations to a private setting with an appropriate adult. Protect her dignity, her family's privacy and the emotional well-being of the other girls at the table.
3. Never promise complete confidentiality. Girls should know they can trust you, but they should also understand that there are some things you cannot keep secret. If her safety or someone else's safety is at risk, or if she discloses something that requires reporting under your organization's policies or applicable law, another responsible adult needs to become involved.
4. Take self-harm and suicidal thoughts seriously. If a girl tells you she is hurting herself, thinking about suicide, has made a plan or may be in immediate danger, don't try to handle it alone. Follow your organization's safety procedures and involve the appropriate parent, guardian, professional or emergency support. If involving a particular parent or guardian could place her in danger, follow your child-safety and reporting procedures.
5. Teach girls to ask the right adults for help. When a girl is struggling with anxiety, depression or another mental or emotional health concern, encourage her to talk with her parent or guardian and, when appropriate, a school counselor, health-care provider or licensed mental health professional. One of the best things you can teach a teenager is how to recognize when she needs help and how to ask for it.
6. Don't turn every mental health struggle into a spiritual problem. Prayer matters. Scripture matters. Spending time with Jesus matters. But a girl can genuinely love Jesus and still struggle emotionally or mentally. She may need spiritual support, professional counseling, medical care or a combination of these. Needing additional help is not evidence of weak faith.
7. Don't carry responsibility that belongs to someone else. You can care deeply about a girl without becoming responsible for solving everything happening in her life. God has placed parents, counselors, doctors, pastors, teachers and other trustworthy adults in different roles for a reason. Know when it is time to bring someone else into the circle of care.
8. Keep pointing her toward Jesus while helping her take the next right step. You don't need all the answers. Listen well. Pray for wisdom. Speak truth. Help her recognize what kind of support she needs. And remind her that whatever she is walking through, she does not have to walk through it without Jesus.
Remember: Your job isn't to fix her. Your job is to faithfully love her, point her toward Jesus and help her get the right kind of help when she needs it.
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach." James 1:5
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