Exciting Announcement: A Brand Curriculum Experience for Students is Coming!
Ministry is hard work. You wear a lot of hats to make it all happen. The mission takes long days, deep commitment, and often going weeks on end wishing for more support—more volunteers, more budget, or just more families signing up for the next event before the deadline rolls around. The hamster wheel of “Sunday’s always coming” can make you wonder if the needle is moving at all.
But here’s some encouragement—your work is making an impact! Across churches and communities, we see evidence that your dedication, paired with God’s faithfulness, is changing lives. And we’re here to support you in that mission every step of the way.
At Orange Students, we are passionate about the spiritual formation of kids at every stage, from birth through high school. Our commitment remains strong—to partner with you so more middle and high schoolers can develop a faith of their own, one they don’t feel they need to walk away from after high school.
That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that starting January 2026, Orange Students will offer a brand-new curriculum experience. Our XP3 curriculum is all about experiencing love for God, love for life, and love for others. We are creating a world-class curriculum solution tailored for ministry today.
A New Curriculum Experience Tailored for Ministry Today
For the next six months, our team will be crafting something brand new for you, launching in January 2026. Built for today’s students and the realities of ministry, this new curriculum will turn the volume way up on things we’ve always featured like:
- Video content
- Beautiful graphics
- Weekly engagement tools
- And strategies that help students develop a faith of their own
- Through-the-week content options for an everyday faith
- Partnerships with trusted brands and personalities you love and recommend
- Additional world-class video and media assets
- Responsive content structure based on feedback and collaborations with today’s ministry leaders
We’re not just refreshing a product. We’re reimagining what curriculum can be—together.
If you’ve ever wanted your students to go deeper, hear from recognizable and credible voices, or just spend more time in meaningful, ongoing conversations that empower small group leaders to facilitate real-life change—this is for you!
How You Can Partner with Us During This Transition
Because change of this scale doesn’t happen overnight, we invite you to partner with us this winter and fall as we transition from where we’ve been to where we’re going.
- Understanding Church Needs: Our teams are deeply engaged in research, ensuring that the new curriculum is easy to implement, deeply rooted in Jesus, and something your lead pastor will be proud of.
- Volunteer Training: We are developing training that empowers your volunteer leaders to win every single week as they guide meaningful life change for students.
- Parent Partnership Research: Through extensive grant-funded research, we are studying today’s Boomer, Millennial, and Gen Z parents to help you partner with them effectively.
- Middle & High School Trends: We are analyzing developmental and cultural trends among students to ensure our curriculum fosters lasting spiritual impact and real-life application.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s staying the same, what’s changing for now, and what’s getting an upgrade for the months of August – December:
What’s Not Changing (August 2025 – December 2025)
- Weekly Content: Excellent Biblical teaching created by a passionate team of writers, designers, teachers, mental health professionals, filmmakers, and small group leaders.
- Thematically aligned, phase-appropriate series for middle and high school students.
- Great teaching scripts supported by world-class art and graphics.
- Suggested worship setlists aligned with themes.
- Social media images and suggested content.
- Daily devotional content via the YouVersion app.
- A strong focus on engaging small group discussions.
- Parent communication resources.
What is Changing (Starting August 2025)
- Monthly (not quarterly) curriculum releases.
- Week 4 of each month will focus on application and reflection, helping students synthesize what they’ve learned.
- Streamlined documents for easier implementation.
- Dedicated Customer Success Support to ensure your transition goes smoothly.
What You Can Expect in January 2026
- A brand-new curriculum experience featuring irresistible video content designed to enhance teaching and spark deeper conversations.
- Through-the-week content options to help students engage with faith beyond Sundays.
- Special partnerships with trusted voices, brands, and personalities your leaders and students will love.
- New volunteer training resources to help you build strong teams.
- Access to a world-class worship song library featuring leading voices in the industry.
- A new, state-of-the-art Special Needs curriculum, designed by experts in neuro and physical diversity.
