Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Ministry - Youth

PREFACE

No set of workers in our young people's societies is so eager for work to do, or so enthusiastic in doing the work, as our missionary committees. These energetic laborers have long needed a full and systematic manual of directions and suggestions, such as this book aims to be. A few volumes have taken up this task in part and with admirable success, but none with the completeness of detail or anything like the fullness that I have attempted.

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ChapterPage I. Organizing A Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 II. The Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 III. The President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 IV. The Vice - President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 V. The Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VI. The Treasurer and...

To Be a Junior High Youth Worker . . . takes a distinct kind of adult, just as junior highers are a distinct kind of people. Betwixt and between though they may be, early adolescents are as capable of a genuine spiritual understanding and growth as high schoolers. It's just that junior highers absorb Bible teaching and demonstrate their spirituality--well, differently. Help I'm a Junior High Youth Worker is your primer for understanding young teenagers, then teaching them with a mind-set and with methods that fit them. First Things First. Three axioms that define your territory as a...

So you're leading a small group? Your small group can accomplish big things in the lives of your teenagers. And in Help I'm a Small-Group Leader you'll find methods and approaches you can use. Foibles and minefields to avoid. Solutions and tips that will help you nurture your small group into a growing community, whatever you goals. Inside you'll discover -- How to put small groups together - How NOT to lead a small group - How to start a discussion -- and KEEP IT GOING - How to ASK QUESTIONS that get responses - Three kinds of BIBLE STUDY questions to ask - How to work with DIFFERENT...

Cultivate Intimacy and Honesty in Your Youth Ministry's Small Groups Here are 31 small-group meetings about--well, small groups. After all, the kind of honest sharing, perceptive silence, compassionate boldness, and mutual growth that are the marks of an effective and attractive small group don't always come naturally. With the complete sessions in Talking the Walk--all of them customized precisely for small groups----you can lead your small group of teenagers from just getting comfortable with kids they don't usually hang with, to talking honestly, listening carefully, and understanding...

The rules have changed. Everything you believe is suspect. The world is up for grabs. Welcome to the emerging postmodern culture. A "free zone" of rapid change that places high value on community, authenticity, and even God--but has little interest in modern, Western-tinged Christianity. Postmodern Youth Ministry addresses these enormous philosophical shifts and shows how they're affecting teenagers.

Since forever altering the course of the youth ministry world with his best-selling, groundbreaking book, Purpose-Driven(R) Youth Ministry, Doug Fields' mind--but especially his heart--has been focused on the many unique needs of new youth workers. Doug translated his passion, insight, and vision for his beloved "rookies" into what you're now reading, Your Fist Two Years in Youth Ministry--hands-down the most comprehensive companion to not only surviving, but also thriving, during the most crucial phase of youth ministry. Employing his renowned wisdom and humor--as if you and Doug were...

Ever Play "Truth and Dare"? The rules have changed "You can't handle the truth " --Col. Jessup in the movie A Few Good Men "The Truth shall set you free...and I dare you to live it " --Jesus Christ in the Bible (paraphrased) Inside this little book is some of the most radical, challenging, hilarious, serious, truthful, daring stuff you'll meet in your entire life After getting into Wild Truth Journal--Dares from Jesus, you will never read the worlds of Jesus the same again. "Nice story, "good examples," and "great teaching" will leave your vocabulary. Jesus was not about begging or...