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Supporting Youth When the Church Gets It Wrong
How do we continue to tell students that Jesus is good when the Church that purports to espouse His teachings, hurts people? Youth leaders should be prepared for responding when young people are faced with sin within their congregation and the larger church. This article helps leaders consider how they might do approach this difficult topic.
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Starting a Conversation about…Social Media
Our young people are being raised in an era where being on social media is not only the norm, but the expectation. Use this Conversation Guide to help you have important talks with teens about their usage and engagement on social media.
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How Great a Debt: Cancel Culture and its Effects on Youth Ministry
Our youth are more and more seeing the cultural trend of “cancelling” someone because of actions now or in the past. As people in youth ministry, we must think long and hard about how we encourage both justice and live as people of grace through Jesus.
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Social Media through the Filter of Christ
In ministry we might talk about social media as the boogieman. Instead, here are five ways we can talk to youth about how we process what we see and consume on social media through the filter of our faith and set Christ-centered boundaries.
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Start a Conversation about…College Prep
Transitions such as graduation are critical moments where congregations and parents can support a young person’s relationship with Jesus as they find a new church home or establish a new, adult relationship with their existing congregation. This talk sheet give you some direction on how you can form a discussion around the transition to college with your high school students.
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Starting a Conversation about…Racism
One of the end goals of youth ministry that we list is that young people and the church embrace and value the diversity of ethnicity, language, and culture in God’s creation. It’s important to address issues of race and racism with your youth.
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Perfect Love Casts Out Fear: Finding Our Identity in Jesus
Instead of finding our identity in what we do, Jesus invites us to come and find our identity in Him.
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Responsibility or Retreat? Youth Discussion Guide on Refugee Crisis Care
How should we handle things like the refugee crisis and the fears it brings up?
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Connection vs. Stereotypes
We were created for connection, yet we have a bad habit of boxing people into stereotypes that separate us from one another.
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Faith and Science: Moving Beyond Debates
What comes to mind when you hear ‘faith’ and ‘science’ in the same sentence?
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I’ve Still Got a Lot of Fight Left in Me
Compassionate Conversation about Assisted Suicide
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Diffusing the Tension: Exposing the Heart of the Abortion Debate
When you bring up the topic of abortion, it seems like everyone has an opinion, and those opinions can quickly turn into arguments and angry rhetoric.
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