Youth & Culture

Keep it Together!: Nurturing and Maintaining Connections with Youth

by Kristin Schmidt | Oct 19, 2020 | Doing Ministry, Fall 2020, Practical Youth Ministry, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

When working with young people, building trust and maintaining connections are always essential components of youth ministry. Teenagers need those solid relational dynamics now more than ever, as the challenges of Covid-19 have in many ways forced separation from peers. It is essential to demonstrate genuine concern and to create a sense of encouraging warmth for students struggling in the turbulent uncertainty of daily life.

Connected but Alone: Navigating the Curse of Social Media

by Cassie Moore | Oct 5, 2020 | Doing Ministry, Fall 2020, Practical Youth Ministry, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

Social media is both a blessing and a curse. It connects us and opens doors, but can create problems, quietly destroy people, and isolate us. As we seek to help young people navigate through the quagmire of social media, we must be mindful that perspective is key. We can use social media as a tool to connect us to each other and to the Gospel.

What One Teen Wants You to Know about a COVID-Impacted World

by Ariana Warner | Aug 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Doing Ministry, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Youth & Culture, Youth Ministry Stories | 0

High School senior Ariana shares a heartfelt perspective on the impact of CoVid-19 on her life. She shares insight and encouragements for how adults, especially youth leaders, can disciple and care for young people in this time.

Help with Talking to Youth about College Prep

by Julianna Shults | Aug 25, 2020 | Fall 2020, Hot Topics, Talk Sheets, Young Adult Ministry, Youth & Culture | 0

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.

Help for Talking with Youth about Racism

by Julianna Shults | Jun 26, 2020 | Fall 2020, Free Resources, Hot Topics, Talk Sheets, Youth & Culture, Youth Culture | 0

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.

Lessons Learned: How a Pandemic is Shaping a Generation

by Cassie Moore | Jun 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Doing Ministry, Summer 2020, Youth & Culture, Youth Ministry Theory | 0

For those who will work with Gen Z for many years it’s crucial that we consider the ways this pandemic might affect a generation, and what we can do to continue to work with and reach them right now.

Forced Into A New Frontier: Youth Ministry In the Age of COVID-19

by Cassie Moore | Mar 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Crisis Ministry, Doing Ministry, Youth & Culture | 0

Coronavirus has fundamentally changed nearly aspect of our daily lives. It’s worth exploring how this is affecting our children and youth, how we can attempt to reach them in the midst of this crisis, and how we can take care of ourselves right now as we attempt to serve others.

How Parents Can Prepare their Adolescents for Life’s Transitions

by Dave Rueter | Nov 27, 2019 | Featured Young Adult, Growing Up, YA Research, Young Adult Ministry | 0

Being a parent means navigating life’s changes and transitions with your children as they mature toward Christian adulthood.

Headlines and Heartaches: Current Events in Light of the Gospel

by Ken Chitwood | Aug 1, 2019 | Bible Studies, COVID-19 Studies, Free Resources, Lent2020, Real Present God, Youth & Culture | 0

Headlines and Heartaches addresses the fear, anger, and frustration that comes from living in an ever-changing world. Participants will come away from this study with God’s timeless truths for navigating a world of change.

Ministering to Young People in Times of Transition

by Mark Kiessling | Jun 19, 2019 | Featured Young Adult, Growing Up, Summer2019, YA Research, Young Adult Ministry, Youth & Culture | 0

Transitions can provide for growth in one’s relationships with Jesus and His Church, or sometimes Satan uses these transitions to pull us away from God’s promises.