Resources

Every youth ministry program needs to change, but how do you know it’s time to change? How do you know if ministries are working? Or if they aren’t and need to change? This article gives three ways for you to assess your youth ministry in order to help identify places for healthy growth.

Outreach is an essential component of youth ministry, although we sometimes neglect to emphasize why or how we should use it. This piece is designed to help youth leaders think about how they along with their teens share the love of Jesus with others.

As a part of a series that draws connections between Growing Young and Seven Practices, we look at how Growing Young's Keychain Leadership is connected to 7 Practices Supportive Adults and Discover a Resilient Identify in Christ.

Cancer can impact teens through friends, family, classmates, and teammates. Sometimes teens themselves get sick. This article is written by Heather who has experienced cancer impacting her life through people she loves to help you support teens who are impacted by a cancer diagnosis.

This is the introduction to a series of articles exploring the connection between the 7 Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry and Fuller Youth Institute’s 6 Core Commitments for Growing Young, These articles are all linked here to help you consider your ministry to young people might be transformed to help position your church to Grow Young as you retain and gain young people as a part of your ministry.

We know that many families struggle with how and when to allow young people to use technology, including social media. Here we have listed several resources as well as an example of a family technology covenant.

Looking for a short, easy servant event. These fleece hats are easy to make and can get distributed in a number of ways from homeless shelters, cancer patients and more. Included is a devotion created to be used before making the hats as well as the basic instructions.

This resource is designed to help a group preparing to attend a servant event. It is a short Bible study and a process for creating a group covenant to use while attending the event.

Many youth groups begin serving by setting aside a few hours each month for service. These are servant event ideas to get you started thinking about the needs of your congregation. Try them throughout the year with your youth group.

The commissioning is designed to be used by your group prior to attending a servant event or mission trip. The litany for departure is designed for you to do just before you leaving on your trip.