Church

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.

Our Christian community that spans times and crosses oceans truly does unite us here and now. In this final devotion that runs parallel to our study on Community, we think about how we are part of the greater Christian Church.

Jesus works through your congregation and your youth ministry to lead you in faith and help you continue to grow up. In this third devotion in the series, we think about how God has given us community in our congregation.

We know that true, deep and even intergenerational Christian community is essential: based on a need that God made us with, and planted deep inside our very essence and being, in His image. God made us for each other and draws us together in His Word and Sacrament. God places us in families, churches, youth ministry and more to meet our need for community

Using quotes from her high school students, Sarah writes in this first devotion on how God and many adults are in your corner.

Nearly every church is aware that they need to support young people as they transition out of high school. There are other transitions, however, that youth ministry leaders are less conscious in helping navigate.

This four part Bible study series is meant to shed some light on young people in Scripture and how God worked through them or through their situation. As young people look to live out their vocation, these stories can point them to examples of God’s work through young leaders in the past.

Finding ways to incorporate youth into the larger ministry of a congregation isn’t difficult, but it does take intentionality to make it happen. In the second part of this article, we talk about specific ways that you can help youth connect intergenerationally in your congregation.