Community

Gen Z knows a very chaotic world. Our church environment can be a place of warmth and healthy relationships. This article is the second in a series about engaging Gen Z.

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.

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.

It can be hard to ask for forgiveness for your sin, especially within our family. This second devotion in the Community series helps us think about how we honor our parents as a part of our community with them.

In this devotion tied to the first of our Community Bible Study series, we are reminded God made us to be in community, not on our own. Without others, we miss out on something critical. Yet, throughout Scripture we see how God’s gives us the gift of relationship between believers.

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

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.