Supportive Adults

Youth and adults may have different ideas of what is engaging conversation. However, if we want to model faithful Christian relationships, it takes some simple conversation to get started!

As youth workers, we need to remember that this cohort that experienced the COVID pandemic during their younger years experienced it differently than adults. Through research, Dr. Tina Berg has been able to identify key learnings that can help us care for young people, particularly confirmands, in the wake of the pandemic.

As a part of a series that draws connections between Growing Young and Seven Practices, we look at how

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.

We can’t do ministry alone. When it comes down to it, we need a team of people to get the job done. We need leaders who can connect with different types of students than we can. This article helps share some ways you can help adults join the team to support youth.

It is often said that you never know how you’re going to respond in a tragedy until it hits. But we, as Christians who care for young people, can be thinking through how to respond before there is a tragedy that hits your church’s community.

While healthy congregations have supportive adults, healthy campus ministries do as well! Whether your campus ministry is a stand-alone ministry or the efforts of a single congregation, it is important to develop supportive adults to walk alongside students during one of the most significant transitions in their lives.

Congregations should be thinking about how we help young people transition from their first Sunday school class through into adult ministry. In youth ministry, we specifically think about how we transition junior high youth and confirmation into high school, and championing the supportive adults who get to care for them next. We can help our young people stay engaged in God’s Word, excited for the adventures that await them in their next stage.