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Disarming
the Teenage Heart Author - Jeff Leeland Publisher - Life Journey/Cook |
- Favorite Features -
- compares the four "B's" - beauty, brawn, bank account, brain - with the four "C's" - compassion, courage, character, conscience
- walks through how to move teens from caring about themselves to investing in other's lives
- how to teach teens compassion and mercy as, "compassion drains the pain in a teen's heart."
- shows how encouragement truly disarms hurt teens and makes a real difference
- encourages parents to know their child, love them and constantly win their trust as well as teach them to see another's needs
- seven powerful testimonies from real teens in, "What I've learned by helping others."
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Student Journal |
- Favorite Features -
- walks through a real, workable plan on how to develop your core teens as people who know what they believe, are passionate about sharing their faith and investing in the lives of their unsaved peers.
- student journal provides 10 weeks of five daily devotions on things like - influence, standards, priorities and accountability
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Student Journal |
- Favorite Features -
- outlines a necessary, proven plan to develop a real, effective ministry with teens
- challenges those in youth ministry to be genuinely intentional in reaching and teaching their teens
- each chapter thoroughly walks you through the checkpoint being presented and ends with, "Checking In" - Scripture and questions to help you think through and understand how to help your teens with this principle
- includes two-year Middle School and four-year High School lesson plans and sample lesson plans
- student journal provides seven weeks of daily studies for teens to help them understand each of the seven checkpoints and how to live them in their daily lives
- provides lots of Scripture and space to journal
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Help!
I'm a Woman in Youth Ministry! Authors - Kara Powell, Megan Hutchinson & Heather Flies Publisher - Youth Specialities/Zondervan |
- Favorite Features -
- quick read
- easy to find specific topics of interest
- looks at women in ministry, relationships, ministry and working with men
- personal examples and stories throughout
- emphasis on marriage and family coming before ministry
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Experiential Youth Ministry
Handbook Author - John Losey Publisher - Youth Specialties/Zondervan |
- Favorite Features -
- author encourages, challenges reader to not just read this book, but to interact, write notes, underline, highlight, doodle, etc - excellent!
- author writes with humor and in a conversational style
- I love the footnotes! creative!
- looks at the use of parables, object lessons and initiatives in the Bible
- emphasis on physical, emotional and spiritual safety - excellent!
- 39 initiative activities - each include -
- activity brief - information on how to lead activity
- equipment
- safety concerns
- consider this - questions to ask
- variations
- personal notes/re-view - space to journal your thoughts
- 15 small group activities and exercises
- 11 large group activities and exercises
- 15 planning exercises to help your staff be creative
- templates for -
- youth meetings
- small groups
- full-day events
- retreat/camps
- interns
- resource list
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