Youth Religion

Get ready for a crash course in effective communication. More than just a book on how to "do talks," Speaking to Teenagers combines the experience and wisdom of two veteran youth ministry speakers, along with insightful research and practical tools, to help you develop messages that engage students with the love of Christ and the power of his Word. Whether you're crafting a five-minute devotional or a 30-minute sermon, Speaking to Teenagers is essential to understanding and preparing great messages.

Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman have taken the needs of children into account and devised an exciting method for introducing three- to seven-year-olds to the wonder of worship. Their approach, which integrates religious education and worship, has been presented at numerous workshops and training sessions. Based on the authors' experiences, the methods described here will be invaluable to teachers helping children understand and appreciate worship.

God with Us tells the story of Jesus from the Gospels of the Bible. The four Gospels are blended into one powerful story—a sequential journey through the life and message of Jesus. This new edition of God with Us features the Radiate™ New Testament, a modern Catholic Bible translation developed for young people.

Have you ever wanted to change the world around you? God has shown us how to do so. In The Joshua Principle, you will learn what the Joshua principle is and how to influence your world by impacting the children and youth around you. What you learn in these chapters can help you transform any family, church, neighborhood, or city.

Many women enter or stay in relationships out of fear of being alone, shame, or insecurity which may cause them to lower their standards or expectations. What they find are men they normally would never have tolerated. What they find are BooBoo Dudes—men who portray narcissistic and abusive behavior, leading to confusion, shame, and eventual isolation. With wisdom rooted in the gospel, Ainsley tenderly brings the listener along her own journey toward confidence found only in Jesus. She embraced her identity and left BooBoo Dudes behind. Every woman can do the same.

Si queremos tener una iglesia victoriosa mañana, debemos enfocarnos en los jóvenes hoy. Comiskey escribe acerca de hacer discípulos de la próxima generación ahora. El autor analiza lo que está sucediendo hoy en el ministerio juvenil y establece su base bíblica. Comiskey pone en relieve las necesidades más sentidas de los jóvenes hoy, que incluyen la espiritualidad, las relaciones y el involucramiento. A continuación muestra las razones por las que estas necesidades pueden ser mejor atendidas en grupos celulares pequeños que también participan en una reunión de jóvenes más grande.

This audiobook gives youth workers the opportunity to go beyond simply trying to motivate kids to serve those in need and invites them to help their kids wrestle with why those people are in need in the first place. Specific topics that will be addressed include the out-of-the-box-Jesus, the power of repentance, biblically grounded motivations for service, the power of community, as well as how to respond to the poverty, racism, and unequal power relationships.

Raised without religion, Adam Leith Gollner was struck by mankind's tireless efforts to cheat aging and death. In a narrative that pivots between profundity and hilarity, he brings us into the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality. From a Jesuit priest on his deathbed to antiaging researchers at Harvard, Gollner - sorting truth from absurdity - canvasses religion and science for insight, along with an array of cults, myths, and fringe figures.

Raising youth who are Spirit-led and resilient requires parents who are Spirit-led and resilient. Christ can enable you to build faithful strength together with your children - in a way that uniquely fits your family. In Spiritual Resilience, author and youth leader Sharla Goettl uncovers Nephi’s insights for parents on how, as a teenager, he developed his powerful testimony of Christ. His message will impact how you teach your children.

In Max Lucado and Randy Frazee’s new title for teens, More to the Story, readers 13 to 15 will be introduced to the Bible as a story with a definitive narrative and story for their lives. By applying the words of the Bible to teens’ lives, in the style Lucado and Frazee are known for, teens will be enriched and engaged in new ways. And as a teen adaptation of their adult title About the Story, both teens and adults can engage with the message in the way that suits them best.

A Pilgrimage into Service is a resource for those discerning or undergoing an immersive service experience or post-graduate volunteer service program. It utilizes recent Catholic social thought, Scripture, an Ignatian paradigm of service-reflection, and Christian spirituality.

Los recursos de estudio gratuitos incluyen reflexiones personales para cada capítulo basadas en el método de la lectio divina, una antigua práctica que puede conducir a un verdadero diálogo con Jesús. Las preguntas para la discusión con las reflexiones le ayudarán a profundizar en el mensaje de Jesús para revelar sus respuestas a las preguntas de nuestro tiempo. Para los lectores que no conozcan la Biblia, se ofrece una guía de las personas y los términos que aparecen en el relato.

Chuck Reinhold, a minister and long-time Young Life staff member, offers a grand view of his life and the principles he’s learned through his 50 plus years of ministry. Chuck’s influence on the Kingdom in the lives of adults and leaders cannot be overstated. He started ministries that have helped countless men and women meet Christ and grow in their faith. Life Worth Living speaks to the power that scripture memory and time spent in God’s Word can bring to those obstacles. Chuck’s stories speak to the real struggles of those dealing with memory loss.

Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, All Day recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and an actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths.

This book is created for Christian parents to read and enjoy themselves or to share with their children. All of the selected stories are appropriate for children and are about raising Christian kids twelve and under. Parent will enjoy reading these heartfelt, inspiring, and often humorous stories about the ups and downs of daily life in today's contemporary Christian families, written by other Christian parents.

Comiskey establece la base bíblica para el ministerio de niños, y luego anima a los pastores y líderes a formular su propia visión y filosofía para el ministerio de niños basado en el texto bíblico. Comiskey destaca cómo discipular a niños, tanto en el grupo grande como en el pequeño. Rápidamente pasa a ejemplos prácticos de grupos celulares intergeneracionales, y a la efectividad con la que las iglesias celulares han implementado este tipo de grupo.

Whether you’re struggling to make anything work in your youth ministry or finding that most things are clicking along, this book will help you develop a practical theology—to ask what is happening, what should be happening, and how you can make it happen. Each chapter is followed by discussion questions to help you process in a group or on your own.

For all those who love it most, baseball is like a religion, and "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ought to be in their hymn books. An injured minor league slugger and his preacher dad try using the hallowed game as a tool to reach troubled teens locked up in juvie. Will Mike Flaherty and Brother Pat connect with the teens held in a detention facility on the grounds of an old lighthouse in Panama City, Florida - or will they go down swinging? Young lives are at stake as betrayal lurks on the grounds - and it may already be too late to guide them out of darkness and into the light. Get it now ...

With the help of God, her family, and many other people along the way, Diane's Kids off the Block morphed from a personal crusade to do what she could into a nationally known program that has helped more than 3,000 at-risk Chicago teens. In this powerful, energizing book, she tells her incredible story to men and women who are sick of sitting behind their keyboards watching the world crumble and are ready to do something to make a difference.

Cutting. It’s become a buzzword lately, but very few books address it from the perspective of a youth worker or concerned friend. Marv Penner has lived in this world for the past few years, talking with teenagers online and meeting with them to understand what drives them and why they self-injure. In this timely and helpful book, youth workers, coaches, teachers, and others will get the information they need to begin to understand and help (or point to help) kids who cut.