How To Double Your Youth Ministry is a simple and easy to read step by step guide to growing your youth ministry.Inside you will discover how to put together a full on outreach event for your community, how to gather volunteers, gain financial support, build and equip teen leaders, and follow up with every visitor that walks through the doors.The author Armando Alejandro has started and gro

Twenty-first-century society is diverse, and Christians must be able to understand other cultures and communicate effectively between and among them. Following up on the bestselling Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers, this new addition to the Youth, Family, and Culture series explores the much-needed skill of Cultural Intelligence (CQ), the ability to work effectively across national, ethnic, and even organizational cultures. While rooted in sound, scholarly research,

Choose to be a better horseman…Would you recognize a "silent" colic in your horse? Not all horses paw the ground and roll incessantly when they are colicky. Maybe the horse just seems a bit "off". What would you do?4.6 Million "horse crazy" people have some sort of involvement in the equestrian industry…Are you one of the few horsemen savvy enough to really know your horse inside and out? Would you be able to recognize subtle and severe breathing problems? Many horse o...

In a time where the meaning of yoga in the Western world has become yet another way to exercise and the push to make yoga a business has materialized, instructors today must reconnect with the hearts of their students, revisit their purpose for teaching yoga and review their interpretation of this ancient practice. How do yoga instructors awaken the hearts of their students? By connecting yoga’s physical postures with spiritual significance through theme. By asking the question: “What makes y...

You want whacked-out, run-till-you-drop games? Here they are. You want sedate games for small, quiet groups? Got 'em. Inside Games are more than 400 indoor and outdoor games teenagers love to play: - Balloon Games . . . Twice the fun of a church board meeting, with only half the hot air. An inexpensive good time. - Basketball Games . . . All of them slam dunks. - Volleyball Games . . .What self-respecting youth group doesn't love a good volleyball game? They'll go crazy for these bizarre m...

Anger is a regular part of every middle school girl’s world. Often times, this anger can appear as open aggression where girls bully one another, or they can unhealthily suppress their anger. But there are godly and appropriate ways students can respond to situations that make them angry. Deal With It gives youth leaders the tools to help middle school girls deal with their anger. Through activities that include reading and responding to stories about Maria, a fictional teen, students will...

While most youth pastors are being regularly evaluated (or even scrutinized) for what they’re doing right now in the youth group, the reality is that the most important thing they are doing won’t actually be evident until much later. That’s because the biggest challenge for any youth ministry is helping teens embrace a whole-hearted devotion to God that lasts far beyond their years in the youth room. Unfortunately, much of youth ministry seems to be designed on the model of setting teenage...

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What's the thinking of the best CEO's of the world? How to understand where you are as CEO and top priorities to effort? How to create a vision? How a mission? How a strategy? How a related and sustainable action plan? What's the secret of a successful CEO and Company? How many meetings organize? What's the best agenda for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly meetings? These and other questions are clearly analyzed in the book and for all of them you will find effective answers and ex...

Youth ministry isn't just meeting with students and teaching them God's truth. It also involves a myriad of administrative and operational details. Youth Ministry Management Tools 2.0 provides youth ministers and volunteers with helpful insights, advice, and practical resources to successfully manage a youth ministry. You'll find sample budgets, release forms for trips, and clear direction for screening applicants for volunteer positions. Authors Mike Work and Ginny Olson provide ...

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