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Webinars/Podcasts:

  • Enter The Bible: Everything You Wanted to Know About The Bible…But Were Afraid To Ask, a podcast: Click here
  • A Common Sense Guide to the Enneagram for Youth Ministry, May, 2023 PRC recorded webinar led by Beth Mueller: Click here
  • Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness With Children and Teens, a PRC webinar on Feb. 16 at 1:00pm: Click here
  • Big Ideas for Parenting Youth, series of webinars from top PC(USA) speakers, October 2022: Click here
  • A Faith of Their Own: A Theological Field Guide for Youth Workers, 5/2022 PRC webinar: Click here
  • What’s Next in Youth Ministry, 5/2022 PRC webinar: Click here
  • Turning the good ship SS Ministry even as it continues sailing in uncharted waters, 4/2022 article with podcast link: Click here
  • Big Ideas in Youth Ministry podcast: Click here
  • A 2017 International Peacemaker living and working in Odessa, Ukraine, answers questions from PC(USA) youth during a moving webinar, 4/10/2022: Click here
  • Spiritual Practices with Children and Youth (PRC webinar): Click here
  • Everything is Youth Ministry (Princeton podcast series), The major models of youth ministry in the church are no longer working, but we keep pouring time and energy into them, hoping for a different outcome. Instead, what if we reimagined the practice of youth ministry entirely?: Click here

 

Conferences:

 

Articles/Resources:

  • Courageous Companions: Reimagining Discernment about Mentors for Youth, a great article from Building Faith. It also contains a guided meditation to do with youth: Click here
  • The Christian Practice of Celebrating Life, 6 Experiences for ​Developing the Practice of Celebrating Life from Lifelong Faith: Click here
  • Giving Tips for Youth and Volunteers Quicksheet: Click here
  • 2 Minute Tape Labyrinth construction video: Click here
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Why You Should Play It in Church, a Building Faith 2023 article: Click here
  • Best Youth Group Games: Click here
  • Teaching teens to find their stories in God’s story, 7/2023 article: Click here
  • PCUSA Youth Ministry Resources: Click here
  • Live Clue: Bring the board game to life for youth and young adults from building faith: Click here
  • Youth Mission Co, an organization that provides mission opportunities for youth groups in the US, : Click here
  • 14 Last-Minute Fun Youth Group Activities & Games, 8/2021 Tithe.ly article: Click here
  • 5 Critical changes in post-pandemic youth ministry, 8/2022 article from Fuller Youth Institute: Click here
  • OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook by Roland D. Martinson, 2010, $
  • Yale Youth Ministry Institute: Click here
  • Our kids and mental health, 4/2022 article: Click here
  • Putting the Fun Back Into Fundraising: Ideas to inspire and encourage giving, 9/2021 PC(USA) article: Click here
  • Institute for Youth Ministry (Princeton Theological Seminary): Click here
  • Better Youth Ministry: Click here
  • 50 Ways to Strengthen Ministry with Youth,5/2019 (Lewis Center for Church Leadership article): Click here
  • Youth Ministry Remote Ministry Resources (APCE resource page): Click here

 

College & Young Adult:

  • Outlook Bible Studies for Young Adults: The Devil You Say, Breathe, Badass Women of the Bible: Click here
  • Why Presbyterians Are Like That is a 10-session Bible study designed for college students and young adults. The Office of Christian Formation has partnered with UKirk Collegiate Ministries to offer this series of free downloadable PDF Bible studies based on one Presbyterian chaplain’s suggestion of 10 reasons Presbyterians are the way we are. The study was written by Austin College chaplain and director of Church Relations the Rev. Dr. John Williams. To learn more or for individual lesson PDFs, click here. There will be an adaptation of this resource available in early 2023 for other adult class settings.

 

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