Youth Ministry 101 Teaching

1. WellSeasonedYM
….Time to get spicy with Youth
Ministry…

2. Why do you do this?
Matthew 5:48
“In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects.
Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live
generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives
toward you.”

3. =
936 marbles at birth
468 marbles for 9 year olds
364 marbles for 12 year olds
208 marbles for 15 year olds
104 marbles for 17 year olds

4. There is No Place Like Here!!
Indigenous Ministry-Like Foreign Mission
Work
-Your church/area has a special history

5. …There are many people and programs waiting to
remake you into their image but I think all God asks
of us is the be the people He has made us to be and
do the ministry He gave us to do…*

6. Come
Grow
Disciple
Lead

7. Chap Clark’s
5 to 1
…It is not just a
chaperone ratio
anymore…

8. How to recruit volunteers
Youth target exercise
with youth council
NO all calls
Speak to specific gifts
Get leaders to recruit
leaders
Offer childcare
Know how to party…

9. Please allow me to meddle a bit…
• If possible, try to partner with
your children’s ministry team
to come up with a combined
diapers to diplomas, if not a
diapers to diapers, strategy to
guide children, youth, and
parents through the ministry of
your church with special
emphasis on times of great
transition…
• Alignment of Strategy is Always
a Win…
• Who knows your whole church
might catch on and combine
strategy and you too could get
a brass plaque somewhere…

10. If I was starting a youth
ministry today…
• Download Youth Ministry Podcast-go back to
episode 00
• The Youth Cartel-Youtube You Can Use-Great
Stuff
• Youth Specialties Ideas Library-Hard To Find
(Borrow)
• Talk Sheets on CD-classic
• Every Picture Tells a Story-Just Updated (The
Youth Cartel)
• The Great Big Book of Case Studies
• Download Youth Ministry Subscription

11. Social Media:
You Cannot Survive Long Without it…
1) Get a tutor
2) Use Web Page,
Email,
Text,Google+,Facebo,
Vine, Path, Twitter,
Instagram, Tout,
YouTube and beat
your kids to the next
social media thing!!!
3) I say use all of these
resources because
some kiddos will not
be old enough for
just one method.

12. Counseling-say it with me REFER!!!!
• Three steps
– 1 initial meeting on mutual ground
– 2 playlist counselling you bring 3
songs that are you they bring three
songs that are them share-if no red
flags go to number 3
– 3 one more session of Bible
reflection then refer refer refer
• Small candle for each session to
mark shared stories
• Keep genders separated
• Get emergency numbers in your
phone…
• For big stuff…you have a week to
tell your parents or we can tell your
parents…

13. Continuing Self Education
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Find a Youth Worker Support Group/Network
Youth Specialties National Youth Worker Convention
Orange Conference/Tour
Group Magazine’s Simply Youth Ministry Conference
Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry
The Summit by The Youth Cartel in Atlanta
Borrow talks if you cannot attend…that’s what I do…
-Will trade Youth Specialties 2013 for what you
have

14. Who to Follow FB/Twitter/Blogs:
Youth Specialties-Resources-Big Company
The Youth Cartel-More creative start-up resources
Whatisorange.org-Reggie Joiner-Family ministry stuff
Doug Fields-anything
Duffy Robbins-anything
Chap Clark-leadership and counlseling stuff
Adam McCane-tech and culture stuff
Joshua Griffin-big church stuff
Stephanie Caro-small church specialist
Kenda Creasy Dean-theological stuff
Heather Flies-Middle School Stuff
Kurt Johnson-More Middle School Stuff

15. Who is this:

16. We Are Done…
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