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How Can I Find a New Church: Sticky Faith Teen Curriculum Free Sample
by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentFeatured ArticleFree ResourcesProgrammingTrainingThe Sticky Faith Teen Curriculum is a 10-session journey exploring everything from the gospel and faith identity development to how to plan for the party scene at campus. In the sample session you can download free below, you can tackle with students the important question, How can I find a…Read More
Free Graphics from NYWC 2011
Posted in Featured ArticleFree ResourcesDownload free graphics from NYWC 2011! Get graphics, videos, get everything!
Free Bible Study: Adventurously Expectant
Posted in Featured ArticleFree ResourcesYouth Worker DevelopmentWe are so excited that our friends at InWord Resources have put together this Bible study based on the 2011 National Youth Workers Convention theme. We hope that it helps connect you with what God is doing this year in lives at the convention. It includes 2 personal lessons for you, plus 2 lessons you can use as lessons in your youth group.
Dr. Kara Powell Joins the YS Team
Posted in ArticlesFeatured ArticleWe're very excited to announce a new member to our growing YS Team. Starting this week at NYWC in San Diego, Dr. Kara Powell, Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) joins the YS Leadership team as an Advisor. Kara joins Doug Fields on the growing team Mark Matlock has assembled to lead the next generation of YS. "I am so excited about Kara joining the YS team," Matock said, "We are so privileged to have her insight and input."
YS Looks to the Future
Posted in ArticlesFeatured ArticleYouth Worker DevelopmentThe journey Youth Specialties has taken over the years is a lot like a roller coaster ride. The co-founder of YS, Mike Yaconelli, once said, “We sure didn’t know where youth ministry or our little company was headed. All we knew was that God was somehow inviting us into this…Read More
Stories of Redemption
by Jon Huckins Posted in Featured ArticleYouth Worker DevelopmentAs I write this, I am traveling internationally seeking to build common ground between two people groups who have demonized one another through polarizing rhetoric and histories of resentment. Behind the caricatures I am amazed at the dynamic human stories of hope and perseverance that share so much in…Read More
What the Tornado Taught Me
by Cameron Cole Posted in Featured ArticleYouth Worker DevelopmentAfter serving as youth director at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL for six years, Thursday, April 28, 2011 will go down as my scariest day of youth ministry. My morning involved contacting thirty-five youth group alumni currently enrolled at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the…Read More
You Were Born What Way?
by Shawn Michael Shoup Posted in Featured ArticleYouth Worker DevelopmentHe walked into my office, a junior high student in my student ministry – a young man that I had led in the salvation prayer several years ago when he was still in our children’s ministry program. This was my first year as a student pastor – a novice. A newbie.…Read More
Interview: Global Youth Ministry
by Adam McLane Posted in Featured ArticleResource and Book ReviewsHere at Youth Specialties, we are very excited about the release of Global Youth Ministry from Dr. Terry Linhart and Dr. Dave Livermore. With the United States becoming increasingly culturally diverse, we think there is a lot to be learned about our own local ministries when we take the time to discover…Read More
Derailing Spiritual Development
by Phil Prendergast Posted in Featured ArticleYouth Worker DevelopmentWith fondness and a bit of regret I remember my early days in youth ministry. In my early twenties, I was simultaneously going through the stages of healthy deconstructing of my faith, questioning everything, and leading a youth group week-by-week. In retrospect, I began to take it to an unhealthy…Read More
Sticky Faith Teen Curriculum with DVD
10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School
