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Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry by Mark Oestreicher

40 field-tested guides from experienced speakers


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Being a youth worker means giving talks—and probably lots of them. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to dream up new ones from scratch every week?

Get those creative juices flowing with Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry, a sourcebook of: 40 proven youth-talk outlines from experienced speakers on topics that connect with new-millennium teenagers in their world, in their terms—on topics of high interest and concern to them. And it's not just outlines—there's lots more here: anecdotes and illustrations, object lessons, openings and closings for each talk, suggestions for easy-to-get video clips and music, dozens of small-group discussion questions—all to help kids not only hear your talks, but process the content.

Some of today's best speakers have contributed outlines—Doug Fields, Miles McPherson, Louie Giglio, Kara Powell, Dan jessup, Efrem Smith, Dave Ambrose, Helen Musick, Darrell Pearson, Billy Phenix, and more.

The frosting is the companion CD-ROM containing all 40 outlines in Microsoft Word 6.0 so you can edit, format, and print out your talks the way you want. The CD also contains a free MediaShout™ LE player along with high-quality images of each talk's main points for use in MediaShout™ or PowerPoint®.

Product #9780310238225
Year Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 350
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Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry

It can be a jungle out there . . .

...especially when you're standing before wild-eyed teenagers and trying to tame 'em with some words from the Good Book.

Never fear! You're armed and ready with the ammo in your hands!

As a youth worker, you give talks—lots of them. So you've no doubt asked yourself: Wouldn't it be great if I didn't have to dream up a new talk on a new subject every week? Voil`a! Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry, a sourcebook right down your alley, contains 40 proven youth-talk structures (also on an enclosed CD-ROM) from experienced speakers on topics that connect with new-millennium teenagers in their world, in their language: worship and wisdom, success and sin, parents and pain, hypocrisy and the Holy Spirit.

And that's not all. Each session contains suggestions for bringing talks to life—anecdotes, object lessons, video clips, music, and more! Plus there's a cool opening and closing for each talk, as well as dozens of small-group discussion questions to help your kids not only hear your words, but process the content as well.

The contributors are among the best youth speakers around, including—

  • Doug Fields
  • Miles McPherson
  • Louie Giglio
  • Kara Powell
  • Dan Jessup
  • Efrem Smith
  • Dave Ambrose
  • Steve Case
  • Gregg Farah
  • Tim Baker
  • Greg Lafferty
  • Darrell Pearson
  • Billy Phenix

...and more! But that's not all! The 40 outlines are on a companion CD-ROM in Microsoft Word® 6.0 format which lets you quickly and easily customize them to fit you and your group.

This CD also includes:

  • MediaShout™ EV, the coolest new presentation program specifically for ministry (free evaluation version: for Windows 98 or later).
  • 3 to 4 images that illustrate the main points of each talk outline (to use with MediaShout™ EV or other presentation software).

Whether you're an experienced speaker or sweat under your collar when you stand before your kids, Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry is an essential speaking tool and supplement for youth pastors, volunteer youth leaders, camp directors and counselors, retreat leaders—anyone who wants a springboard or specific help when planning a youth talk.

The Gift of God's Sucker Punch
Using the Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry CD-ROM
Index of themes
Index of Bible texts

  1. How to Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide conscience
  2. Do I Look Like the Mother of the Future? Christmas
  3. Leave the Swine Behind temptation
  4. Being a Christian Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be discipleship
  5. Jesus the Revolutionary Jesus' mission
  6. God Is Full of Surprises grace
  7. Never Waste Your Pain pain
  8. Small People Can Do Big Things success
  9. Dogpile Jesus discipleship
  10. "God and..." or Just "God"? lordship
  11. The God of Losers self-image
  12. God Can't Fail hope
  13. X Marks Your Spot spiritual gifts
  14. The Freedom God Offers freedom
  15. It's Morphing Time! transformation
  16. Footloose and Fence-Free God's commands
  17. Taking Off Your Mask hypocrisy
  18. Parent Impact parents
  19. God-Sized Love love
  20. A Welcome for the Unwelcome grace
  21. Two Funerals and a Wedding discipleship
  22. Leaving the Purple Penguin Behind racism
  23. Jesus the Rescuer salvation
  24. Not Just Hot Air seeing God
  25. Can We Disagree without Being Disagreeable? unity
  26. Sleeping with Bread depending on God
  27. You've Got God-Mail God's will
  28. My Brother's Keeper sin
  29. Wise Guys (and Girls!) wisdom
  30. Why, God? injustice
  31. Worship under Fire worship
  32. The Godzone the kingdom of God
  33. Say Grace grace
  34. Real Power Jesus' power
  35. Whose Kingdom Do You Live In? the kingdom of God
  36. Don't Talk with Your Mouth Full power of words
  37. Are You a Vampire? salvation
  38. Soul Food spiritual hunger
  39. Question Numero Uno salvation
  40. God on the Inside Holy Spirit

Contributors

WINDOWS®*

  • Windows 98, 00, ME, NT
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 or better
  • 45 MB available hard disk space to load all graphics and outlines
  • CD-ROM drive

Additional requirements for MediaShout EV Presentation software

  • 266 MHz Pentium II or equivalent
  • 64 MB RAM
  • 15 MB additional hard disk space
  • Recommended: 2 display cards (or single card capable of independent dual-monitor display) to run in dual-monitor mode

*Microsoft Word files and jpeg images can be accessed by a Macintosh

Great Talk Outlines for Youth Ministry
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