For veterans

As a long time youth worker, you’ve seen, experienced, and done a lot of things--hardly anything surprises you anymore. What you need is encouragement, a fresh perspective, cultural updates, training, community, and great products to recommend to your staff and students.

YS Products:

• Messy Spirituality and Dangerous Wonder
  by Mike Yaconelli
  
  
• Contemplative Youth Ministry and Growing Souls
  by Mark Yaconelli
  
  
• A New Kind of Youth Ministry
  by Chris Folmsbee
  
  
• Imaginative Prayer for Youth Ministry
  by Jeannie Oestreicher and Larry Warner
  
  
• Soul School
  by Jeanne Stevens
  
  
• Youth Culture 101
  by Walt Mueller
  
  
• Experiential Youth Ministry Handbook and Experiential Ministry Handbook Volume 2
  by John Losey
  
  
• Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church
  by Clark, Nel, Senter, Black
  
  
• Invert Starter Kit
  Sample the latest and greatest student products from YS. A great introduction to the invert line for students!

YS Events:

• The National Youth Workers Convention
  the longest running youth worker conference—filled with training, networking, resources, inspiration, and more. Make an appointment with a conference pastor or spiritual director, experience the soul shaper retreat, or attend a Critical Concerns Course.
  
  
• The YS Middle School Ministry Summit
  An intimate, peer-to-peer experience for paid middle school-only church staff.
  
  
• the CORE: the premiere one-day training event, perfect for your entire team, including volunteers, small group leaders, even parents.

The YS Underground:

Featuring digital videos, curriculum scripts, and more, the YS Underground is a download-only online store—providing resources, ideas, lesson plans, and more.

YS articles:

• Youth Ministry Dissonance: What we Believe vs. What we Do by Ken Moser
  
  
• (More articles on theology and youth ministry)
  
  
• The Fear-Driven Church by Mark Matlock
  
  
• (More articles on culture and youth ministry)
  
  
• The Burnout of the Fit by Steve Gerali
  
  
• (more articles on the personal stuff of being a youth worker)
  
  
• A New Kind of Youth Worker Job Description by Mike King
  
  
• (More articles on re-imagining youth ministry)
  
  
• See the list of all YS article topics

YS Job Bank:

• Find a Job
  
  
• post a resume
  
  
• find some additional staff

YS Email resources:

Sign up for one of our many helpful, informative email lists, including the YM Women Newsletter for women in youth ministry, the YS Update, with articles, research, news and other resources, or the Great Deals email list, featuring exclusive subscriber-only coupons and opportunities

Have questions? Need help?

Call us at 888.346.4179 or email us