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When students participate in short-term mission work, parents and
youth leaders hope the experience of serving others will be
transformative. But for mission work to make a real impact, leaders
and students need to spend more time before, during, and after
their service processing and preparing for their experiences. This
curriculum and student journal helps leaders prepare students for
what to expect on their mission trip, allows students to reflect
upon their experiences, and enables them to genuinely debrief.
Students will engage in learning exercises that help them gain new
insights about themselves, their relationship with God, their
teammates, and the world we re called to love and serve. These
steps ensure short-term mission work that has a deeper effect on
students and on those they serve, and helps students apply what
they have learned in the mission field to their own lives. Also
included are ideas to help get parents and the church engaged in
the youth ministry s short-term mission work."
So you re fired up, you want to make a difference, you want to
change the world but how? Signing up for your church s mission trip
or service project is a great first step, and you are definitely
going to make a difference in someone s life. But are you ready for
the different cultures you may encounter? How are you going to
really connect with the people you serve? And what about when you
come home---how do you make sense of all the things you ve
experienced? It s easy to forget your experiences in the mission
field---especially when the people around you haven t had those
same experiences. And it is easy to go back to living your life the
way you were before---but if you really want to change the world,
you have to change, too. The only way that is going to happen is if
you spend some time before, during, and after your service
preparing for and processing your justice work. As you use this
journal you will start to think about--- * the people you are
serving * your relationship with your teammates * how God factors
in to your service project * the impact your experience has had on
you * how you can continue to make a difference in the world around
you If you think you re fired-up for service now, just wait As you
complete the creative and fun exercises included in this journal,
you will be energized for justice work, you ll learn how to apply
this to your own life, and nothing will be able to stop you."
Most typical youth ministries today produce nice, obedient kids who
behave themselves--and then leave the church and the faith. Even
those who remain struggle to extend their own faith beyond youth
group. They seem like "good kids," but their lives and decisions
outside youth group aren't oriented towards Jesus. Clearly that is
not our goal. So what are we doing wrong? And how can we better
serve the unique needs of the most anxious, adaptive, and diverse
generation in history? If you're tired of youth ministry that fails
to change lives, it's time to change youth ministry. Building on
two decades of the Fuller Youth Institute's work and incorporating
extensive new research and interviews, Faith Beyond Youth Group
identifies the reasons youth ministry often fails both short-term
and long-term, and offers five ways adult youth leaders can
cultivate character for a lifetime of growing closer to Jesus
rather than drifting away. It shows leaders how to cultivate trust,
model growth, teach for transformation, practice together, and make
meaning so that the teenagers can become adults who hold fast to
the truth 24/7 and boldly live out a robust faith in a watching
world.
Sometimes life gives you way more questions than answers. And yet
it seems like everyone expects you to just figure it all out!
Whether you're looking toward your future or wrestling to get
through today, it doesn't have to be so stressful. Just three big
questions will help you find clarity about all the rest: * Who am
I? * Where do I fit? * What difference can I make? This 60-day
exploration breaks down those big questions into manageable pieces
and helps you embrace God's best answers for you. Backed by
Scripture and informed by years of research with teens just like
you, this book does more than help you figure out what to do with
your life; it will help you understand what your life means to the
world--no matter who your friends are, what career you end up with,
what kind of family you come from or will have in the future, what
obstacles you may face, or what doubts trouble you along the way.
YOU are one-of-a-kind, and you can find faithful answers to life's
biggest questions.
Teenagers are tired of vague or nonexistent answers to their tough
questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Just when they're
capable of diving into the deep end of their faith, all too often
the church keeps them splashing around in shallow waters. As eight
years of Sticky Faith research on teenagers has shown, it's not
doubt or hard questions that are toxic to faith. It's silence. The
trusted voice of the Fuller Youth Institute and proven best
practices from churches around the country converge to provide you
with tools both to start conversations about hard questions, as
well as to lead students toward discovering their own faith
convictions.
So you're on fire, you want to make a difference, you want to
change the world...but how? Signing up for a service project or
mission trip is a great first step. But you probably have a lot of
questions. Are you ready for the different cultures you may
encounter? How are you going to really connect with the people you
serve? And what about when you come home-how do you make sense of
all the things you've experienced? Will any of it make a lasting
difference for anyone? It turns out that if you really want to
change the world, you have to change too. The only way that's going
to happen is if you spend time before, during, and after your trip
preparing for and processing your work. This Journal will help you
think about: * Why you're going * The people you're serving * Your
relationship with your teammates * How God factors into your
service project * The impact your experience has had on you * How
you can keep making a difference back at home If you think you're
fired up to serve now, just wait! This hands-on Journal will equip
you to serve in a way that sticks-both for you and those you serve.
* How you can keep making a difference back at home If you think
you're fired up to serve now, just wait! This hands-on Journal will
equip you to serve in a way that sticks-both for you and those you
serve.
Today's teenagers are the most anxious, creative, and diverse
generation in history-which can make it hard for us to relate. And
while every teenager is a walking bundle of questions, three rise
above the rest: - Who am I? - Where do I fit? - What difference can
I make? Young people struggle to find satisfying and life-giving
answers to these questions on their own. They need caring adults
willing to lean in with empathy, practice listening, and gently
point them in the direction of better answers: they are enough
because of Jesus, they belong with God's people, and they are
invited into God's greater story. In this book, which is based on
new landmark research from the Fuller Youth Institute and combines
in-depth interviews with data from 1,200 diverse teenagers, Kara
Powell and Brad M. Griffin offer pastors, youth leaders, mentors,
and parents practical and proven conversations and connections that
help teenagers answer their three biggest questions and reach their
full potential.
Ever had a question about God that you were scared to ask? Ever
felt like your hard questions get squashed, silenced, or brushed
aside? We get that. We wrote this guide for people like you. And we
have good news. First, other teenagers and adults ask these kinds
of questions all the time. Second, it's not only okay to ask hard
questions, but it's actually important-some say essential-for your
faith journey. And finally, God can handle it. God isn't anxious
about your questions, struggles, or doubts. We don't think you
should be either.
Today's teenagers are the most anxious, creative, and diverse
generation in history--which can make it hard for us to relate. And
while every teenager is a walking bundle of questions, three rise
above the rest: - Who am I? - Where do I fit? - What difference can
I make? Young people struggle to find satisfying and life-giving
answers to these questions on their own. They need caring adults
willing to lean in with empathy, practice listening, and gently
point them in the direction of better answers: they are enough
because of Jesus, they belong with God's people, and they are
invited into God's greater story. In this book, which is based on
new landmark research from the Fuller Youth Institute and combines
in-depth interviews with data from 1,200 diverse teenagers, Kara
Powell and Brad M. Griffin offer pastors, youth leaders, mentors,
and parents practical and proven conversations and connections that
help teenagers answer their three biggest questions and reach their
full potential.
Many of the statistics you read about teenagers and faith can be
alarming. Recent studies show that 40-50 percent of kids who are
connected to a youth group throughout their senior year will fail
to stick with their faith in college. As youth workers are pouring
their time and energy into the students in their ministries, they
are often left wondering if they've done enough to equip their
students to carry their faith into adulthood. Fuller Youth
Institute has done extensive research in the area of youth ministry
and teenage development. In Sticky Faith, the team at FYI presents
youth workers with both a theological/philosophical framework and
practical programming ideas that develop long-term faith in
teenagers. Each chapter presents a summary of FYI's quantitative
and qualitative research, along with the implications of this
research, including program ideas suggested and tested by youth
ministries nationwide. This resource will give youth pastors what
they need to help foster a faith that sticks with all the teenagers
in their group long after they've left the youth room.
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