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Mark Yaconelli is co-director of the Youth Ministry and
Spirituality Project, which over the last 8 years has gathered
together churches and youth ministers from across North America to
explore contemplative prayer, discernment, spiritual direction,
covenant community, spiritual practice and Sabbath-living as a way
of resourcing ministries with youth. This book offers some of the
experience, teaching, praying and thinking behind the project.
Contemplative Youth Ministry is rooted in Mark Yaconelli's
experience of co-directing the acclaimed Youth Ministry and
Spirituality Project. Through this project, churches and youth
ministers have explored contemplative prayer, discernment,
spiritual direction, covenant community, spiritual practice and
Sabbath-living as a way of resourcing ministries with youth. The
results have been transformative, and this engaging book, richly
illustrated with personal stories, provides refreshment and new
ways of thinking for anyone who has grown weary or disillusioned
with the vital tasks of working with and caring for young people.
Deeply honest and personal reflections for a popular author and
speaker
In Growing Souls, readers are introduced to the Youth Ministry and
Spirituality Project (YMSP), a programme co-founded by the author
Mark Yaconelli, which is based at San Francisco Seminary. Growing
Souls is the follow-up to Yaconelli's influential book
Contemplative Youth Ministry (SPCK, 2006). The idea of YMSP grew
from reports of youth ministry being a frantic and busy environment
that focused on fun activities and moral guidance, rather than the
spirituality side. YMSP was then established to test the
integration of contemplative practice and awareness within
youthwork programmes. This book is for those in youthwork and does
not only introduce the project itself but also tells the stories of
the specific churches that adopted the project. After this, readers
will then be introduced to the many youth leaders that were
involved in the pilot projects, and some of the youth who had been
at these projects.
Every heart feels wonder. Every heart knows fear. Every heart aches
with longing. Awed, we whisper, Thank you. Frightened, we cry,
Mercy. Yearning we plead, Show me the way. Because the truth is, no
matter who you are, every heart needs prayer. This is a prayer
book. A book to seduce, cajole, entice, and encourage your heart
into prayer. More than a book to be read, this is a book to be
explored. It is a book of stories, divine poetry, holy verses,
mystical inspirations, prayerful imaginings, meditative practices,
and spiritual exercises that seek to uncover the hidden
communication between you and God. As you read and explore more
about love, longing, fear, suffering, compassion, rest, reflection,
passion, wonder, and gratitude you ll be invited to discover prayer
within the various moods, attitudes, and experiences that we human
beings often find ourselves in. It s a book to be used, flipped
through, tested, experimented with, and then set aside. It is a
book that asks you time after time to stop and listen, turn and
welcome the silent love of God. The hope of this book isn t to
teach you anything. The point of this book is to encourage you to
give yourself to God---your anger, your fear, your gratitude, your
curiosity---your real self to the real God, because then (and only
then) will your heart find peace (even in the midst of wonder,
fear, and longing). Because every heart needs prayer."
About the Contributor(s): David F. White is the C. Ellis Nelson
professor of Christian education at Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary in Austin, Texas. He is author of Practicing Discernment
with Youth, and coauthor of Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian
Resistance in a Consumer Culture. He was the editor of the Pilgrim
book series Youth Ministry Alternatives. David is an ordained
United Methodist minister who served for over twenty years as
minister with youth at congregations in Mississippi, Kentucky,
Alaska, and California.
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David F White; Foreword by Mark Yaconelli
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'You know the reality: teens don t have much downtime in their
lives. Between school, extra-curricular activities, jobs, friends
(and youth group ), students these days barely have enough time to
do all the things they need to do in a day. It s no wonder that
quiet, reflective time in prayer with God is not high on their
priority list. With years of experience helping teens encounter God
in quiet, contemplative ways, Mark Yaconelli will give you the
tools and insights needed to help teens understand why and how to
pray, and to guide them towards a life of prayer. You ll find
several prayer exercises in this book, based on the praying
tradition of the Christian church, along with instructions to help
you introduce the prayers to students. Not only are there
explorations of classical methods of prayer that involve silence,
solitude, and scripture, but you ll also discover more recent forms
of prayer that use creative media, music, writing, movement, and
acts of compassion. As you help teens bring prayer into their
everyday lives, your students will find that they long for those
times when they can step away from it all and find rest and comfort
in God.'"
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