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Resources Worth Buying
  • Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right
    Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right
    by Doug Fields
  • How to Volunteer Like a Pro: An Amateur's Guide for Working with Teenagers
    How to Volunteer Like a Pro: An Amateur's Guide for Working with Teenagers
    by Jim Hancock
  • The Kingdom Experiment, Youth Edition: A Community Practice on Intentional Living
    The Kingdom Experiment, Youth Edition: A Community Practice on Intentional Living
    by Bruce Nuffer, Rachel McPherson, Liz Perry, Brooklyn Lindsey
  • Book of Uncommon Prayer, The
    Book of Uncommon Prayer, The
    by Steven L. Case
  • Great Emergence, The: How Christianity Is Changing and Why (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
    Great Emergence, The: How Christianity Is Changing and Why (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
    by Phyllis Tickle

Downloadable Resources

Tuesday
Jun082010

Questions Everybody Asks (2 Small Group Lessons)

This is two small group lessons focused on the questions: "What about the Bible?" and "Why am I a Christian?".  Click Here to download the Lessons.

Wednesday
May192010

Games We Play Logo

A logo or background graphic for a series entitled the games we play.  Click Here to download.

Tuesday
Mar302010

Get your Volunteers Circulating

If you have been in youth ministry for very long, then you have probably run across this situation: You are looking out over a mass of teenage activity, and there you spot a clump of adults.

I'm not sure if they are scared to talk to the kids, or just prefer the comfort of talking to someone that will probably not shoot them down if they say something wrong. Whichever it is, at the heart of it, most volunteers really do want to get to know the kids. They just need an avenue. A great way to provide that avenue, is to give your adults some random poll to go around and ask the kids. Make sure that you instruct your adults to get the kids name, and try to find out one other thing about the kid.

I did this last week with my volunteers, and it was awesome! I actually offered a $5 McD's gift card for the volunteer to get the most names. 

Attached is a pdf file, with prepared sheets to print. Click HERE to Download. Feel free to drop your ministry logo on it, and run with it.

PeaceLoveJoy

Bill

Wednesday
Feb032010

Freedom Small Group Curriculum

This curiculum takes the theme of freedom and spends 5 sessions working out all the implications.  To view the PDF files, you need the following fonts: Just JessieInitialized, and Comic Book.  You can Click Here to download a zip file that contains student and leader versions in both PDF and InDesign formats.

Tuesday
Jan052010

Freedom Graphic (Logo)

This graphic uses the fonts Initialized for the "F" and Just Jessie for the rest.  The file is a zip archive that includes pdf versions, jpeg, and illustrator.  Click Here to Download.

Tuesday
Nov032009

To be Continued Small Group Curriculum

This is a four week breakout-style small group curriculum focusing on the Bible and sharing your faith.  It uses the idea that God is telling a story that began long ago and will continue in the future in four lessons: Eating the Word (Studying the Bible), Old Testament, New Testament, and My Story.  You will need to download comic book font by clicking here in order to view this pdf.  

Click Here to download the pdf.

Monday
Oct052009

iLife Small Group Curriculum

This is the breakout group curriculum for a message series on Forgiveness, Worship, Mission, and Prayer.  Click Here to download the .pdf file.

Tuesday
Sep292009

Drama: Awkward First Dance

The point of this drama is to illustrate worship as dancing with God.  We set up the drama by talking about how when one person does their part of a couple's dance, it is awkward.  When they come together awkward plus awkward does not equal really awkward, it equal beauty.  There's something about coming together that changes things in a powerful way.  Then we did the skit, and followed it by talking about when you first start out it may be difficult, but the more you worship, the better you become.

Click Here to Download.

Thursday
Sep102009

MAC Track Mentor Packet 2009-2010

This download is a new resource of MAC Track this year.  It is a packet for mentors of MAC Track students which provides information, expectations, tips, resources and forms.  Click here to download Mentor Packet 2009-2010.

Thursday
Sep102009

MAC Track Information Packet 2009-2010

This download reflects all the changes to the MAC Track ministry as year two begins.  These changes come from evaluation and feedback from those involved in the first year of MAC Track.  There are also many new components to the ministry this year which are explained in this packet.  Click here to download the 2009-2010 Information Packet.