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Introduction
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Section 1: Why Student Leadership?
- Prepare – Luke 2:41-52
- Cultivating Student Leadership, Aracelis Vazquez Haye – Video and Discussion Outline
- Encouraging Leadership in Youth Ministry, Mike Park – Video and Discussion Outline
- Spiritual Growth and Discipleship as Invitation, Chap Clark – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
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Section 2: Discerning the Gifts of Student Leadership
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Section 3: Cultivating and Training Leaders Within the Youth Group
- Prepare – Ephesians 4:1-16
- Helping Youth Cultivate Life Skills in the Process of Ministry, Janice McLean-Farrell – Video and Discussion Outline
- Training Youth to Lead, Chris Russell – Video and Discussion Outline
- Cultivating Leadership in Youth Group Settings, Mark Park – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
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Section 4: Helping Youth to Own the Ministry
- Prepare – Acts 11:1-18
- Senior Leadership, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline
- How to Help Young People Own Their Ministry, Jorge Gonzalez – Video and Discussion Outline
- Benefits of Outdoor Ministry, Ryan Gackenheimer and Andrew Wicks – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
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Section 5: Agency in Student Leadership
- Prepare – Matthew 14:13-21
- Advice for Youth Ministers, Almeda Wright and Nyle Fort – Video and Discussion Outline
- Individual and Collective Agency, Almeda Wright and Nyle Fort – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocation, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
Questions for Reflection
Reflect:
- When Jesus was speaking in the temple as a youth, the Scripture tells us that his listeners, including the teachers, were astonished. How and when are we letting ourselves be astonished by the youth in our midst?
- How are we allowing our young people to rise to the occasion, as Jesus did? What platforms can we open up for them, allowing them space to speak up and to lead?