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Introduction
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Section 1: What Is Vocational Discernment, and What Does It Have to Do with Youth?
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Section 2: Helping Youth Engage in Discernment
- Prepare – 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
- Stages of Discernment with Youth, David White – Video and Discussion Outline
- Filling the Void, Tim Walsh – Video and Discussion Outline
- Good Ideas/God Ideas, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocation, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
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Section 3: The Ongoing Nature of Vocational Discernment
- Prepare – Matthew 13:1-9
- Developing a Sense of Vocation, Caroline Ainsworth – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocational Discernment, Andy Root – Video and Discussion Outline
- Vocation, Shane Claiborne – Video and Discussion Outline
- The Spiritual Journey of Young Adults, Steven Argue – Video and Discussion Outline
- Questions for Reflection
- Additional Resources
Vocational Discernment in Adolescence, David White – Video and Discussion Outline
Rev. Dr. David White speaks about opportunities to discern vocation during the adolescent stage of development.
Questions for Discussion:
- How do we encourage our youth to find their “spark of purpose,” and thus their “flame of vocation”? How do we “notice, name, and nurture” these sparks?
- Who are the “Ryans” in our pews? In our youth groups? In our lives? How is it being faithful to God to honor these callings in our community?
- How might we foster this kind of attentiveness within our programming, and within our own souls, so that we can hear and channel these holy energies?
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