Gathering Your Youth

Ideas for Gathering in-Person:

• Compiled Recommendations for Gathering Youth In-Person
• YMI Quest Curriculum
• Four Major Event Ideas for Children and Youth Ministry, at Ministry Architects

Things to Think About Before Gathering In-Person:

• 24 Questions Your Church Should Answer Before You Return, by Ken Braddy
• 24 More Questions The Church Should Ask Before People Return, by Ken Braddy
• What do group gatherings look like now? Expert shares 4 general rules to follow, at Today
• Teenagers and Reopening, by Rae Jacobson at Child Mind Institute
• How to have your friends over this summer - safely, at Today
• Faith Formation: Phasing Forward, by Southern New England Conference UCC

Engagement Tool for Online Gathering:

Youth are "Zoomed Out". If you need to gather online, either regularly or periodically, check out Gather. It allows you to customize your "space", create individual avatars, create separate meeting spaces and even play games!