Compiled Recommendations for Safely Gathering Youth In-Person
Safety Guidelines:
Youth programming must follow CDC guidelines for sanitation, safety, size, and social distancing.
Guidelines and procedures for deep cleaning and regular sanitizing of all spaces used for youth ministries should be developed prior to in-person events and programs re-starting.
Develop a plan for providing face coverings for youth and adults who arrive without one.
All staff, volunteers, and youth should wear face coverings and maintain 6 feet physical distance from all present whether gatherings are indoors or outdoors. Those who live in the same household can be considered a “family unit” and can be within 6 feet of one another but must […]
Week 1 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: What is Wisdom?
Week 2 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: What is Wisdom? Part 2
Week 3 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: The Wisdom of Youth
Week 4 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: The Proverbial Wisdom of Cause and Effect/The Act-Consequence Relationship, Part 1
Week 5 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: The Proverbial Wisdom of Cause and Effect/The Act-Consequence Relationship, Part 2
Week 6 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: The Importance of Knowing “the Proper Time”, Part 1
Week 7 – Seven Sections to Wisdom: The Importance of Knowing “the Proper Time”, Part 2
Engaging Youth with Hurts in the World and their own Callings to Serve and Advocate
Anti-Racism Curriculum and Resources
YMI Curriculum:
My Own Two Hands: Cultivating Personal Agency to Act for Justice by Dr. Almeda Wright (Yale Divinity School) and the Rev. Nyle Forte (Princeton, a founder of the Black Lives Matter movement)
Fearless Dialogues, by Georgette Ledgister and Prof. Gregory C. Ellison, II (Emory)
Seeking Joy Through Justice, by Dr. Elizabeth Corrie (Emory)
The 8 Bowl of Life Ceremony, by Dr. Itahare Toure (Interdenominational Theological Center)
Discussing Race and Racial Identity, by Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth Schoen (University of San Diego)
Grounding Ourselves in the Soil of Compassion, Compassion Lesson 1, by Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth […]
Finding Joy in the Curriculum
Reading the Bible with Youth – Lesson 1
