Further Readings and Articles (click to view)

Devries, Mark. Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn’t Last and What Your Church Can Do About It. (Downers Grove: IVP, 2008). Chapter 3: Hoping, Wishing and Praying, p. 40.

DeVries, Mark. Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Does Last and What Your Church Can Do About It. (Downers Group: IVP, 2008). Chapter 7: Searching Right, p. 90.

DeVries, Mark. Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn’t Last and What Your Church Can Do About It. (Downers Grove: IVP, 2008). Chapter 8: Aligning the Heart, p. 107.

Jones, Karen; Rahn, Dave and Strommen, Merton. Youth Ministry That Transforms. (Zondervan, 2001). Chapter 4: Focusing on Three Top Ministry Priorities, p. 135.

Are You Called to Youth Ministry?, Dean Borgman

Five Ways to Recruit and Train Volunteers for Youth Ministry, Michele Robison

Four Key Ingredients for Youth Ministry, Dave Wright

Strategic Planning for the Commitment Level Model, Mark Tittley

Building a Team of Relational Youth Ministry Volunteers, Bejer McVeigh

Six Reasons Why Church Volunteers Quit, Aaron Buer

Revaluing ‘Self-Care’ a a Practice of Ministry, Mark Miller-McLemore

Ten Trust-Building Exercises for Kids and Teens, Jessica Timmons

The Importance of Youth Engagement in Developing Trust, Paul Meunier

Church and Family Can Save Kids, Miranda Devine