Articles and Research (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.
Are You Called to Youth Ministry?, Dean Borgman
Attracting Volunteers and Staff (click to view)
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.
Jones, Karen; Rahn, Dave and Strommen, Merton. Youth Ministry That Transforms. (Zondervan, 2001). Chapter 4: Focusing on Three Top Ministry Priorities, p. 135.
Five Ways to Recruit and Train Volunteers for Youth Ministry, Michele Robison
Structure for Youth Workers (click to view)
Four Key Ingredients for Youth Ministry, Dave Wright
Strategic Planning for the Commitment Level Model, Mark Tittley
Self-Care and Community Care (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 8: Aligning the Heart, p. 107.
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