Spiritual Practices

General Resources: (click to view)

• Compiled Spiritual Practices Resources
• YMI Spiritual Practices Video Playlist
• Spiritual Practices in Youth Ministry
• Staying Grounded, Connected and Directed through Disruption, Dr. by Pam King
• Congregational Resources in Response to COVID-19, at Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School
• Free Resources for the Church During COVID-19, at network.crcna.org
• The Paperless Hymnal Free Songs, at The Paperless Hymnal

Meditation: (click to view)

• YMI Meditation Video Playlist
• Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress, at Mayo Clinic
• Mindfulness meditation may ease anxiety, mental stress, by Julie Corliss
• The Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation for Teens, by Julie K. Jones, Ph.D.
• Guided Meditations, at Mindfulness for Teens

Prayer: (click to view)

• YMI Prayer Video Playlist
• Spiritual Flight Night Curriculum
• A Prayer for Stress and Anxiety, by Rebecca Barlow Jordan
• Breath Prayers for Anxious Times, by Sarah Bessey
• Calmness Prayers, at xavier.edu
• A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition
• Prayers for People Effected by the New Coronavirus, at World Vision
• Prayers in view of the coronavirus pandemic, at World Council of Churches
• Examen for Life During COVID-19, by Susan Haarman
• A Prayer for Our Time, by the Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Streets
• Our Present Help: A Prayer, by Deonie Duncan

Sabbath Rest: (click to view)

• The Misfit Commandment Curriculum, by David Rahn and Ebonie Davis
• Time for Joy: Gritty Sabbath Rest with Adolescents, by Dave Rahn and Ebonie Davis
• Finding a Grit Fit Curriculum, by David Rahn and Ebonie Davis
• Fit for Time and Joy With God, by David Rahn and Ebonie Davis
• YMI Sabbath Rest Video Playlist
• Voices: Practicing Sabbath During Difficult Times, by Matt Homeyer
• From disorientation to reorientation: Turning forced isolation into Sabbath experiences, by Julia Wallace
• Pastoring in Pandemic: Distress that Drives Us Closer (Pt. 1), by Paul Kuzma

Worship: (click to view)

• Adolescent Joy and Christian Worship, by Frederick Edie
• Cultivating Youthful Worship
• YMI Worship Video Playlist
• Cultivating Worshipful Youth
• Created for Joyful Worship Curriculum
• Youth Worship Curriculum
• Creating Online Worship Services, by Angela Gorrell
• 9 Key Tips for Planning an Online Worship Service, at network.crcna.org
• QuaranTeen: Worshipping with Teenagers Online, by Eric L. Mathis
• Church at Home, at Cokesburykids
• Digital Worship May Create America's Next Spiritual Awakening, by Greg Laurie