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Best Practices
We've curated clips from our video archive into what we consider 'best practices' for youth ministry. We hope that these offer useful footholds in exploring the material available.
Caroline Hughes - Choosing Sites for Mission Trips
02:17
Caroline Hughes - The Mission of the Mission Trip
03:31
Caroline Hughes on Fundraising Ideas
04:19
Caroline Hughes on Recruiting Leaders
03:22
Caroline Hughes - Delegating to Leaders and Youth
04:35
Caroline Hughes - Attitudes Toward Service Learning
03:40
Caroline Hughes - Mutuality During a Trip
02:32
Caroline Hughes - Staying Connected Post-Trip
04:38
Caroline Hughes - Collaborating with the Wider Congregation
04:03
Caroline Hughes - Alternatives to Away Trips
03:13
Dr. David F. Ford - Defining Joy
04:04
Dr. David F. Ford & Rev. Canon Chris Russell - Encouraging an Encounter with God's Abundance
03:31
Youth Ministry and a Sense of Being Loved - Rev. Michael Bird
02:44
Shane Claiborne on Creating Opportunities for Youth to Experience God
04:32
Dr. David Anderson Hooker on Grand Hospitality and Extravagant Welcome in the Church
03:07
Dr. David Anderson Hooker on Community Focused Critical Consciousness
04:14
Dr. Frank Rogers, Rev. Christopher Carter & Dr. Seth Schoen on Compassion
58:55
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter on Diversity & Embodied Joy
01:56
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter on Joy & Compassion
02:26
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth Schoen on the History of Racism in America
02:41
Dr. Seth Schoen and Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter on Addressing Structural Racism
02:27
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth Schoen on the Trauma of Structural Racism
07:49
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth Schoen on Compassion in the Face of Societal Evils
04:22
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Seth Schoen on Racism and Christianity
04:44
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth Schoen on The Role of the Pastor in Combatting Racism
05:35
Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and Dr. Seth Schoen on Hope for Combatting Racism
03:37
Skip Masback on Hiring Youth Workers
03:21
Skip Masback on Calling, Culture and Mission
04:46
Skip Masback on Hiring within your Congregation
04:12
Skip Masback on Hiring Parents
04:48
Skip Masback Hiring Youth Ministers: Desirable Qualities
03:29
Skip Masback on Gaining Support from the Wider Congregation
04:31
Skip Masback - Quest for the Spirit
04:27
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Thinking Outside the Box
04:21
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Background Checks
03:01
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Reporting Violations
03:01
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Training
04:10
Rev. Skip Masback on Developing Church Safety Policy
03:48
Rev. Skip Masback - Implementing Church Safety Policy
04:16
Rev. Skip Masback - Boundaries and Church Safety
04:03
Rev. Skip Masback on Subjects of Church Safety
02:38
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Maintaining Boundaries
03:30
Rev. Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Training Youth Workers
04:09
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - Caring for Stories
58:35
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - Cultural Stories & Youth Ministry
02:46
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - Creative Exploration in Adolescence
03:12
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella on Pastoral Care & Mental Illness
05:29
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - The Importance of Listening
04:37
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - Narrative Pastoral Care
03:47
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - Pastoral Care & Disenfranchised Populations
06:34
Dr. Mary Moschella - The Importance of Reflection
03:26
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella on Positive and Negative Stories of Youth
01:48
Dr. Mary Clark Moschella - The Name Game & Pastoral Care
01:27
Andy Root on Youth Ministry in an Era of Over-Parenting
01:06:37
Andy Root on Youth as Part of the Story in an Age of Anxiety
04:18
Dr. Andy Root on Vocational Discernment
03:56
Dr. Andy Root on Authenticity
08:41
Dr. Andy Root on Shifting from the Thing to the Story
07:05
Dr. Andy Root on Authentic Experience and the Gospel Message
07:03
Dr. Andy Root on Cultural Demands and Identity Formation
06:05
Dr. Andy Root on Coming to Youth Ministry
04:16
Dr. Andy Root on Parental Involvement & Faith Formation
03:39
Dr. Andy Root on Parenting & Concerted Cultivation
07:45