Here you will find tools to help youth leaders accompany, work with, and support LGBTQ+ young people. These resources include pastoral care approaches and programming tips for this particular subset of youth.
Ministry to LGBTQ+ Youth
Training Modules
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
 | Accompanying LGBTQ+ Youth | Theologians and practitioners discuss the importance of supporting and walking with LGBTQ+ youth. |
 | Cultivating Resilience, Well-Being and Authentic Happiness in Youth | Theologians, psychologists and youth leaders discuss the importance of cultivating resilience in youth. |
 | Offering Effective Pastoral Care | Theologians, philosophers, and pastors examine the importance of pastoral care to youth and their families … |
 | Developing Trusted Relationships and Nurturing Communities | Leading theologians and pastors explore the importance of creating an environment where youth can develop … |
Curricular and Sample Materials
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
 | The 8 Bowl of Life Ceremony | A multi-sensory lesson to demonstrate the heightened awareness one acquires in experiencing the every day trials of life. |
 | Seeking Joy Through Seeking Justice | This lesson will ask youth to look at current injustices in the world and consider how God may be working in the midst of those injustices. |
 | Trusting God in Anxious Times | In this lesson, youth will learn how faith can help them to deal with anxiety. |
 | Hope Never Fails | This lesson will focus on how sharing your biggest concerns with God can lead to a sense of hope. |
 | Who Am I Before God? | This lesson asks youth to focus on the self that God gave them. |
 | Being a Welcome and Inclusive Youth Group | This lesson will explore creating a welcoming environments for teens of all sexual orientations and gender identities. |
| Hospitality: Room For Another | In this lesson, youth will learn that hospitality is not just about welcoming those they know, but about creating space for Christ. |
 | Christian Life as Holy Resistance | Using Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King, Jr. as examples, this meditation focuses on how Jesus calls use holy resistance, just as Christ did. |
 | Loving Your Enemies | This meditation lifts up Martin Luther King, Jr. as an example of loving your enemies. |
 | Being a Light in the Dark | In this lesson, youth will be encouraged to look beyond themselves to the need in the world and Jesus' call to love your neighbor. |
 | Bearing One Another’s Burdens | This lesson focuses on teaching young people how to give and receive spiritual support. |
Articles and Readings
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
 | Resources for Ministering to LGBTQ+ Youth | A collection of books, websites and podcasts compiled by the Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath to support your work with LGBTQ+ youth. |
Best Practice Videos
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
 | Ministry to LGBTQ+ Youth | Creating supportive and welcoming space for all youth. |