Ministry to LGBTQ+ Youth

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Ministry to LGBTQ+ Youth

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.

Training Modules

LGBTQ+ Resources

Accompanying LGBTQ+ Youth

Theologians and practitioners discuss the importance of supporting and walking with LGBTQ+ youth.

Mental Health

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

Offering Effective Pastoral Care

Theologians, philosophers, and pastors examine the importance of pastoral care to youth and their families as part of a robust...

Relationships and Community

Developing Trusted Relationships and Nurturing Communities

Leading theologians and pastors explore the importance of creating an environment where youth can develop trusted relationships with peers and...

Curricular and Sample Materials

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.

Bearing One Another’s Burdens

This lesson focuses on teaching young people how to give and receive spiritual support.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Articles and Readings

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

Ministry to LGBTQ+ Youth

Creating supportive and welcoming space for all youth.

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