Fuller Theological Seminary
Envisioning, Building and Sustaining Thriving Youth Ministries
Leading theologians and pastors explore the importance of youth ministry and how developing a mission and vision statement can help to grow a thriving youth group in accordance with that mission.
Presenters
Course Overview
Curriculum
- 9 Sections
- 53 Lessons
- 8 Weeks
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- Introduction1
- Section 1: Why Youth Ministry Is Important9
- 2.1Prepare – Jeremiah 1:4-8
- 2.2Stages of Adolescent Development, Chap Clark – Video4 Minutes
- 2.3Spiritual Development in Step with Human Development, Chap Clark – Video2 Minutes
- 2.4Remembering the Importance of Youth Ministry, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video3 Minutes
- 2.5The Uniqueness of Adolescence, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video3 Minutes
- 2.6Why Youth Feel Disempowered, Elizabeth Corrie – Video9 Minutes
- 2.7The Nature of Adolescence, Matthew Kuan Johnson – Video3 Minutes
- 2.8Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- 2.9Additional Resources
- Section 2: What Is a Thriving Youth Ministry?6
- 3.1Prepare – Luke 24:13-35
- 3.2Exemplary Youth Ministry, Roland Martinson – Video and Discussion Outline6 Minutes
- 3.3Live, Love, Listen, Learn…Lead, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline30 Minutes
- 3.4Discovering a Vision Statement for Youth Ministry, Frederick Edie – Video and Discussion Outline6 Minutes
- 3.5Questions for Reflection
- 3.6Additional Resources
- Section 3: Vision and Mission Statements6
- 4.1Prepare – Jeremiah 29:8-14
- 4.2The Importance of Vision in Starting a Youth Ministry, Jorge Gonzalez – Video and Discussion Outline3 Minutes
- 4.3Discovering a Vision Statement for Youth Ministry, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 4.4Discerning and Communicating Vision and Mission, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 4.5Questions for Reflection
- 4.6Additional Resources
- Section 4: Enacting Your Vision6
- 5.1Prepare – Joshua 1:1-13
- 5.2Putting Vision into Practice, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline5 Minutes
- 5.3The Pedagogy of Patience, Gregory Ellison, III – Video and Discussion Outline6 Minutes
- 5.4Translating Vision into Practice, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline6 Minutes
- 5.5Questions for Reflection
- 5.6Additional Resources
- Section 5: Building Your Ministry - The Essentials6
- 6.1Prepare – Matthew 7:24-27
- 6.2The Grace of Playing, Courtney Goto – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 6.3Creating Opportunities for Youth to Experience God, Shane Claiborne – Video and Discussion Outline5 Minutes
- 6.4Essential Elements of Youth Ministry, Tim Walsh – Video and Discussion Outline8 Minutes
- 6.5Questions for Reflection
- 6.6Additional Resources
- Section 6: Building Your Ministry - Deepening Your Ministry7
- 7.1Prepare – 1 Samuel 3
- 7.2Creating Deeper Opportunities for Youth, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline6 Minutes
- 7.3Three Ways Successful Churches Engage Youth, Mark Gornik – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 7.4When Quality Counts, Mark DeVries – Video and Discussion Outline5 Minutes
- 7.5Safe and Brave Space, Yadi Martinez-Reyna – Video and Discussion Outline3 Minutes
- 7.6Questions for Reflection
- 7.7Additional Resources
- Section 7: Sustaining Your Ministry - Overcoming Obstacles6
- 8.1Prepare – James 4
- 8.2Church Politics, Mark DeVries – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 8.3Investing in Youth Ministry, Lillian Daniel – Video and Discussion Outline3 Minutes
- 8.4Critical Counsciousness, David Anderson Hooker – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 8.5Questions for Reflection
- 8.6Additional Resources
- Section 8: Sustaining Your Ministry - Maintaining a Transformational Culture6
- 9.1Prepare – Romans 12:1-5
- 9.2Rethinking the Church as a Creative Community, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Outline5 Minutes
- 9.3Growing Young, Steven Argue – Video and Discussion Outline4 Minutes
- 9.46 Strategies to Grow Your Church Young, Kara Powell and Mike Park – Video and Discussion Outline5 Minutes
- 9.5Questions for Reflection
- 9.6Additional Resources