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Offering Effective Pastoral Care
Offering Effective Pastoral Care
Introduction
Introduction
Section 1: Fundamentals of Caring For Youth
Prepare – Romans 12:15-16
What Today’s Youth Need, Anne Wimberly – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Asking Good Questions, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
We’re In This Together, Sharon Galgay Ketcham – Video and Discussion Questions
2 minutes
The Onion, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Advice for Youth Ministers, Mary Elizabeth Moore and Yara González-Justiniano – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Issues Facing Youth Today, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Cultural Stories and Youth Ministry, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Freedom from Confinement, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Clumsy Kids, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 2: The Role of the Youth Minister in Pastoral Care
Prepare -John 4:1-30
Ministering to Youth in the Midst of Suffering, Mary Elizabeth Moore – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Creating Opportunities for Youth to Share, Caroline Ainsworth Hughes and Kate Hyde – Video and Discussion Questions
11 minutes
The Unique Opportunity of the Youth Minister, Kate Hyde – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
How a Youth Minister Can Engage in Healthy Disclosure, Gregory Ellison – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Tending to Your Own Grief as a Youth Worker, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Narrative Pastoral Care, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Turning Our Attention to God, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Asking and Not Assuming, Pastoral Care Needs in This Generation, Kishundra King and Whitney Bond – Video and Discussion Questions
7 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 3: The Art of Listening to Youth
Prepare – John 18: 15-18, 25-27; 21: 15-19
Listening to Young People, Mary Elizabeth Moore – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Listening, David White – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Listening to the Experience of Youth, Evelyn Parker – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Listening Well and Learning From, Stephanie Paulsell and Vanessa Zoltan – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
The Importance of Listening, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
What is Emotional Intelligence?, David Caruso – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Validating, then Investigating, David Caruso – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Why Listening Matters in Youth Ministry, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
6 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 4: Caring for Families of Youth
Prepare – 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8
Defining Family Instability, Chap Clark – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Coping with Family Instability, Sharon Galgay Ketcham – Video and Discussion Questions
2 minutes
The Role of Family, Dominique Robinson – Video and Discussion Questions
2 minutes
Challenges in Faith Formation, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Talking to Youth in the Midst of Family Instability, Chap Clark – Video and Discussion Questions
7 minutes
Pastoral Care and Mental Illness, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Helping Youth Have Permission to Give, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Frustrated Parents as Experiencing Fear, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 5: Pastoral Care for Grieving Youth
Prepare – Job 2:11-13
How Youth Experience Grief, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Grief or Trauma?, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
2 minutes
Connectional Nature of Grief, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
2 minutes
Can Time Heal Grief?, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
7 minutes
Where Grief Shows Up Unexpectedly, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 6: Mental Health and Youth*
*Note
Prepare – Psalm 139:1-18
Adolescent Mental Health, Chris Russell – Video and Discussion Questions
30 minutes
Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness, Nadja Reilly – Video and Discussion Questions
2 minutes
The Role of the Youth Minister, Joyce Mercer and Charles Edward Atkins, Jr. – Video and Discussion Questions
7 minutes
How the Church Can Help Youth Navigate Adolescence – Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 7: Spiritual Practices as Care
Prepare – Matthew 13:52
Practices of Love for Youth Workers, James K.A. Smith and Kyle David Bennett – Video and Discussion Questions
5 minutes
Spiritual Practices, Yolanda Smith – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Spiritual Practices in the Lives of Young People, Stephanie Paulsell and Vanessa Zoltan – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Ancient Spiritual Practices and Creativity, Stephanie Paulsell and Vanessa Zoltan – Video and Discussion Questions
4 minutes
Youth Seeing One Another Through Story, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
8 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 8: The Importance of Sabbath for Youth
Prepare – Psalm 46:10
Sabbath Rest, Ebonie Davis – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Creating Space for Sabbath Rest, Ebonie Davis – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Cultivating Habits for Sabbath Keeping, David Rahn – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Section 9: Pastoral Care as Social Engagement
Prepare – John 2:1-12
The Trauma of Structural Racism, Christopher Carter and Seth Schoen – Video and Discussion Questions
8 minutes
Creative Exploration in Adolescence, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Pastoral Care and Disenfranchised Populations, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
7 minutes
Hopes for Liberation and Flourishing, Kishundra King and Whitney Baisden-Bond – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Is the Church Prepared to Address Crisis, Talitha Amadea Aho – Video and Discussion Questions
3 minutes
Questions for Reflection
Additional Resources
Can Time Heal Grief?, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
Questions for Discussion:
What is the difference between intention and impact when we say that “time will heal” a person’s grief?
What happens when the “time stamp” Lee mentions doesn’t seem true to a grieving person’s experience?
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