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Offering Effective Pastoral Care
Offering Effective Pastoral Care
Curriculum
10 Sections
84 Lessons
8 Weeks
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Introduction
1
1.1
Introduction
Section 1: Fundamentals of Caring For Youth
12
2.1
Prepare – Romans 12:15-16
2.2
What Today’s Youth Need, Anne Wimberly – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
2.3
Asking Good Questions, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
2.4
We’re In This Together, Sharon Galgay Ketcham – Video and Discussion Questions
2 Minutes
2.5
The Onion, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
2.6
Advice for Youth Ministers, Mary Elizabeth Moore and Yara González-Justiniano – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
2.7
Issues Facing Youth Today, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
2.8
Cultural Stories and Youth Ministry, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
2.9
Freedom from Confinement, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
2.10
Clumsy Kids, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
2.11
Questions for Reflection
2.12
Additional Resources
Section 2: The Role of the Youth Minister in Pastoral Care
11
3.1
Prepare -John 4:1-30
3.2
Ministering to Youth in the Midst of Suffering, Mary Elizabeth Moore – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
3.3
Creating Opportunities for Youth to Share, Caroline Ainsworth Hughes and Kate Hyde – Video and Discussion Questions
11 Minutes
3.4
The Unique Opportunity of the Youth Minister, Kate Hyde – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
3.5
How a Youth Minister Can Engage in Healthy Disclosure, Gregory Ellison – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
3.6
Tending to Your Own Grief as a Youth Worker, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
3.7
Narrative Pastoral Care, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
3.8
Turning Our Attention to God, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
3.9
Asking and Not Assuming, Pastoral Care Needs in This Generation, Kishundra King and Whitney Bond – Video and Discussion Questions
7 Minutes
3.10
Questions for Reflection
3.11
Additional Resources
Section 3: The Art of Listening to Youth
11
4.1
Prepare – John 18: 15-18, 25-27; 21: 15-19
4.2
Listening to Young People, Mary Elizabeth Moore – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
4.3
Listening, David White – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
4.4
Listening to the Experience of Youth, Evelyn Parker – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
4.5
Listening Well and Learning From, Stephanie Paulsell and Vanessa Zoltan – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
4.6
The Importance of Listening, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
4.7
What is Emotional Intelligence?, David Caruso – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
4.8
Validating, then Investigating, David Caruso – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
4.9
Why Listening Matters in Youth Ministry, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
6 Minutes
4.10
Questions for Reflection
4.11
Additional Resources
Section 4: Caring for Families of Youth
11
5.1
Prepare – 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8
5.2
Defining Family Instability, Chap Clark – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
5.3
Coping with Family Instability, Sharon Galgay Ketcham – Video and Discussion Questions
2 Minutes
5.4
The Role of Family, Dominique Robinson – Video and Discussion Questions
2 Minutes
5.5
Challenges in Faith Formation, Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
5.6
Talking to Youth in the Midst of Family Instability, Chap Clark – Video and Discussion Questions
7 Minutes
5.7
Pastoral Care and Mental Illness, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
5.8
Helping Youth Have Permission to Give, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
5.9
Frustrated Parents as Experiencing Fear, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
5.10
Questions for Reflection
5.11
Additional Resources
Section 5: Pastoral Care for Grieving Youth
8
6.1
Prepare – Job 2:11-13
6.2
How Youth Experience Grief, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
6.3
Grief or Trauma?, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
2 Minutes
6.4
Connectional Nature of Grief, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
2 Minutes
6.5
Can Time Heal Grief?, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
7 Minutes
6.6
Where Grief Shows Up Unexpectedly, Szu-Hui Lee – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
6.7
Questions for Reflection
6.8
Additional Resources
Section 6: Mental Health and Youth*
8
7.1
*Note
7.2
Prepare – Psalm 139:1-18
7.3
Adolescent Mental Health, Chris Russell – Video and Discussion Questions
30 Minutes
7.4
Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness, Nadja Reilly – Video and Discussion Questions
2 Minutes
7.5
The Role of the Youth Minister, Joyce Mercer and Charles Edward Atkins, Jr. – Video and Discussion Questions
7 Minutes
7.6
How the Church Can Help Youth Navigate Adolescence – Kenda Creasy Dean – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
7.7
Questions for Reflection
7.8
Additional Resources
Section 7: Spiritual Practices as Care
8
8.1
Prepare – Matthew 13:52
8.2
Practices of Love for Youth Workers, James K.A. Smith and Kyle David Bennett – Video and Discussion Questions
5 Minutes
8.3
Spiritual Practices, Yolanda Smith – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
8.4
Spiritual Practices in the Lives of Young People, Stephanie Paulsell and Vanessa Zoltan – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
8.5
Ancient Spiritual Practices and Creativity, Stephanie Paulsell and Vanessa Zoltan – Video and Discussion Questions
4 Minutes
8.6
Youth Seeing One Another Through Story, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
8 Minutes
8.7
Questions for Reflection
8.8
Additional Resources
Section 8: The Importance of Sabbath for Youth
6
9.1
Prepare – Psalm 46:10
9.2
Sabbath Rest, Ebonie Davis – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
9.3
Creating Space for Sabbath Rest, Ebonie Davis – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
9.4
Cultivating Habits for Sabbath Keeping, David Rahn – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
9.7
Questions for Reflection
9.8
Additional Resources
Section 9: Pastoral Care as Social Engagement
8
10.1
Prepare – John 2:1-12
10.2
The Trauma of Structural Racism, Christopher Carter and Seth Schoen – Video and Discussion Questions
8 Minutes
10.3
Creative Exploration in Adolescence, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
10.4
Pastoral Care and Disenfranchised Populations, Mary Clark Moschella – Video and Discussion Questions
7 Minutes
10.5
Hopes for Liberation and Flourishing, Kishundra King and Whitney Baisden-Bond – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
10.6
Is the Church Prepared to Address Crisis, Talitha Amadea Aho – Video and Discussion Questions
3 Minutes
10.7
Questions for Reflection
10.8
Additional Resources
Freedom from Confinement, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Questions
Questions for Discussion:
What are we hungry for as Christians?
What are youth hungry for?
What would it look like to be freed from the confines of our culture?
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