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Recruiting, Training and Supervising Youth Workers and Volunteers
Recruiting, Training and Supervising Youth Workers and Volunteers
Curriculum
6 Sections
30 Lessons
5 Weeks
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Introduction
1
1.1
Introduction
Section 1: Who Feels Called to Lead Our Youth?
7
2.1
Prepare – 1 Thessalonians 5:11-19
2.2
Advice for Youth Ministers, Dori Baker and Patrick Reyes – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
2.3
Advice for Youth Ministers, Abigail Visco Rusert – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
2.4
Advice for Youth Ministers, David Rahn – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
2.5
One Simple Thing, Andy Root – Video and Discussion Outline
8 Minutes
2.6
How to Create and Ecology of Relationships in Youth Ministry, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Outline
4 Minutes
2.7
Additional Resources
Section 2: Attracting Volunteers and Staff
5
3.1
Prepare – 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
3.2
The Hundred Dollar Bet, Mark DeVries – Video and Discussion Outline
7 Minutes
3.3
Training and Equipping Leaders, Aracelis Vanquez Haye – Video and Discussion Outline
20 Minutes
3.4
Questions for Reflection
3.5
Additional Resources
Section 3: Creating a Structure for Youth Workers
5
4.1
Prepare – John 15:1-12
4.2
Structurally Sound Youth Ministry, Mark DeVries – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
4.3
You Can’t See at a Distance, Anne Wimberly – Video and Discussion Outline
2 Minutes
4.4
Questions for Reflection
4.5
Additional Resources
Section 4: Self-Care and Youth Ministry = Community-Care
6
5.1
Prepare – Exodus 18:13-27
5.2
Leadership and What’s Worth Wanting, Matthew Croasmun – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
5.3
Self-Care in Youth Ministry, Chris Russell – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
5.4
Accountability in Youth Ministry, Kara Powell – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
5.5
Questions for Reflection
5.6
Additional Resources
Section 5: Leaders Who Create the Community Youth Need
6
6.1
Prepare – John 4:7-26
6.2
Leaders as Role Models, Matthew Croasmun – Video and Discussion Outline
6 Minutes
6.3
Communities of Trust and Faith, James K.A. Smith and Kyle David Bennett – Video and Discussion Outline
4 Minutes
6.4
Mentoring Young People on the Margins, Yadi Martinez-Reyna – Video and Discussion Outline
4 Minutes
6.5
Questions for Reflection
6.6
Additional Resources
How to Create and Ecology of Relationships in Youth Ministry, Mark Yaconelli – Video and Discussion Outline
Questions for Discussion:
What role do the adults play in supporting the youth pastor?
What role do the adults play in supporting the youth (especially given the typical transience in youth pastors)?
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