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Preface | |
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Preparing the Soil | |
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Disciple-Making Youth Ministry | |
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Defining Youth | |
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What Is a Disciple? | |
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Qualities of Discipleship | |
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Stages of Discipleship | |
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Principles for the Harvest | |
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Disciples Make Disciples | |
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Developing Adult Leadership | |
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People-Centered Youth Ministry | |
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Youth Leader Profile | |
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What Are the Internal Qualities of a Youth Leader? | |
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Begin Where Your Parish Is | |
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Cultivating a Team of Disciple-Makers | |
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Choosing the Right Leaders | |
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The Importance of Prayer in Attracting Good Leaders | |
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Who Works Best With Youth? | |
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Skills for Recruiting Youth Workers | |
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Basic Recruiting Approaches | |
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Job Description of a Youth Leader | |
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Envisioning a Verdant Horizon | |
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The Driving Forces of Youth Ministry | |
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Defining Mission and Purpose | |
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The Mission Statement | |
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Steps to Developing a Mission Statement | |
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Developing a Strategic Plan | |
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Fertilizing the Harvest Through Intercession | |
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What Is Intercession? | |
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Steps to Developing an Impacting Intercessory Prayer Base | |
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Sowing the Seed | |
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What Is Catholic Youth Evangelization? | |
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Elements of Evangelization | |
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The Need for Youth Evangelization | |
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Dynamics of Youth Evangelization | |
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Evangelistic Programming | |
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Objectives of Evangelistic Programming | |
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Caring for the Crop: A Relational Approach to Ministry | |
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Incarnational Ministry | |
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Characteristics of a Relational Youth Minister | |
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Four Elements to Relational Outreach | |
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Acres at a Time: Large Group Evangelization | |
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Defining Large Group Evangelization | |
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Meeting Format for Large Group Evangelization | |
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Smaller Groups in the Large Group Setting | |
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Steps to Planning and Evaluating a Meeting | |
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Expanding Our Harvests | |
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Five Steps to Reaching Uninvolved Teens | |
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Some Examples of Innovative Outreach | |
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Growing Mature Disciples | |
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Plotting for Growth: Fostering Adolescent Faith Maturity | |
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Characteristics of a Maturing Faith | |
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Growing Small-Group Communities | |
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The Significance of Small Faith Communities for Teenagers | |
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Defining Small Faith Community | |
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Integrating the Dimensions of the Church in the Small Faith Community | |
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Small Faith Community Meeting Format | |
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Characteristics of a Mature Small Faith Community | |
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Practical Skills to Help Foster Growth | |
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The Role of the Spiritual Cultivator | |
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The Importance of Effective Listening Skills | |
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Developing a Positive Catechetical Learning Experience | |
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Lesson-Planning Steps | |
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Small-Group Discussion Do's and Don'ts | |
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Reaping the Fruit | |
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Multiplying the Harvest Through Teen Leadership | |
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Why Teens Should Be Active in Ministry | |
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Identifying Potential Teen Leaders | |
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Equipping Teens for Ministry | |
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Formation of Teen Leaders | |
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Planting a Fruitful Peer Ministry Team | |
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What Is Peer Ministry? | |
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Why Peer Ministry? | |
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Characteristics of an Effective Peer Ministry Team | |
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Peer Ministry Team Meeting Format | |
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Recruiting Potential Peer Ministers | |
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The Selection Process | |
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Cultivating a Lifestyle of Justice and Service | |
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Two Types of Service: Direct Action and Social Change | |
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Service Experiences | |
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Service Contexts | |
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Steps to Planning a Service Event | |
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The Maturing Full-Cycle Youth Ministry | |
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Starting From Scratch | |
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Beginning From Existing Ministry | |
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Some Final Considerations | |
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Notes | |