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| Introduction | |
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| Are You Called to Be a Youth Worker? | |
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| Determine your call to youth ministry | |
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| Three qualities every youth worker must have | |
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| The ideal youth ministry | |
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| Starting a Youth Ministry | |
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| Tips for starting out in vocational youth ministry | |
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| Why teens come to youth group | |
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| 10 steps to starting a youth ministry in your church | |
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| But what if my church has only one teenager? | |
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| How to grow a youth group | |
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| What to do during your first youth group meeting | |
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| After the very first youth group meeting | |
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| Once Your Youth Ministry is Up and Running | |
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| Where real ministry takes place | |
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| How to do youth ministry all wrong | |
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| Lies we believe in youth ministry | |
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| Helping teens take ownership of youth group | |
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| Five tips for making visitors feel welcome at youth group | |
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| Two ideas for improving how teens welcome outsiders | |
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| Sharing God's Word with Teens | |
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| 10 reasons why you should do lesson preparation early | |
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| Three ideas for making God's Word "sticky" | |
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| How to push a spiritually apathetic teen to be spiritually passionate | |
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| Three things teens should know before they graduate | |
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| When Teens and Parents Won't Commit to the Youth Ministry | |
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| What teens and parents will and won't commit to | |
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| Handling teenagers who don't want to participate in youth group activities | |
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| Handing frustrations about low attendance | |
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| Should you use a reward system for youth group attendance? | |
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| Parents who ground their teens from youth group | |
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| Communication | |
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| Five tips to remember when sharing youth group announcements | |
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| Evaluating your ministry's communication methods | |
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| Guidelines for youth pastors who text teens | |
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| Managing Money | |
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| Writing a youth ministry budget | |
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| Why volunteers should always go for free | |
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| Investing in volunteers | |
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| Finding Adult Volunteers | |
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| What to look for in a youth leader | |
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| How to recruit ministry volunteers | |
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| Addressing the four most common excuses potential leaders make | |
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| The value of using retired adults | |
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| Should you use unsaved adults as youth leaders? | |
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| The process of initiating new leaders into the ministry | |
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| Questions to ask a new youth leader | |
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| What teens need from youth leaders | |
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| Once Your Volunteers Are in Place | |
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| Expectations of youth leaders | |
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| Boundaries for youth leaders | |
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| Handling volunteers who are too busy for teenagers | |
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| How to train leaders to be relational | |
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| Signs that a youth leader is lacking maturity and healthy adult relationships | |
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| 10 ideas for keeping adult leaders on board long term | |
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| Using interns | |
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| Challenges You May Face in Youth Ministry | |
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| The hardest part of youth ministry | |
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| The daunting job description of a youth worker | |
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| Mistakes that can kill your ministry's growth | |
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| Dealing with the pressures of church leadership | |
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| Handling discipline as a young youth worker | |
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| The difficult and disruptive teen | |
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| Dealing with drama at youth group | |
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| Ministry: grind or glamour? | |
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| Ways to Make Youth Ministry Easier | |
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| 11 ways to reduce stress in ministry | |
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| Living with a spouse who serves in youth ministry | |
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| Advantages of a local network of youth workers | |
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| 10 commandments for surviving in youth ministry | |
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| Serving in Youth Ministry for the Long Haul | |
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| Being versus doing | |
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| Youth pastor is more than a title | |
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| How you will crash and burn(out) in ministry | |
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| Avoiding burnout in ministry | |
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| How to leave a youth ministry position well | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Acknowledgments | |