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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 | |