Youth Ministry Final

What is the primary goal of youth and family ministry?

To help families say an everyday yes to Jesus

The three foundational pillars IN THE CHURCH for a solid youth program

- Strong Biblical Foundation

- Christian Model (Example)

- Experiential Faith Developtment

What are the three questions teenagers need help answering?

1. Who am I (Identity)

2. Will I fit in? (Belonging)

3. What can I do? (Purpose)

What ways does the youth minister help teens in day to day jobs?

1. Bible study / Teaching

2. Discipleship / Mentoring

3. Intentional Events

List the 5 Biblical Purposes from the 2GCs

- Worship

- Ministry

- Mission

- Fellowship

- Maturity

Five Audiences and brief description of target areas

- Community (nothing at all)

- Crowd (the fun stuff)

- Congregation (regular Sunday and Wednesday)

- Committed (gets spiritual habits)

- Core (organizes everything and leads)

Four main areas of learning with corresponding target area

Cognative - head (knowledge)

Behavior - hands (skills)

Affective - heart (emotions)

Disposition - Home / Soul (values)

Four reasons why we should enter a student's world by visiting their home

1. We gain insight

2. We communicate our interest in the student's life

3. We can reach students

4. We can promote attendance

Three ways we can become a child's "champion" with regard to safely

1. Educate Children and Families

2. Set Personal Boundaries

3. Watch for Inappropriate Physical Contact and Grooming Behaviors

How must we approach difficult conversations?

We must approach difficult conversations in a biblically sound way with teens and families in a spirit of humility

What is intergenerational ministry?

- God's family to generations by generations

- encouraging

- multiplication

- glorification

- families of families

- mutual influential relationships

How to begin the planning profess for a retreat?

- purpose and theme

- location and audience

- when and how to travel

- what to eat

- publicize (like the packet)

Retreat Request, Promotional Packet, and Budget and Forms. Lessons and games.

ESSAAY - How do passages like Deut. 6:4-9, Mark 2:12, Eph. 4:11, Thess 2:12 impact our understanding of youth and family ministry. Be able to give specific examples from the text

Essay - How is God's character in creation reflected in the daily work of a youth and family minister? Provide a few examples of how you would reflect this. (3.1)

Creative

Administrative

Pastoral Care

Policy

Discipline