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• Which issues are really important to you?
• How many sessions you would like on each topic?
• Let us know which issues are important for you
• Make sure you put the topics to be covered in your publicity fliers
Youth Ministry (General)
What is youth ministry? |
The place of youth ministry in the local church |
A theology of youth ministry |
Values in youth ministry |
The legal face of youth ministry (CRB etc..) |
Teaching
Understanding the Bible |
Preparing a passage from scratch |
Making useful notes to help you deliver your talk |
Leading a discipleship group |
Youth Culture
The world of the teenager - developmental |
Pressures - media, magazines, music etc. |
Peer groups |
The world of the school |
Using the culture to our advantage |
The Church
What is the church? |
How do children and young people fit into the church? |
Relationships with the family |
A whole church strategy from 0 to 18 |
Strategy and planning
Creating a vision for your ministry |
Creating structures in the long term - keeping children in The Way |
A practical exercise to develop your own strategy |
Ministry to young people
Working in small groups |
Working one to one |
Building up a discipleship programme |
Caring for the flock - pastoral care in the youth context |
Handling difficult young people |
Discipline makes disciples !!!! |
Evangelism
What does youth evangelism look like? |
Working in schools |
Working with the marginalised |
Please feel free to ask for something not on our list - if we can deliver it we will try. You may also want to change the titles but we would want to talk with you about what exactly you would like us to deliver.