I knew a youth minister who literally worked inside of a closet. Sure, it had been “renovated,” but it didn’t alter the fact that his ministry was based out of a “former” closet. It was the kind of closet that makes a person long for a cubicle; it still smelled like toilet bowl cleaner and that stuff you use to clean up tile floor when a kid tosses his cookies post-dodgeball game.
As Youth Ministers and Core Team members, it’s vital that we walk daily with the teens we minister to. Sometimes that may mean catching them doing something wrong and lovingly correcting their behavior. But how often do we catch them doing something right? Imagine what our ministries could look like.
Spotlight Magazine is part of Life Support that provides readers with articles, updates, issue Life Nights, social Life Nights and much more! This valuable resource helps youth ministers and Core Members stay “plugged in” to the current trends in ministry and youth culture. Below is a list of what you’ll find in this issue. Table of Contents How to Support our Priests: Obedience – Prayer – Honesty – Affirmation Special Delivery: 10 tips on writing and giving talks to teenagers Can It!:
Spotlight Magazine is part of Life Support that provides readers with articles, updates, issue Life Nights, social Life Nights and much more! This valuable resource helps youth ministers and Core Members stay “plugged in” to the current trends in ministry and youth culture. Below is a list of what you’ll find in this issue. Table of Contents Desert Dweller: Finding Life In Lent Lent in Youth Ministry Life Night: Desert-ed Parish Spotlight: Doha, Qatar Life Teen 2008 Theme: Consumed
Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is to demonstrate to the teens how websites like “My Space” might begin as harmless “fun” but how they can create an unhealthy, unChristian environment and subculture that is both demeaning and demoralizing. Further, we want to equip the teens with practical insights and suggestions for how they can “put on” the eyes and heart of Christ when online and when immersed in such situations becoming a light to their peers. Life Night at a Glance: If