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Core Training: Conflict Resolution

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The final resource in our 8-part series covers conflict resolution on your core team. Anytime a group of people is gathered together there is a potential for dispute and conflict, even if that group of people is gathered to serve the church. this resource will present a christ-centered, loving approach to resolving and reconciling conflict, and strategies to prevent it from happening. After discussing causes and effects of core conflict, along with common reactions to it, we present a list of

Life Teen Core Training

Core Training: Pastoral Care

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We are ecstatic to announce a new resource in our Life Support box: Life Teen Core Training. Through both written and video resources, we will help you train your core Members whenever they join your team. This will hopefully allow you more time with your teens and less time behind a desk. In every Life Support box you will receive a new training resource for your core team. This 8-part training series will cover topics including: Core Recruitment Life Nights: Gather, Proclaim, Break,

Life Teen Core Training

Core Training: Core Spirituality

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When I was in high school my parish didn’t have life teen. Instead, I went to “faith sharing” at the Barrys’, a married couple about my parent’s age that had formerly been missionaries. When their children were young, they packed up their family and traveled to various countries sharing the Word of God and the catholic faith. Because of their witness and the witness of many couples in my parish community, I always connected being a missionary to someone on a foreign mission. I saw their

Life Teen Core Training

Core Training: Small Groups

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This is the fourth resource in our 8-part series covers small groups.this training covers everything from why we offer small groups to how to creatively break teens into them. It will help you set the perfect environment to allow for casual, comfortable conversations and then introduce techniques that make starting the conversation effortless.We discuss the types of teens you will encounter and the best way to get them talking or silence them when they begin controlling the conversation. We discuss

Life Teen Core Training

Core Training: Relational Ministry

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This third resource in our 8-part series covers relational ministry. Building relationships with teens is foundational in their developing a relationship with Christ. Far too often we find ourselves behind our desks planning versus being in the lives of our teens. This will burn us out and make our ministry ineffective. This resource is designed to get you out to a football game, visiting the teens on campus for lunch and getting an ice cream at a place of their employment. This resource will get

Life Teen Core Training

Core Training: Life Nights

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This second resource in our 8-part series covers Life Nights: Gather, Proclaim, Break and Send. Every Life Night has these four movements within them, just in a variety of creative ways to keep your teens engaged. In this resource, we will break down each movement of a Life Night: Gather, Proclaim, Break and Send. This section can be used to train your Core Team on the basics of a Life Night. Following this explanation, we encourage you to engage in the Life Night ING ’s: BrainstormING , PlannING

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“Finding Yourself in Scripture:” Find It In Your Middle School Ministry

By | April 26, 2010

One of my favorite days in youth ministry (besides the times of amazing relational ministry, of course) was the day the delivery truck pulled up to the front door of the office and the newest Edge Support Box arrived. I loved tearing through the box and seeing what kind of cool toy… I mean resources… were included. For me, it was like Christmas morning.