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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

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A Few Things All Catholic Youth Leaders Should Have

By | September 17, 2010

Starting out in Catholic youth ministry and wondering what are the things you should have? Here are a few quick ideas:

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Life Night INGs: Brainstorming, Planning, Executing

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This PowerPoint Presentation is to be used to help a Core Team brainstorm, plan, and execute a Life Night.

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Planning a Life Night: Gather, Proclaim, Break, Send

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This PowerPoint Presentation is to be used to explain what a Life Night is to a Core Team.

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4 Reasons Core Members Quit

By | August 12, 2010

The model of having a team of leaders who are responding to a Baptismal call to serve teens can be a really effective model. In concept it potentially takes so much pressure off a single youth leader to do all the outreach, planning and relational ministry. In practice, it can help parishes reach more teens for Christ. So why is it that it is so hard to find and keep good Core members? Maybe it’s time to look in the mirror and see what we may be doing that may be a roadblock to keeping Core members at our parish.

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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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Turning the Tables: Ministry to the Core Team

By | February 12, 2010

How are your Core Members doing? Take a moment and think about everything you’ve done in ministry this year and then look at what you have planned. Does your Core know that they are loved and appreciated? Do you know how they are doing spiritually? Before you read anymore, take a moment to pray for a member of your Core Team. This blog can wait. Now that you’ve prayed, take the next step and tell them. Go ahead; send them a text, or an email, or even better call them. Again, this blog can and

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Baptized Core Retreat

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Why do a Core Retreat ? With everything else that fills the youth ministry calendar, why take more time to do a retreat for the Core Team? Good question with an even better answer. Simply put, we cannot expect the teens to take time to encounter Christ on a retreat if we do not do the same. We cannot expect to lead the teens to a profound relationship with God if we are not developing one ourselves. And in the end, God brought you into youth ministry not to just transform teen’s hearts, but to

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Life Teen Core Covenant

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A Core Covenant is a commitment that your Core Members make to God, to the teens, and to the ministry. All too often we don’t spell out for our Core Members our expectations and desires for how they will serve the teens of the parish. A Core Covenant will make it abundantly clear the expectations and desires. This is a sample Core Covenant. It is important to adapt the Covenant to reflect the needs and expectations of your parish’s Core Team.

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Core Member Application Packet

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This Core Member Application Packet is a valuable resources when recruiting and training new Core Members. This packet includes: Welcome Letter, A Youth Ministry Overview, The Seven Core Values, Core Members Commitment to Youth Ministry, and an Application for Youth Ministry.