Think of it as a lean, mean Bible doctrine course--without the lecture. But with lots of options, videos, music, and drama. And small group work. And reproducible, interactive worksheets with eye-catching designs and soul-searching content. (Like, what else do you expect from St. Paul when he sits down to write the meatiest book of doctrine in the Bible?) in the 12 clear, complete sessions of Creative Bible Lessons in Romans. Author Chap Clark guides kids (and you) through the Big Ideas in this first-century letter to Christians trying their darndest to live godly lives in an ungodly culture. (Sound familiar?) From the not-so-savory picture the apostle paints of humankind in the opening chapters. . .through his celebration of grace and acceptance in midbook. . .to his tightly reasoned argument that love should fuel a Christian's decisions and relationships--here are topics made to order for teenagers living at the turn of the 21st century. Teach your way through Romans with these read-to-go sessions. Or scavenge whatever you want of the creative scripts, handouts, and other options to customize lessons of your own. Any way you use it, Creative Bible Lessons in Romans is your no-doze ticket to solid Bible doctrine. 12 lessons.

Creative Bible Lessons in Romans

Religion & Spirituality

Clark, Chap

Christian Books & Bibles

HarperChristian Resources

Whether you want to start a family ministry from scratch (in a big or small way) or simply improve you church's existing ministry to families, you don’t have to add yet another task to your already full plate of responsibilities. All you need is a strategic, subtle yet deliberate shift in how you perceive and pursue youth ministry. Which is exactly what Chap Clark delivers in The Youth Worker's Handbook to Family Ministry--a practical, hands-on-manual for youth workers who see the need to work not just with teenagers, but with teenagers and their parents and family--in whatever large or small ways they can. Here's just some of what you'll find inside: -Family-ministry programming that works: Family activities for the whole church, family-friendly programs for junior high, workshops that work, including stepparenting classes and parent-teen topics, creative family camps, programs for connecting senior citizens and students, rites of passage, a family component to confirmation ministry. - Partnering with parents: 13 ways to involve parents in youth ministry, establishing a parent council and family ministry committee, checklist for a perfect parent meeting, the parent newsletter, gathering and creating resources for parents. - Choosing the Family-ministry model that fits your church: Three perspectives of family ministry, family ministry in five churches, what a church needs to function as a family, nine discussion questions that can direct your church's programming. - Moving your church toward family ministry: Four options for integrating youth and family ministries, questions to ask as you contemplate a move into family-friendly youth ministry, seven steps toward a family-based youth ministry, dealing with resistance, the family-friendly church calendar. - Plus reproducible handouts for adults and teenagers: A family-needs assessment, caught in the middle -- or , the fine art of step-parenting, 15 creative ways to tell you kids 'I love you,' individuation, not separation, God the parent: the model of biblical parenting, 15 creative ways to tell your parents 'I love you,' what kids need to know about dads and moms -- and about stepparents. Whether you're a youth worker, a pastor, or a CE director -- The youth Worker's handbook to Family Ministry is your reality check for intergenerational ministry.

Youth Worker's Handbook to Family Ministry, The

Zondervan

Join the conversation as experts propose, defend, and explore Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church. In a dialog that often gets downright feisty, four youth ministry academicians delineate their distinct philosophical and ecclesiological views regarding how youth ministry relates to the church at large--and leave a taste of what’s profound and what’s not in these four typologies: Inclusive congregational (Malan Nel). What happens when a church thoroughly integrates its adolescents, making them full partners in every aspect of congregational life? Preparatory (Wesley Black). Why and how should a church consider its teenagers as disciples-in-training and its youth ministry a school of preparation for future participation in church life? Missional (Chap Clark). What does a church look like, whose youth ministry does not necessarily nurture "church kids" but is essentially evangelistic? Whose youths and youth workers are considered missionaries? Strategic (Mark Senter). How feasible is it for a youth ministry to become a new church on its own--the youth pastor becoming the pastor, and the new church planted with the blessing of the mother church? In Four View of Your Ministry and the Church, solid academic writing and an inviting tone and design create a compelling text for both in-the-field, practicing youth workers and undergraduates and graduate students.

Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church

Senter III, Mark H.

Black, Wesley

Nel, Malan

Senter, Mark

Deep Ministry in a Shallow World will show you a new way to prayerfully reflect on the questions you face in your youth ministry every day so you can find the answers that will take it to deeper places. That’s because authors Chap Clark and Kara Powell have gathered significant research findings that will help shift your ministry paradigm. Did you know that: • the typical strategies we use to build relationships with kids might actually cause them to trust us less because of what this generation has endured? • recent research on communication could help us move past the witty talks and funny stories we work so hard to develop and instead actually connect the Bible to kids’ lives? • studies show that offering students “just Jesus” and not helping them at home, school, and in their neighborhoods might not help them very much at all? The authors’ research also led to their development of the Deep Design problem-solving process—a revolutionary model that will give you better tools than ever before to address every last issue you’ll encounter in youth ministry.

Deep Ministry in a Shallow World: Not-So-Secret Findings about Youth Ministry (Youth Specialties (Paperback))

Powell, Kara

It doesn’t take a long list of statistics to convince you that our world is broken. Mission trips, service projects, and supporting children through relief organizations are just a few of the ways that many youth workers engage their students in serving the least, the last, and the lost. As good and helpful as these things may be on the surface, that’s where they remain—at the surface. The problems run far deeper than an occasional paint job or fundraising project can solve. But it’s not hopeless. Deep social justice is possible in your youth ministry. Following their bestselling book, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, Kara Powell and Chap Clark provide you with research and insights that will help your ministry get to the next level. In addition to helping you further understand the Deep Design method (introduced in their previous book), their practical Kingdom of God theology will help you go beyond simply trying to motivate your students to serve those in need, and invite your students (and maybe even your leaders) to wrestle with why those people are in need in the first place. You’ll hear from well-known social justice leaders and youth workers who are making a difference in urban, suburban, and small town settings including: • Jim Wallis (Sojourners) • Tony Campolo (Eastern University) • Lina Thompson (World Vision/Vision Youth) • John Perkins (Christian Community Development Association) • Shane Claiborne (The Simple Way) • Larry Acosta (Urban Youth Workers Institute) • Rudy Carrasco (Harambee Christian Family Center) • Jeremy Del Rio (Community Solutions, Inc.) • Noel Castellanos (Christian Community Development Association), and more In addition to expanding your personal justice commitments, Deep Justice in a Broken World will help you reflect with your own leadership team, and will provide you with online resources to take you even deeper into the journey. So go ahead, dig deeper into what it means to heal the broken world in which we live. Take your ministry deeper into social justice.

Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs around Them (Youth Specialties (Paperback))

Skits to help children solve problems and make decisions in the real world

Option Plays: 60 Creative Dilemmas to Help Your Kids Learn Effective Decision Making

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Camps and retreats are an essential part of every youth ministry. But could your camping ministry use a new perspective, a fresh sense of creativity, and practical ideas that will help your kids see that God is relevant to their lives today?Look no further. In The Youth Specialties Handbook for Great Camps and Retreats, veteran youth minister and camp director Chap Clark opens his comprehensive tool kit of camp and retreat concepts and ideas as he shows you how to build an effective, exciting camping program from the ground up.

The Youth Specialties Handbook for Great Camps and Retreats

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Youth Specialties

Explores the concepts of friendship and love from a Christian viewpoint and prescribes ways to have more fulfulling dating relationships.

Next Time I Fall in Love

Parenting & Relationships

Next Time I Fall in Love Journal

Self-Help

Relationships

Most parents would give anything to anchor their children with a vibrant faith that “sticks” and continues to mature into adulthood. Yet, despite this deep desire, research indicates that approximately 40-50% of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation. The Sticky Faith Pack includes the five-session DVD study based on the book by the same name (included) that came from Kara Powell’s desire to see her own kids emerge from adolescence with their faith intact. Through personal, real-world experiences of research and sharing, Powell enables parents to instill a deep and lasting faith in their adolescents. Sticky Faith is geared to spark a movement that empowers adults to develop robust and long-term faith in kids of all ages.

Sticky Faith pack: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

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