Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry: The Practical Guide to Today's Family-Based Youth Ministry
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Overview
The most powerful force in a young person's life is his or her family. The importance of this is pointed out in the writing of the Torah in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, where believers are mandated to pass their family legacies to the next generations. The newest trend in youth ministry today is a very healthy move toward family-based ministry, a mind-set that helps the church act as a support system, while placing discipleship and training back into the hands of family. Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry will help youth workers understand their unique role in helping families succeed and will give an overview strategy of family-based youth ministry, as well as practical ideas on implementing this awesome ministry in your church.
- Presents a new approach to rethinking church youth ministry>
- Suggests a fresh mind-set: Parents and family as crucial to faith development in every area of a ministry's program
- Points to Deuteronomy 6:4-9 as a passage that mandates families to pass on their faith legacy to the next generation
The Strategy
- Family-Based Youth Ministry - A Mind-Set, Not a Program
- The Pillars of Partnering with Parents
- The Evolution of the Family
- Building a Strategy for Family-Based Youth Ministry
- Obstacles to Building a Family-Based Youth Ministry
- The Power of the Extended Christian Family
The Application
- Parent Meetings
- Parent Retreats
- Fifty-Two Family Devotional Ideas
- Tried-and-True Parent-Seminar Ideas
- Family Surveys - Tools for Discovery
- 40 Days for the Family - An Opportunity to Connect