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Sponsored by the MidAmerica Region:
Prairie Star, Central Midwest & Heartland Districts
Nancy Combs-Morgan & Dori Thexton
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Can you just give us some good ideas?
Can you keep our youth ministry from failing?
Do you understand how different we are?
Will you help my congregation understand it’s not just about the numbers?
Can you keep the politics away from youth ministry?
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Steeple chasing
Underinvestment
Mis-investment
Questions of capacity:
o Budget $1,000 minimum per youth
o One full-time staff for every 50 youth
o One adult for every five youth
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One youth staff can handle it.
Wallpaper vs. concrete
“We’ll never hire from within our church”
With a new youth director, our volunteers won’t have to work so hard.
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Control documents –annual events calendar, job descriptions, master recruiting list, curriculum template
Youth ministry mission/vision statement
3 year plan
Statement of values
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Emotional health –appropriate boundaries, intentional spiritual practices, accountable relationships
Balcony time; three kinds of meetings; the value of “third pig” youth workers
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Youth ministry is the congregation’sministry, not just that of specialists who can relate to teenagers. The mandate to BE THERE for young people belongs to the whole faith community.Kenda Creasy Dean
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Teams are crucial to the long-term success of youth ministry.
The first step of calling volunteers is the hardest.
Blanket appeals and mass announcements don’t work!
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Start early – at least 6 months before volunteer term begins
Identify your needs – RE teachers, advisors, event leaders/organizers, planning committee members, small group leaders
Be strategic in recruiting – don’t ask an “A” player to do a “C” level job
Develop master recruiting list for future use
Start smiling and dialing!
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Sustainable Approach
Long-term focus on single issue
Responsibility shared by a team
Regular meetings – 3 kinds of meetings
Working a plan
o Episodic focus, disconnected meetings
o Responsibility carried by the youth staffperson
o Concerns raised randomly and reactively
o Expectation of quick fix; reacting to anxiousness
Traditional Approach
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Stage 1: Creating blueprint & preparing for the process
Stage 2: Laying the foundation
Stage 3: Beginning to build
Stage 4: Framing the second floor
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