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How Can I Find a New Church: Sticky Faith Teen Curriculum Free Sample

by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentFeatured ArticleFree ResourcesProgrammingTraining

The Sticky Faith Teen Curriculum is a 10-session journey exploring everything from the gospel and faith identity development to how to plan for the party scene at campus.  In the sample session you can download free below, you can tackle with students the important question, How can I find a…Read More

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What Went Wrong With MTV?

by Adam McLane Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentYouth Worker Development

All through my adolescence no organization was cooler than MTV. They literally defined what was cool for my generation, as Frontline documented in The Merchants of Cool, MTV wasn't just lucky to hit a specific trend at a specific time for 20 plus years. My jaw dropped as I learned that MTV's programming hits were the results of intense and prolonged ethnographic study of their target audience.

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Mary Christmas: Reaching Out To Teen Moms

by Ginger Sinsabaugh MacDonald Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentProgramming

By Ginger Sinsbaugh MacDonald Okay. We’ve heard the story a zillion times. Even those of us who are Chreasters  (those who only show up for church on Christmas and Easter) know the story about the pregnant teen named Mary. She and her fiancé Joe didn’t have reservations at the Red Roof Inn…Read More

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What Juno Didn’t Tell You

by Ginger Sinsabaugh MacDonald Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentHigh School

I’ve owned a lot of weird stuff over the years. A life-size sumo wrestler made out of foam rubber. A Malibu Barbie that my kid sister beheaded. A lizard, a lava lamp, a collection of snow globes, even an electronic whoopee cushion. But there is one thing that has never been in my possession.  I never owned a diaper bag. My Barbie didn’t even own a diaper bag.

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Boys To Men: Finding Masculine Identity In Today’s Culture

by Charlie Eldred Posted in Adolescent Development

Little boys, we are told, are made of "snips and snails and puppy dog tails." However, no recipe exists to explain what makes a man, much less how to turn puppy dog tails into a big dog.  Each year, boys enter junior high hoping to exit as young men.  They…Read More

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By The Bathroom Mirror: Teenage Girls & Identity

by Melissa Brown Posted in Adolescent Development

It’s an age old question passed from one generation of men to the next:  Why do girls always need to go to the bathroom together?  As I female, I can confidently answer that we do this just to annoy you.  Well, that’s the not real reason.  We really do it…Read More

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Sex On The Rooftops

by Peggikaye Eagler Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentAdvice

A woman and a man, totally and completely in love, walking together along the beach, hand in hand, it’s obvious to anyone who is observing them that they have recently been married. Honeymooners, in love with the world at their feet. The sun reflects off their rings and her smile…Read More

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The Power Of A Mentor

by Ben Kraker Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentYouth Worker Development

I am the product of good mentoring. When I was in high school, LoriJo Schepers was one of my mentors. She helped me start an outreach ministry on my high school campus. She provided powerful and effective resources. She was an encourager and a good listener. LoriJo saw something in me and decided I was worth her investment of time, money, and even the occasional rebuking.

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Chaste

by Andrew Seely Posted in Adolescent DevelopmentProgramming

 I've been re-thinking the whole youth ministry sex talk. While I haven't given one yet, I think it's good to think about this far ahead of actually doing one. Especially in the light of what I really want to communicate if and when I get to have these kind of conversations with students.

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Issues In Youth Ministry: James Tippin

by Tim Schmoyer Posted in Adolescent Development

Series Editor, Tim Schmoyer This is the twentieth installment in my on-going series as I try to discover current issues facing youth ministry. Series Headquarters Over the past several months I've collected interviews from youth workers all over the world. James Tippins is an associate pastor in Salem, VA, and gives direction over a growing student ministry. Visit his blog at Being Wise and More Stupid

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