Resources

Purpose Driven Youth Ministry - Doug Fields

ISBN- 9780310212539

This book captures the sweep of Doug Fields' experience and vision. Youth leaders passionate about a ministry that fulfils the five scriptural purposes of evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry, and worship will discover a proven, team approach that reduces burnout and incorporates the strengths of the church as a whole.

The Core Realities Of The Youth Ministry - Mike Yaconelli

ISBN: 310255139

Mike Yaconelli composes his thoughts and passions regarding the nine core realities of youth ministry. This book unpacks The CORE training youth workers nationwide receive during Youth Specialties' one-day resource seminars.

Running Christian Groups in Secondary Schools - Lockhart & Barker

ISBN: 1859992986

Here is a great resource dealing with both the practice and theory of running Secondary school Christian groups. The first section covers the 'how to including Why bother? and Getting Started. The second section has ready-to-use resource material arranged thematically.

Youth Emmaus

ISBN: 715149881

Research has shown that the Emmaus - Way of Faith programme can be a successful tool for evangelism in the Church. This publication in the series is aimed specifically at young people and should be ideal for youth groups and as a confirmation course for young people.

Outbreak - Greg Stier

ISBN: 802417914

Greg Stier wrote this book to students all over the nation who are tired of the typical church and are dying for authentic Christianity. Based on the principles of the book of Acts. These truths will transform a team of teens from petty and inclusive to passionate and evangelistic.

Meet Them Where They Are At - Richard Passmore

ISBN: 1859997392

This book is designed to help youthworkers understand the starting points to detached youthwork. It offers extremely easy to follow guidelines and is written in a low key manner. I recommend you buy this book if you're wanting to find out more about what detached youthwork is. Detached youthwork is primarily concerned with the ‘underclass' of our society and if this is your target audience this book will prove invaluable. A tremendous help, and a worthwhile read for ALL youthworkers. A must for any church setting out on the ‘detached' path.

Instant Skits - Woodward & James

ISBN: 310265681

In "Using Improve to Create Memorable Moments in Ministry", the Skit Guys bring you more than 200 skits to use in your youth group. Indexed by topic and Scripture reference, you can illustrate just about any lesson you want. Plus, each skit is ready to go and will allow all your students to participate in the teaching, whether or not they can act. They'll laugh, they might cry, and in the end, they'll learn something important.

How To Speak To Youth And Keep Them Awake At The Same Time -Ken Davis

ISBN: 310201462

Banish yawns from your youth meetings! This challenging, humorous, and realistic guide from the teacher of speakers will show you how to be a better speaker with any size group. You get a proven system for preparing talks, exercises to improve your voice, techniques for using humour, ideas to make Scripture come alive, and much more.

Help I'm a Volunteer Youth Worker - Doug Fields

ISBN: 310575516

Whether you're an old hand at youth work or you've just signed on, Help! I'm a Volunteer Youth Worker gives you the basics for successfully reaching teenagers. These fifty, bite-sized suggestions are easy to remember and put into practice. They include tips on: - How to build relationships with students - How to recruit and train other volunteers - How to get along with the pastor and youth director - How to model Christian love to your students -- If you're a professional youth worker looking for new ways to encourage and empower your volunteer youth workers, just hand them a copy of Help! I'm a Volunteer Youth Worker! And don't forget to consult this book yourself -- because you're guaranteed to find great ideas for youth work that maybe even you hadn't thought of.

Cross Examination Youth Booklet - Scripture Union

ISBN: 094972050X

Cross Examination is a no-nonsense six session course for young people wanting to understand the basics of the Christian faith. It follows the same themes as the very popular Christianity Explained course for adults. Although designed for a group approach, it could be used by individuals. A helpful leader's guide is also available.

Crowd Breakers and Mixers - Ideas Library

ISBN: 310220378

The newest volume in the best selling Ideas Library is CrowdBreakers and Mixers 2 which is a collection of over 200 of the newest,most creative, youth-group- tested crowd breakers and mixersever imagined!

Changing Youth Worship - Patrick Angier

ISBN: 715148923

This book looks at the background to alternative worship, charts its recent progress and studies its challenges for church youth work.

Group's Dinner and a Movie: Adrenaline Rush - Group

ISBN: 9780764437106

Nothing brings men together faster than a lot of great food and an action flick! Inside this book you'll find 15 recommended action flicks plus step-by-step instructions on how to make the most of your man time.  We've done all the heavy-lifting for you--hand-picked the movies, come up with the food, and included easy-to-lead discussion questions. Everything! You just need to swing by the movie rental joint and fire up that grill. Each selected movie title is PG-13 or tamer. It's not our intention to plunge your group into temptation or batter them with bad language, but stuff WILL occasionally explode in spectacular fashion!

100+ Games, Quizzes and Icebreakers - Shirley Bloomfield

ISBN: 9781854248824

Over 100 games and quizzes designed to break the ice at church gatherings. From long experience in leading such events, Shirley Bloomfield has compiled party games, quizzes and brainteasers for the whole group to enjoy. The games can be enjoyed by any group. Some are suitable for small gatherings, others more fitted to a crowd. They take account of varying levels of ability and most require a few simple resources.

Reality Bytes - Nick Page

ISBN- 1850 7861 86

A fascinating record of the highs and lows of a youthworker's life told in Nick Page's trademark humorous style.  Through his emails to his mentor the youthworker at Briglimpton Tabernacle introduces us to the highs and lows, joys and sadnesses, triumphs and disasters of his job. Anyone who wants to know what their kids get up to on Friday nights and those involved in youthwork will find things to think about, people they recognise and loads to laugh about.