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Find resources for: early teens | high school | young adult | adult | family | plan-it | spiritual 10s
Let them encourage and support you in your: Youth – Adults – Campus Ministry – Camps
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Schedule a chat with director, Lyle Griner here.
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Strategic Planning with Tiger McKuen
We all hope to be more effective in our ministries to as many students as possible, but hope is not a strategy. Gain insight into how to practically and strategically lead your students well.
Crafting Engaging Messages with Joelle Hassler
Creating content that keeps students engaged and helps them move forward in their faith can be a challenge every week. In this seminar, Joelle will share fresh ideas on how to craft messages that are fun, relevant and engaging.
Urbanization and Its Impact on Youth Culture with Efrem Smith
Urban culture in its various forms is impacting youth culture as a whole. Through urbanization, suburbs are becoming more like cities and rural areas like suburbs. Through social media, hip hop culture and multi-ethnicity is having a tremendous influence as well.
Wits, Zits, and Lion Pits: Getting Students Engaged with Scripture with Ken Castor
None of us may ever fully understand just how interesting the Bible really is! Look, your students are the most radical world-changers on this planet. So, this workshop explores ways that you can get the most radical world-changing book—the Bible—into their hands, hearts, and heads.
The Lifelong Faith Training Website provides free video-based training to equip leaders with the knowledge, practices, and skills for designing, leading, and organizing lifelong faith formation in their churches. The 14 video programs are one hour in length, presented in multiple parts for easy viewing, and include articles and design tools.
See all Lifelong Faith Training opportunities.
Find John Roberto's Guide, Planning Faith Formation for 2022 and Beyond: A Time for Creativity, Experimentation, Innovation here.
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Cherish All Children Church Partnerships |
Join Cherish All Children in their vision of raising healthy generations free from sexual exploitation. Predators have adjusted to the pandemic, making safety education and prevention measures more needed now than ever
Your congregation can engage via:
Adult/mentor Zoom learning and training
Virtual Tween & Teen training about healthy relationships & online safety
Pre-recorded conversations or trainings to play in online gatherings, such as this session with St. John’s Lutheran, Shakopee
Visit the Cherish All Children website to find out more, and contact Joy McElroy at joy.mcelroy@cherishallchildren.org to get started!
Lifelong Faith Training is Lifelong Faith's Free Video-Based Training to Guide for Leaders in
Designing & Leading Faith Formation with All Ages & Generations
Trauma Informed Youth Work with Tim Cryer
Don’t miss this essential conversation with Tim Cryer, who has been creating safe spaces for students to find God’s healing for 20 years. This webinar will equip you with the knowledge and skills to provide effective and compassionate support to students.
Three Big Questions that Change Every Young Person with Dr. Kara Powell
Join Youth Ministry Consultants for a great conversation with Kara Powell–the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute, and a leading voice in the world of youth and family ministry. We will discuss the 3 questions and the challenges facing teens today so you have practical next steps to connect with your students and lead them to Jesus.
What Every Middle School Youth Worker Needs to Know with Mark Oestreicher
Join Mark Oestreicher of the Youth Cartel to walk through the various transitions middle school students find themselves in and practical ideas to best serve them in the church.
Strategic Student Ministry with Rebecca Jacobson
Start thinking strategically in the frantic pace of ministry. Together we’ll look at key pieces of your ministry and how, with some intentionality, you can set specific goals, save time and headaches, and most importantly- increase your impact.
Drowning in Details: Ministry Management Strategies with Ginny Olson
Policies. Expense Reports. Emails. Receipts. Often times we find ourselves drowning in the management details of ministry. Learn how to manage your ministry effectively in this insightful conversation.
Caring for Challenging Kids with Kayla Maxey
Every leader will encounter challenging kids. This webinar will equip leaders with practical tools and strategies to care well in these difficult moments.
Leading with Your Whole Self with April Diaz
A leader is only as effective as how healthy they are, but there are competing demands and endless challenges. What does it practically look like to live and lead wholeness in every area of your life?
Safe Gatherings provide Clergy & Ministerial Ethics course and background checks, reference checks, and online abuse prevention training.
This five-session series explores how Christians can be part of God’s mission in the world. Each title includes five inspiring daily readings for each week; five easy-to-use discussion guides (with activities, Bible study, and discussion activities); and follow-up action options to apply the study to real-world life.
Sessions include:
Church Pension Group offers Safeguarding Online - boundaries training for folks who work with children and youth.
Buy the book and/or create a training event with Lyle Grinner.