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If your church is looking for new ideas and programs for youth ministry, try these websites for FREE, or inexpensive, resources for all your youth ministry needs!
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This website has great FREE ideas for games, bible studies, discussion starters, junior high, worship, drama, retreats, outreach, fundraisers, and strategies for working with youth. Their Youth Ministry magazine, “Group”, is currently available for $30 US for two year subscription, or just register your email address and get access to more free news and ideas. Check out their store for inexpensive books filled with great youth ministry strategies and resources!
This website has FREE resources and a huge store filled with inexpensive books from experts in youth ministry! Check out the “Free Resource” section, and the “Articles – View All Topics” for lots of great ideas. They also offer a “Youth Worker” magazine, available for $47 US for a one-year subscription.
This is a website for the Canadian Youth Network. You can connect to a network of Canadian youth workers, subscribe to the FREE newsletter by clicking “Prayer”, and get news about Canadian conferences, retreats and training events by clicking “News – Read it Here”.
There are a lot of great ideas and resources on this website! Check out the FREE “Youth Bible Studies and Devotionals” section, and the “Youth Ministry” section.
These are the people who produce daily devotional and Bible-reading guides such as “Daily Bread”. They have two teen lines of daily devotionals “DAYZD” for ages 15-18, and “One-Up” for ages 12-14. You can order FREE 3-month samples of these products, and a one-year subscription is $30.
This is a great website! Check out the “Christian Freebies” section and the FREE “Christian MP3’s” music sections.
This is a website for Canada World Youth, which is a world mission organization. You can also access this website through the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. It’s a great resource for teens and young adults who are interested in missions.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT THE ‘COMPUTER’ TYPE…..
There are several Youth Ministry books that are great resources for your church. You can buy them over the internet, or contact Rev. Heather Manuel at the Synod Office for ordering information.
i) “Help! I’m a Small Church Youth Worker!” by Rich Grassel
This is a great book! An absolute must-read for small-church youth workers. You can buy it through www.amazon.com for about $15.
ii) “Help! I’m an Urban Youth Worker!” by Ginger Sinsabaugh
Another great one, definitely intended for ‘big cities’, but with a lot of tips and strategies that can be applied to youth ministry anywhere. Try www.amazon.com for about $15.
iii) “Get ‘Em Talking: 104 Great Discussion Starters for Youth Groups”
This great resource is brought to us by Mike Yaconelli and Scott Koenigsaecker, two experts in youth ministry. It’s perfect for people who want ideas for planning the content of youth group sessions. Buy it at www.amazon.com for $20.
iv) “Videos that Teach: Part 2” by Doug Fields and Eddie James
This resource has Bible-based theme talk for 75 popular movies. Each talk is based on a clip of the movie, so you can watch the whole movie or only a bit of it if your group is pressed for time. By it at www.amazon.com for $20.
Take some time to study these Youth Ministry resources - they are worth the effort! If you have any questions or concerns about Youth Ministry in your church, please contact your Deanery Youth Coordinator, or the Reverend Heather Manuel at programyouthalgoma@yahoo.ca.
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