Combos for Youth Groups


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HAVE IT YOUR WAY Special Order Another Coordinated Youth Program With the Works Week in and week out, leaders are looking for something to spark the imagination and the energy of their youth group. Would you like all of your youth group activities & classes to coordinate together under a single unifying theme? Would you like a set of 6 complete month-long youth programs you can customize to your preferences? Would you like more of the relevant, creative, and complete plans you enjoyed in the first two volumes of Combos for Youth Groups ? Combos for Youth Groups # 3 offers you a third helping of youth programs that are stuffed with coordinated "a la carte menus", including - Off-Site Activities Class Lessons Service Projects Skit Scripts Music Games Videos Scripture Tie-Ins Illustrative Snacks Discussion Questions Handouts PowerPoint Presentations Devo Aids Theme Wall Decor Hands-On Activities Combos for Youth Groups # 3 includes complete plans, plus a CD-ROM for customizing six multi-faceted 1-month youth group themes. Choose your favorite themes and campaign elements within the Combos "menus", offering them in any order, at any time during the calendar year. Leaders can use these ingredients to create a soul-satisfying "combo" just right for their youth group! Six 1-Month Themes in Combos # 3 Color My World Fired Up! It Takes Two...or More Under Construction Good Book Look House of Faith Each theme can be used for a month of weekly youth group programs--so complete, just add a leader! Includes CD-ROM Allows youth workers flexibility when modifying the themes to meet their group's specific needs. CD-ROM REQUIREMENTS PC/Windows® Pentium® II 300 MHz or faster processor Microsoft® Windows 98 or later 64 MB RAM 4X CD-ROM drive Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher recommended QuickTime® 5.0 or higher External speakers recommended Macintosh® Power PC 300 MHz or faster processor Mac OS 9.0 or later 64 MB RAM 4X CD-ROM drive Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher recommended for OS9 Safari or Internet Explorer recommended for OS X QuickTime® 5.0 or higher




The Youth Group How-to Book


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Thriving Youth Groups


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Youth ministry expert Jeanne Mayo grew her youth group from 30 kids to over 1000. Here Mayo shares practical principles for growing ministry through a friendship culture.




Jesus-Centered Life


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You know Jesus, You think he’s a nice guy,and you never forget his birthday.But the truth is...you want more than that. You’re bored. Exhausted. Tired of the grind. You’re done with hearing about Jesus in sermons. Reading about Jesus in devotions. You want to encounter Jesus—and know him for who he really is. You want to experience Jesus’ love, not just admire him. To become a follower, not just a fan. The Jesus-Centered Life... • invites you into wonder as you explore the magnetic force of the real Jesus • frees you from a “trying harder to get better” lifestyle, so you can follow Jesus instead • walks you through one-of-a-kind practices that lead you into actual encounters with Jesus Packed with easy, natural, everyday life practices that transform how you see Jesus, The Jesus-Centered Life is the perfect antidote for a ho-hum connection to Jesus—a fresh invitation for you to make Jesus the center of your life. This book helps you chart a clear, fulfilling path straight to the Jesus who loves you.










The Return of Try this One


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Combos for Youth Groups


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Week in and week out, leaders are looking for something to spark the imagination and the energy of their youth groups. Now they can choose from a menu loaded with great ideas to make a youth group meeting come alive Combos provides the main dish (the key message) and all the fixin's--games, video and popular song selections, skits, food ideas, out-and-about tips, special events, service projects, worship music small-group time, decorations, publicity helps, and more--all related to the theme. Leaders can use the ingredients to create a soul-satisfying combo just right for their youth group. Each theme can be used for a month of weekly youth programs--so complete, just add a leader. A CD-ROM allows youth workers flexibility in modifying the themes to meet their group's specific needs.




The End of Youth Ministry? (Theology for the Life of the World)


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What is youth ministry actually for? And does it have a future? Andrew Root, a leading scholar in youth ministry and practical theology, went on a one-year journey to answer these questions. In this book, Root weaves together an innovative first-person fictional narrative to diagnose the challenges facing the church today and to offer a new vision for youth ministry in the 21st century. Informed by interviews that Root conducted with parents, this book explores how parents' perspectives of what constitutes a good life are affecting youth ministry. In today's culture, youth ministry can't compete with sports, test prep, and the myriad other activities in which young people participate. Through a unique parable-style story, Root offers a new way to think about the purpose of youth ministry: not happiness, but joy. Joy is a sense of experiencing the good. For youth ministry to be about joy, it must move beyond the youth group model and rework the assumptions of how identity and happiness are imagined by parents in American society.