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Rebuilding Youth Ministry EZ15761
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Unit price perRebuilding Youth Ministry: Ten Practical Strategies for Catholic Parishes
Christopher Wesley is on the front lines of youth ministry. He"s been in the parish trenches, refocusing an unpopular youth program and making it one where teens feel connected, stay involved, and grow in faith. In Rebuilding Youth Ministry, Wesley offers ten indispensable strategies to help you make your youth programs just as successful.
Wesley coaches fellow Catholic ministry leaders on how to overcome common hurdles of ministering to young people. For Wesley, those hurdles included feelings of complacency, underestimating youth, and entertaining rather than ministering in his own parish. Working through these problems, Wesley built a distinctive program based on small group faith formation and sustained it with the assistance of more than sixty volunteer adult mentors.
Wesley shares ten strategies that helped grow participation in his high school program from nine teens to ninety and the middle school program from forty teens to eighty-five, including:
- making your youth program about more than pizza;
- pursuing authentic relationships between small groups and mentors;
- shaping a dynamic youth ministry team; and
- creating a space that"s welcoming to teens.
Author: Christopher Wesley
ISBN: 9781594715761
5.5" x 8.5" Paperback
128 pages
Leader's Guide for Gather Faithfully: Inviting Teens into Liturgical Ministries - WR1343
Leader's Guide for Gather Faithfully: Inviting Teens into Liturgical Ministries - WR1343
Helping Teens with Stress, Anxiety, and Depression - EZ18892
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Unit price perDo you struggle to know when or if it"s appropriate to step in to help a teen who seems stressed, anxious, or depressed? Do you know the signs to look for to determine whether a teen is in distress?
In Helping Teens with Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, Roy Petitfils a Catholic author, speaker, and psychotherapist offers his personal experience, advice, and faith to give parents, pastors, and youth leaders the knowledge, courage, and tools they need to step in, make a difference, and be the presence of Christ for teens in crisis.
Roy Petitfils knows what it"s like to be an addicted, depressed teenager, filled with self-loathing and desperate for help. He describes himself at high school graduation as by far the largest person in his hometown and yet feeling as though he were stuck in Harry Potter"s invisibility cloak.Weighing more than 500 pounds, he was addicted to food and hated himself.
Now a leading Catholic voice in youth advocacy and creator of the popular podcast Today"s Teenager, Petitfils entered adulthood a very different person than he is today. His life was radically changed by a handful of people in college who reached out in friendship and helped him set a new course.
Using personal life lessons and expertise gleaned from more than twenty-five years in youth ministry and private practice as a licensed counselor, Petitfils teaches parents, pastors, and youth leaders what they need to know about mental health issues among America"s youth. Whether teens need help coping with healthy levels of stress or face persistent, more serious problems with anxiety and depression, Petitfils will help the adults in their lives get comfortable with stepping in.
Petitfils offers information and advice on:
- the major causes of stress and anxiety in teens today
- differentiating healthy stress from toxic stress
- simple steps to take after identifying a hurting kid, beginning with how to assess whether and how to step in
- the art of listening
He explores the support and comfort available through the sacraments, Catholic devotions, different forms of prayer, and reading the Bible. Ultimately, Petitfils identifies how to gently, yet persuasively guide hurting young people to deeper trust in the tender mercies of God.
Author: Roy Petitfils
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Trim size: 5.x 8.inches
ISBN: 978-1-59471-889-2
On-sale date: March 8, 2019
The Living Word: Gospel Reflections for Teens 2024-2025 - OW17629
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Unit price per978-1-61671-762-9 | Paperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | 256 pages | Language: English
The Living Word helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers to meet teens where they are and guide them to a deeper understanding of the Gospel's role in their lives. This model of liturgical catechesis through lectionary readings enhances the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens. Each session can be easily incorporated into lessons or group activities that have already been planned. This resource includes materials for each Sunday and holyday of obligation from the first Sunday of August through the last Sunday in July.
Additionally, The Living Word includes digital resources to help the teens reflect and act on the Sunday Gospel throughout the week.
The Living Word includes the following:
- Complete but flexible 30-minute sessions to complement your current teen programs
- Connections to the liturgical calendar and to Catholic teachings
- Ritual with the proclamation of the Gospel
- Reflections to help teens understand the Gospel in the context of their own experiences and concerns
- Useful tools for integrating the New Evangelization in your teen ministry
- Digital reproducibles (in PDF or JPG format) for teens that can be printed, emailed, or shared via social media
Celebrating the Lectionary® for Intermediate Grades Year C - OW14819
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Unit price perCelebrating the Lectionary® for Intermediate Grades Year C - OW14819
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Unit price perPaperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | 336 pages | Language: English
Celebrating the Lectionary is a supplementary catechetical resource that helps you bring the richness of the Lectionary and the liturgical year into your catechetical program. It can be used in Catholic school programs, during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation, or as a supplement to a traditional basal text for Catholic school or parish religious education programs. It has been changed from a school year annual to now follow the pattern of the Lectionary. It includes sessions for every Sunday of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time, and Ordinary Time), sessions for each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and sessions for holydays, solemnities, and feasts so that you can use it in a variety of catechetical settings.
Each session is easily adapted to your specific needs and time constraints, with sessions designed so that you can lead class discussions and activities with minimal preparation and make use of the resources you have on hand.
Each session includes:
- Background information for the catechists
- Ways to connect the children's lives with the liturgical year
- Full text of the day's Gospel reading and an age-appropriate guided reflection
- Gospel-related activities
- A take-home page for the families to do during the week
Celebrating the Lectionary for Junior High Year B - OW15724
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Unit price perCelebrating the Lectionary for Junior High Year B - OW15724
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Unit price perPaperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | Language: English
Celebrating the Lectionary is a supplementary catechetical resource that helps you bring the richness of the Lectionary and the liturgical year into your catechetical program. It can be used in Catholic school programs, during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation, or as a supplement to a traditional basal text for Catholic school or parish religious education programs. It has been changed from a school year annual to now follow the pattern of the Lectionary. It includes sessions for every Sunday of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time, and Ordinary Time), sessions for each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and sessions for holydays, solemnities, and feasts so that you can use it in a variety of catechetical settings.
Each session is easily adapted to your specific needs and time constraints, with sessions designed so that you can lead class discussions and activities with minimal preparation and make use of the resources you have on hand.
Each session includes:
- Background information for the catechists
- Ways to connect the children's lives with the liturgical year
- Full text of the day's Gospel reading and an age-appropriate guided reflection
- Gospel-related activities
- A take-home page for the families to do during the week
Celebrating the Lectionary for Intermediate Grades Year B - OW15731
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Unit price perCelebrating the Lectionary for Intermediate Grades Year B - OW15731
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Unit price perPaperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | Language: English
Celebrating the Lectionary is a supplementary catechetical resource that helps you bring the richness of the Lectionary and the liturgical year into your catechetical program. It can be used in Catholic school programs, during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation, or as a supplement to a traditional basal text for Catholic school or parish religious education programs. It has been changed from a school year annual to now follow the pattern of the Lectionary. It includes sessions for every Sunday of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time, and Ordinary Time), sessions for each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and sessions for holydays, solemnities, and feasts so that you can use it in a variety of catechetical settings.
Each session is easily adapted to your specific needs and time constraints, with sessions designed so that you can lead class discussions and activities with minimal preparation and make use of the resources you have on hand.
Each session includes:
- Background information for the catechists
- Ways to connect the children's lives with the liturgical year
- Full text of the day's Gospel reading and an age-appropriate guided reflection
- Gospel-related activities
- A take-home page for the families to do during the week
Celebrating the Lectionary for Junior High Year A - OW15052
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978-1-61671-505-2 | Paperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | 336 pages | Language: English
Celebrating the Lectionary is a supplementary catechetical resource that helps you bring the richness of the Lectionary and the liturgical year into your catechetical program. It can be used in Catholic school programs, during the process of preparing children for Christian initiation, or as a supplement to a traditional basal text for Catholic school or parish religious education programs. It has been changed from a school year annual to now follow the pattern of the Lectionary. It includes sessions for every Sunday of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas Time, Lent, Easter Time, and Ordinary Time), sessions for each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and sessions for holydays, solemnities, and feasts so that you can use it in a variety of catechetical settings.
Each session is easily adapted to your specific needs and time constraints, with sessions designed so that you can lead class discussions and activities with minimal preparation and make use of the resources you have on hand.
Each session includes:
Youth Ministry - NN4874
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Unit price perAll church ministries are oriented toward fostering missionary discipleship. Youth ministry focuses this mission on young people. In this new book in the Collegeville Ministry series, Jeffrey Kaster explores leadership for youth ministry, Christian discipleship, conversion, the theological foundations for youth ministry, the importance of community and belonging, and vocational discernment. Kaster looks at the practice of vocational discernment and how it encourages youth ministry to continually help young people discern their gifts, connect them in service to meet the world's deep needs, and foster Christian discipleship. Youth ministry at its best mobilizes the faith community to support young people as they learn to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Author: Jeffrey Kaster
104 pgs , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 Paperback
Publication Date: 02/11/2016