Deep Justice and Short-Term Missions Youth Ministry Curriculum by Kara Powell and Fuller's Center for Youth and Family Ministry Available for the next few months ONLY, we are offering rough drafts of this curriculum entirely FREE as pdf downloads. This month we are featuring TWO downloads, both entirely FREE, that you can use with your team DURING and AFTER your missions and service opportunities this summer. Help us improve this material by testing it in your ministry and giving us feedback!

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Ministry Conversations Audio Download: Interview with Dr. Kelly Schwartz—Making Sense of Adolescent Brain Development Brad Griffin interviews Kelly Schwartz, adolescent psychology specialist, on understanding the adolescent brain. Kelly discusses risk behavior, decision-making, video games, and allowing kids to experience and process their failures. Even as teenagers enter summer vacation and begin to seeminly unplug their brains, this is good stuff for any youth worker or parent!

Parents who Fight, Kids who Hurt: Responding to Kids Whose Parents are in Chronic Conflict No matter where you do youth ministry, you know kids whose parents fight, and kids whose parents fight a lot. While youth workers can’t fix all of the problems in kids’ lives, we do have a responsibility to become more aware of ways that issues like high-conflict marriages impact the daily lives of our students. This article shares insights from research and starting points for ways we can respond.
Going Green Gods Way: Implications for Your Youth Ministry Whether you've thought a lot, a little, or not really at all about what environmental concerns have to do with your youth ministry, Kris Fernhout makes a strong case for why we should all join God in caring about our--and our students'--impact on the world around us.
Adrenalin: Our Secret Addiction Adrenalin addiction, while rarely discussed, is perhaps one of the more pervasive addictions for leaders and youth workers today. And though it may sound like we’re exaggerating, it is an actual clinical reality. Read on to learn not only more about this secret ministry obsession, but also a surprising strategy for moving beyond adrenalin and toward balance.

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TOP THREE MOST POPULAR RECENT RESOURCES

1. 30 Hour Famine Curriculum, by Kara Powell and the Center for Youth and Family Ministry
   
   
2. Disconnected High School Students: Parenting Midadolescents, by Chap Clark
   
   
3. You Make the Call: What College Freshmen Need to Hear from their Youth Pastors, by Kara Powell, Brad Griffin, and Cheryl Crawford

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