Holiday and Seasonal Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens

Holiday and Seasonal Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens
Author: Carole Goodwin
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2000
Genre: Catholic teenagers
ISBN: 0884896056

Holiday and Seasonal Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens is a collection of twenty-seven strategies to help young adolescents mark significant times in the liturgical and secular calendars. The collection includes prayer ideas, service projects, social and learning activities, and outreach strategies.

Retreat Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens

Retreat Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens
Author: Marilyn Kielbasa
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2001
Genre: Church group work with teenagers
ISBN: 0884895408

This collection contains ideas for two overnight retreats and four one-day retreats. The themes of the overnight retreats are self-esteem and being true to oneself; the themes of the other four retreats are Confirmation, discipleship, the Triduum, and leadership development.

Hands-on Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens

Hands-on Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens
Author: Maryann Hakowski
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2001
Genre: Catholic teenagers
ISBN: 0884895734

Thirty-eight strategies to tap into young adolescents' tactile and intellectual creativity to help them learn about and grow in faith and spirituality are contained in this guide. Strategies are organized into three sections: activities for personal reflection, self-disclosure, and affirmation; active strategies for learning and reviewing material; and ideas for prayer and reflection that engage young teens at different levels.

Family Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens

Family Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens
Author: Carole Goodwin
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2000
Genre: Catholic youth
ISBN: 0884895742

Family Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens is a collection of twenty-two strategies that focus on family life and parent-teen relationships. The collection includes ideas for prayer, service, communication, sharing faith, and having fun. The strategies are grouped into three categories: strategies for gatherings of families, strategies for individual families at home, and strategies for young teens in peer-group settings.

Justice and Service Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens

Justice and Service Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens
Author: Joseph Grant
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2000
Genre: Catholic teenagers
ISBN: 0884895726

Justice and Service Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens is a collection of twenty-one strategies for short- and long-term service projects, outreach activities, learning exercises, and discussion starters all aimed at helping young teens understand the social impact of our culture and make a difference in their world. The strategies continually challenge the young people to live out the Gospel mandate and the Church's call to serve others and build a just society, one person at a time.

Holiday Ideas

Holiday Ideas
Author: Youth Specialties,
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310862477

Over 200 festive ideas for cranking up celebrations for every holiday imaginable! - Christmas . . . Here's your one-stop Christmas programming center. You'll find everything you need for the merriest Advent and Christmas season ever -- goofy games, crazy carols, outrageous outings, and silly skits to fill even the biggest Christmas stocking. And, of course, Christmassy meetings and lessons to help your kids focus on the real reason for the season. - Easter & Lent . . . Worship activities, reenactments, Bible lessons, meeting plans, and service projects, all designed to commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Plus games, puzzles, craft projects, and scavenger hunt ideas -- all tied to an Easter theme. - Valentine's Day . . . Play a memorable February 14th with these icebreakers, games, songs, activities, and Bible lessons -- all about love, whether human or divine. - Thanksgiving . . . Wait until you see the potful of ideas that youth workers from Cape Cod to all points west have cooked up for you -- Thanksgiving craft projects, skits, outings, parties, service projects, and Bible lessons. Plus More . . . All kinds of party and meeting ideas for St. Patrick's Day, New Year's, Halloween, Super Bowl Sunday, April Fool's Day, Mother's and Father's Day celebrations, and graduation. Whether you're a youth worker or a recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Holiday Ideas is your storehouse of proven, youth-group tested ideas.

Teaching Activities Manual for Breakthrough! the Bible for Young Catholics

Teaching Activities Manual for Breakthrough! the Bible for Young Catholics
Author: Rick Keller-Scholz
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2006
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 088489908X

"Each chapter includes these features: an overview of the character, scripture passages related to the character, Breakthrough! articles that pertain to the character, a list of similarities between young adolescents and the biblical figure, biblical quotes that point to God's presence n the character's story, [and] a 'Getting to know the biblical character' activity (or activities) that explores who the biblical character is and makes connections between his or her relationship with God and the young people's own life experience"--Back cover.

Renewing the Vision

Renewing the Vision
Author:
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1997
Genre: Catholic youth
ISBN: 9781574550047

This volume provides all who minister to young people with an effective blueprint for building a truly meaningful ministry