Posts filed under ‘High School’
The Elephant Room [youth ministry]
It’s back! The Elephant Room Round 2 explores many things about the church that seems to be causing a great divide among many church leaders that we look up too. This got me thinking about youth ministry.
What youth ministry people, approaches, programs, ministries, etc… are out there that we know there is a big fat hairy elephant in the room? I know a few of the issues because many of you have told me.
So what is The Elephant Room [Youth Ministry] that you have right now? Share your thoughts.
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School turns away bullied teen girl
Naudia’s choice: School 3 buses away — or school where girls wait to make her life hell.
By MICHELE MANDEL The Toronto Sun
Naudia Braun should be enjoying her first days of high school, meeting new friends, taking in new classes.
Instead, during this “Safe and Caring Schools” start to the academic year, the 14-year-old remains at home, with nowhere to turn because a bureaucratic 30 metres are all that separate her from a safe education.
Naudia was supposed to start Grade 9 at East York Collegiate, but her mother Cheryl refuses to send her there — and she agrees.
MEAN GIRLS
She underwent two years of absolute hell in her middle school at the hands of a pack of mean girls who were a year older — and now they’re lying in wait for her at East York.
So last March, her mother asked the Toronto District School Board to allow her daughter to attend SATEC @ W. A. Porter Collegiate this fall, just 1.3 km away from her home. They turned her down, even though she had been told there were spots open for transfers, because Naudia lives just outside the district. The Brauns’ home is on the west side of Victoria Park — if they lived just 30 metres across the road, she would have been able to go.
Complete Article Here: Mean Girls
Youth Ministry:Fair Trade
Do you believe that people in developing nations are no different than we are in that they desire dignity, the opportunity to work, provide for their families, and invest in their communities. They are different in that they face significant challenges socially, economically, geographically, and politically that make it impossible for them to break the cycle of poverty without strategic and respectful support and intervention.
As a youth ministry leader, you should be involved personally in fair trade but also infecting change within the youth ministry that God has blessed you to lead.
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Implementing the Plan
by Tim McCoy
Youth Leaders Unite! I love the image of all youth leaders at the beginning of the ministry season, gathering together and doing the ”all hands in the circle” shout of “ON THREE, WE CAN DO IT!” Last week, I was away on a personal retreat and spent a portion of every day praying for these crucial days of implementing the plan and calendar that you’ve been anticipating all summer.
Wait…you did prepare for today last spring didn’t you? All of your volunteers are in place for the fall and winter ministry seasons, right? The ministry calendar is set and all that’s left to do is implement the plan that you’ve been praying over all summer. Ready, set, go!
I’ve suggested here that planning should be a crucial part of what you do with teenagers in ministry. I, with you, know and appreciate the challenges and struggles with finding enough people to share leadership within your ministry. That’s why I’ve been praying. And, that’s why you should, whether you’ve nailed down a calendar and plan or not, immediately invite a prayer team to be praying you through the fall and winter as you care for the spiritual and developmental needs of those you serve. So, step one, find some friends and unleash their prayers over you and your team of leaders as you gingerly nurture the lives of those with whom God has entrusted you.
