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001			ocn457160816
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093137.0
008			091215s2010 tnua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009052505
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781426700088
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781426700088
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBTCTA _dDTM _dYDXCP _dCST _dVF$
020			_a9781426700088 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a1426700083 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)457160816
050	0	0	_aBV 4447 .O34 2010
049			_aVF$A
245	0	0	_aOMG : _ba youth ministry handbook / _cKenda Creasy Dean, editor ; with Roland Martinson ... [et al.].
260			_aNashville, Tenn. : _bAbingdon Press, _cc2010.
300			_axv, 163 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aYouth and theology series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-158) and indexes.
505	0		_aOh my God: an introduction -- Haunting questions -- You are not alone -- Telling the truth: we do this for joy -- The trouble with research -- Does youth ministry matter? -- Do our practices of youth ministry reflect Christ? -- Does our practice of youth ministry shape Christians? -- How long can we keep this up? -- Can we do better? -- Daunting challenges -- Spying on canaan -- The challenges of a changing lifestage -- Expanding adolescence -- Ending adolescence -- The challenges of a changing context -- A new sense of place: the challenge of getting grounded -- A new sense of time: the challenge of changing tempo -- A new sense of stuff: the challenge of living generously -- A new sense of self: the challenge of branding -- A new sense of story: the challenge of telling the truth -- Challenges ahead: serving Christ in a post-christendom church -- Learning to be church (again) -- Enduring themes -- Some things last: Christ's call to discipleship -- Thumb-lines in youth ministry -- Belonging: including young people in the community of faith -- Accompaniment: joining young people on the journey of faith -- Grace: strengthening young people for the life of faith -- The sign potential of community -- The sign potential of imagination -- The sign potential of adolescents -- Being in time -- -- Promising possibilities -- The madness of ministry with young people -- The theological turn in youth ministry -- Dick and Jane go to church: the hunger for a worthy adventure -- The missional church: following Jesus into the world -- Redefining community: from connections to communion -- Sacred practices: aiming for embodied faith -- Practicing the presence of God -- A curriculum of sacred practice -- The importance of parents -- Beyond training events: new possibilities for forming leaders -- Streams in the wasteland -- Emerging competencies -- Setting the believers an example (or not) -- Leading with integrity: still learning -- Searching Scripture: transformation in Bible study -- Inviting wholeness: identity and integrity in teaching -- Stilling the soul: the practice of presence -- Soul doctors: nurturing hope amidst suffering -- Spectators no more: creating church versus consuming it -- Choosing life: discerning vocation with young people -- Benedict of Nursia, youth guy -- A maturing discipline -- Youth ministry comes of age (maybe) -- Field or discipline -- Specialists or generalists -- The risks of intellectual maturity -- Pastoral imagination: job #1 for preparing youth ministers -- Practical theology: the parent discipline of youth ministry -- Discipling a discipline.
650		0	_aChurch work with youth.
700	1		_aDean, Kenda Creasy, _d1959-
700	1		_aMartinson, Roland D., _d1942-
830		0	_aYouth and theology series.
999			_c128710 _d128710