T H E M AGAZ INE
WINTER/SPRING 2018 ISSUE 10
THE RELATIONSHIP ISSUE THE RELATIONAL MINISTRY OF JESUS | THE RELATIONAL NEEDS OF NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS BUILDING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PASTOR
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“A N D L E T U S C O N S I D E R H OW TO ST I R U P O N E A N OT H E R TO LOV E A N D G O O D WO R K S , N OT N E G L E C T I N G TO M E E T TO G E T H E R , AS I S T H E H A B I T O F S O M E , BU T E N C O U RAG I N G O N E A N OT H E R , A N D A L L T H E M O R E AS YO U S E E T H E DAY D RAW I N G N E A R . ” “Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul . . . ” - Acts 4:32 Teach TOGETHER and challenge your students to embrace a Christ-centered community. YM360.COM/TOGETHER
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold: the new has come.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17 If you’re ready to show your students how nothing can ever be the same with Jesus, then THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is for you. YM360.COM/CHANGES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TRENDS & CULTURE
1 TRENDS & CULTURE 2 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH UN-CHURCHED PARENTS 4 JESUS WAS RELATIONAL IN HIS MINISTRY. WE SHOULD BE TOO. 8 YM360 EQUIPS TEENAGERS AND ADULTS ALIKE TO PURSUE CHRIST-CENTERED MASCULINITY 10 BUILDING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR SENIOR PASTOR 12 WHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE VITAL TO NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS 14 GENERATE CAMP BY YM360 - 2018 SPACE REMAINS! 2019 DATES RELEASE THIS SPRING.
Did you know relationships are important to teenagers? Of course you do. You can’t be in youth ministry for more than an afternoon and fail to realize this. Relationships are the currency of the teenage experience. Guess what? The same is true for youth ministry.
A NOTE FROM ANDY
Think about the relationships that are woven into your ministry: relationships with students, their parents, your senior pastor, your adult volunteers, and so on. As we seek to serve youth workers in the local church, we’ve crafted this edition of YM360 The Magazine to address relationships. In this edition, you’re going to be challenged to think about how you relate to students, their parents, and your leadership. I pray that the content is meaningful to you as you seek to do ministry day in and day out. You’ll also find an overview of some of our ministry resources and events. One of our values is that we empower discipleship. Everything we do, whether it’s a 52-week Bible Study, a fourweek devotion, or GENERATE, is aimed at leading teenagers closer to Christ. We want to partner with you to do this more effectively. If you see something we can help you with, don’t hesitate to call, email, or LiveChat. On behalf of the YM360 Team, thanks for the privilege of serving you. God Bless, Andy Blanks
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NEW STUDY SAYS
teenagers are
WAITING LONGER
TO ‘ADULT’
STUDY SHOWS HOW TEENAGERS SPEND THEIR
FREE TIME AFTER SCHOOL A NEW STUDY BY BARNA RESEARCH SHOWS EXACTLY HOW CHILDREN (AGES 4-17) ARE SPENDING THEIR TIME AWAY FROM SCHOOL.
Homework takes the top spot, as you might guess. 65% of children reported spending time doing homework after school. Almost as many, 64%, reported watching television or movies. The third most common activity is interacting with family members (56%). 39% of responders engaged in some kind of informal play or activity. And reading books beyond schoolwork is still a popular activity (32%). Only 23% of those surveyed reported playing organized sports (23%), though this number is probably skewed lower due to younger children being included in the study. SOURCE: barna.com/research/teens-spend-school-hours/
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According to a new study, teenagers are on a “slow road” to adulthood, delaying jobs, driving, dating, and other steps toward independence. However, the positive side of this is that they are also putting off risky behaviors, from drinking to sex. “The whole developmental pathway has slowed down,” said Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and the lead author on the study. “Today’s 18-year-olds are living more like 15-year-olds once did.” According to the study, today’s teenagers are far less likely to be engaged in “risky” behavior as teenagers were in the early 90s. Here’s how those numbers compare: • 29% OF 9TH GRADERS HAD SEX, DOWN FROM 38% IN THE EARLY 90s. • 29% OF 8TH GRADERS DRANK ALCOHOL, DOWN FROM 56%. • 32% OF 8TH GRADERS HAD WORKED FOR PAY, DOWN FROM 63%. • 67% DRANK, DOWN FROM 93% IN THE LATE 70s (WHEN THE RESEARCH FIRST BEGAN). • 73% HAD DRIVERS’ LICENSES, DOWN FROM 88%. • 62% HAD HAD SEX, DOWN FROM 68% IN THE EARLY 90s. As for a reason? The internet, smart phones, and the rise of social media probably have had some recent impact. But it’s also at least partially due to more attentive parenting, sometimes derided as “helicopter parenting.” SOURCE:usatoday.com/story/news/2017/09/19/teens-grow-up-slower-study/105758486/
According to a University of Virginia study, children who are popular in school are more likely to become anxious adults. The study found that “strong, intimate friendships during adolescence may help promote long-term mental health, while teens who were broadly sought after by their peers in secondary school may be more prone to social anxiety later in life.” Essentially, students who foster a relatively small number of “high quality” friendships are better suited for maintaining healthy relationships as adults. Students who were considered popular in high school had a higher likelihood of experiencing anxiety as an adult. SOURCE: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/popular-teenagers-anxious-adults-more-likely-mental-health-study-child-development-university-a7906481.html
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Over the last several years, study after study has reaffirmed what many of us in youth ministry have observed for decades: parents have a tremendous amount of influence on how their children’s lives look, especially as it pertains to their faith. Chances are, if you’ve been in youth ministry any time at all, you’ve seen this to be true.
BUT HERE’S THE BIG QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU DO WITH STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOT CHRIST-FOLLOWERS? Over the years, I have had more than a few students whose families are completely un-churched. These students’ faith-walk is their own, neither encouraged nor discouraged by their folks. But if parents are the greatest influences teenagers have, what can we do to reach these parents for Jesus? As I have dealt with this issue over the years, there are a few things I have learned.
WE CAN LOVE THEIR CHILD.
The fastest way to a parent’s heart and life is through their teenager. Send notes to the parent bragging on their student (and, by osmosis, on them as a parent). Call to check in on the student after the big game or the big test (and try your hardest to talk to the parent as well.) Loving their teenager will go a long way toward breaking through to them.
WE CAN LOVE THEM.
We make a mistake when we don’t invest intentional time in knowing our students’ parents as deeply as we do their children. Ask about their jobs, their families, and their hobbies. Invite them to grab coffee with you and get to know them better.
LOOK FOR OPEN OPPORTUNITIES.
Opportunities to build relationship with parents, churched or otherwise, are all around us. But we have to be intentional about capitalizing on them. Consider having a team of people who meet parents in the parking lot as they retrieve their children. If you pick up kids for events, go to the door. Say “hi.” Shake their hands. When you make parent meetings mandatory (like for camp, etc.), make sure you carve out time to talk with them while they are on your turf. Introduce them to other parents in the room. Remember their names . . . something beyond “Hey, Cody’s mom.” Show up in a crisis. Give flowers in bereavement and go to the funeral. Text an applicable Scripture. Be open and available, as needed. More than anything, engaging students’ parents intentionally and from a Gospel-centered perspective is the key to influencing them for Christ.
DARREN SUTTON has been in student ministry nearly 30 years, which generally just confirms to him how much he still doesn’t know. Some days he’s the pizza-eating, over-responding, teaching-on-the-fly, desperate-for-volunteers, frustrated-with-co-workers youth leader that we all are. And sometimes he knocks it out of the park! He’s everywhere on social media that you are.
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When students give their lives to Christ, the Bible is pretty clear: THEY. ARE. NEW! But what does it mean to be NEW? What does it mean to see God in a NEW way? What does it mean to live out the call to follow Christ? These questions can be daunting ones in the lives of the new or “young” Christ-followers in your youth ministry. NEW: FIRST STEPS FOR CHRISTFOLLOWERS is a powerful experiential journal that will help answer these questions and will help students take the first steps on their new journey with Christ.
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Teenagers have the amazing potential to impact their world for Christ, for Christ, and not just some time way out in the future. But right NOW. Today. Their worlds are rich with opportunities to share the hopeful message of the Gospel and to show people the amazing difference Christ can make in their lives. NOW! IMPACTING YOUR WORLD FOR CHRIST (RIGHT NOW.) will help students understand the PURPOSE God has in store for them, catch God’s VISION for exactly how He wants to use them, and practice real, PRACTICAL ways to impact their world.
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FEATURE
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If you had to describe Jesus’ ministry in one word, you could come up with a few good descriptors. Empowered would be a good one. Compassionate would be another. But you wouldn’t get too far down the list before you got to a biggie . . . Relational. Jesus’ ministry was uniquely relational. What do I mean by this? Jesus came to tell the world about the Kingdom of God. He came to teach people about Himself, the Way, the only path back to a perfect relationship with the Father. He came to testify that He was the Son of God come to save the world. And He communicated all of this relationally.
JESUS WAS RELATIONAL IN HIS MINISTRY. WE SHOULD BE TOO.
He didn’t have to. Jesus could have done all of this in a detached way. He could have separated this knowledge transfer from life-on-life interaction. But He didn’t. He didn’t separate the ministry He did with His disciples (and others) from the life He lived with them. The two were ingrained and intertwined. Think of all the places in the New Testament where we see this. Here are a few . . .
THE CALLING OF THE DISCIPLES. Jesus didn’t call the disciples to join a program. He didn’t enroll them in a school. He said, “Follow me.” He literally asked them to leave the place they were and begin a relationship with Him. And they did.
HIS HEALING AND HIS MIRACLES. When Jesus healed people or performed miracles, as He did all throughout the Gospels, the primary purpose was to show people He was the Son of God. But the secondary purpose was to dramatically help people. He didn’t have to do this. He could have simply stopped the sun in the sky or performed any other number of miraculous (yet impersonal) things. But Jesus healed people’s afflictions. He calmed storms when they frightened His friends. He fed hungry people. He brought people’s loved ones back from death. This is relational ministry at its finest.
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Jesus didn’t shun the demanding, needy, imposing crowds
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that followed Him. He ministered to them. He spent time with them. Often, He addressed them personally. Jesus taught as He went about His day doing life. He didn’t hole up in a synagogue or the Temple and expect His followers to come to Him. He taught in relationship. He used examples that were rooted in people’s lives. He empowered His disciples to do as He did. He modeled what it meant to live the way He taught. There was no cold, one-way knowledge dump. It was relational at its core.
HE CONNECTED DEEPLY WITH PEOPLE. Think about the woman at the well. Think about Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Think about His disciples, both the 12 and especially His inner three. Jesus connected intimately with the people He ministered to. He knew them. He took time to engage them in a way that met their unique needs.
FROM A BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, THE INCARNATION WAS AS RELATIONAL A THING AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE. God didn’t have to become one of us. He could have made another way. No one forced His hand. And yet, He chose to live amongst us, making Himself available to us. Jesus placed a tremendous amount of importance on ministering to people relationally. I think we have to model this same relational investment. It’s vitally important that everyone on our teams realize that the expectation isn’t to simply fill a task (say, to teach 7th grade guy’s small groups on Sunday mornings) but to fulfill a role. Your role, and the role of your adult volunteers, is to shape lives. It’s to lead teenagers closer to Christ. This really can’t be done without modeling the kind of relational investment Jesus modeled. Challenge your leaders to embrace a deeper level of relational ministry. After all, if it was Jesus’ chosen model, shouldn’t it be ours? ANDY BLANKS is the co-founder and publisher for YM360. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with his wonderful wife Brendt, their three daughters, and one son. When he’s not hanging out with his family or volunteering at his church’s youth ministry, you can find Andy trail running or mountain biking. Follow Andy on Instagram: @andy_blanks
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WANT TO BECOME A REAL MAN?
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R I C K B U RGE S S
A NDY BL A NK S
YM360 Publisher and Co-Founder Andy Blanks has teamed up with Rick Burgess, best-selling author and cohost of the nationally syndicated morning show Rick and Bubba, to author two exciting books, How To Be A Man and How To Be A Man: Student Edition. These books challenge and equip teenagers and adults alike to pursue a masculinity grounded in the person of Christ. Here, Rick and Andy discuss why they wrote the books. AN D Y: You and I both share a passion for seeing guys
imitate Jesus and live as God desires them to live. This is something the Lord has really laid on our hearts the last few years, isn’t it?
R IC K : Absolutely. As you know, this started in our own church with a movement of men who began to take seriously what it means to live out a Christ-centered masculinity. As I travel and speak across the country, I see this happening all over. Men are waking up. They are realizing that they’re not really pursuing their faith as God has called them to. AN D Y: After years of discipling teenagers and just watch-
ing how they engage with the world around them and observing their relationships with their dads, I approached you last year about co-authoring a book for teenagers
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that challenges them to become the young men that God is calling them to be. You pushed back and said that if we were going to do one for teenagers we needed to do one for men too. R I C K : That’s right. I’m blessed to be able to speak and
teach in churches and men’s conferences around the country. What I was seeing in men is the same thing you were seeing in teenagers. A lot of men know they aren’t purposefully pursuing their faith or a Christ-centered masculinity. I’m often asked what I would recommend to help address this. I wanted to be able to put something in their hands that pointed them toward Jesus as the model for what it means to be a man. And so the idea for these two books came together. AN D Y: I love that we decided to do one for adults and
one for teenagers. I get pretty excited about the idea that a dad can walk through this with his son, or a youth worker can walk through this with a group of guys.
R I C K : Oh yeah. That’s the part that I love. Obviously, a teenager can go through the guy’s book by himself. And a man can go through the adult version by himself. But the real transformation happens when you watch a dad lead a son or an adult leader lead a small group through this content.
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Culture sends so many confusing messages about masculinity, and when you add faith to the mix, it gets even more complicated. What does it mean to be a man, anyway? And more importantly, what does it mean to be a teenage guy who seeks to become the young man God wants him to be? Using eight core characteristics, this devotional experience will challenge teenage guys to exemplify these in their own lives as they passionately pursue a Christ-centered manhood.
• Identity • Integrity
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HOW TO BE A MAN [Student Edition] features: 40-daily devotional experiences. "Processing the Pursuit" section at the end of each day to challenge teenagers to apply daily learnings. In-depth study of eight core characteristics of Jesus teenagers can seek to exemplify in their own lives.
• Passion • Commitment
• Compassion • Influence
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10 ARTICLE Ideally, we should believe that God has called our pastor to lead the church and that if God called our pastor to serve there, God meant for us to also serve and support our pastor. Our pastors will never be perfect. (Our support of them doesn’t turn a blind eye to immoral or unethical behavior.) But we don’t need our pastors to be perfect in order to believe that they are called by God to lead the church you’re serving.
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NEVER EVER GOSSIP ABOUT THEM. It’s likely that some of you are working in situations where you’re frustrated with your pastor. That frustration may be warranted, but please hear me when I tell you that talking about your pastor behind their back is sin, and your relationship with your pastor will not be all it could be as long as you continue. God’s Word is clear about gossip, and it’s clear about what to do when you have a problem with someone. If you have a problem, you need to talk to them about it.
“SO GOOD, THEY’RE REALLY GOOD!” -LITERALLY EVERYBODY
PRAY FOR THEM. I’ve been blessed over the years to be in a lot of meetings with lots of youth pastors from all walks of life. When I’m around other youth pastors, it seems that inevitably someone is going to make a pastor joke, or someone is going to start sharing about how badly they get along their pastor. I’ve always struggled with this. It has always felt to me that as youth pastors, we’re getting something wrong when it comes to having a great relationship with our pastors. I’m not suggesting that problems between a youth minister and their pastor are always the youth minister’s fault. In an ideal situation, your pastor will be your biggest supporter, and for some of you this is the case. Others of you have strained relationships with your pastor. Although I’m a bit of a hobbyist magician, I don’t have any magic that will automatically fix your problem. I have, however, been blessed with some great mentors who’ve taught me a lot about working with my pastor. I’d like for you to consider some of the things I’ve learned from others about how to establish a great relationship with your pastor.
BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE CALLED TO SUPPORT YOUR PASTOR AND THAT YOUR PASTOR IS CALLED TO LEAD THE CHURCH.
Praying for our pastor should be the first thing we do in order to build a great relationship. I don’t mean this in a legalistic way, but I really believe you should be praying for them daily. Here’s the thing: How are you going to gossip about your pastor or let someone else bad-mouth them or root against them if you’re praying for them daily? If you and I are praying for our pastors daily, our hearts will point in a loving and supportive direction for them. CHRIS TRENT
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WHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE VITAL TO NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS We should all have new Christ-followers in our midst. Some of us will have more than others. But by the very nature of our role as youth ministers, we should be seeing teenagers come to faith in Christ or getting serious about their faith for the first time. I think these new Christ-followers have at least four basic needs, and the concept of relationship flows through each of these. To define these needs, we can look to the first picture of the first century Church we get in Acts 2:36-47. NEED 1: NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS NEED TO KNOW GOD MORE AND BETTER. “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching . . .” (Acts 2:42) New believers need to know God more and better. They need a grasp of foundational theological principles like salvation, forgiveness, and grace. They need an understanding of the Gospel. They need to know what it means to pursue Christ likeness. But helping students grow in their faith starts with some pretty foundational truths, and their lives will be richer for it if they learn these truths at the beginning of their walk with the Lord. These truths are best taught in relationship with a more mature Christ-follower. NEED 2: NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS NEED TO BE WITH OTHER CHRIST-FOLLOWERS DOING WHAT CHRIST-FOLLOWERS DO. “They devoted themselves to . . . fellowship...” (Acts 2:42) “All who believed were together . . . ” Acts 2:44) “And day by day, attending the temple together . . .” (Acts 2:46) One of the needs we have to make sure we’re providing for our new and young believers is community. Meeting them
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with other like-minded students in relationship. The new believer who joins a group of his or her peers who are living lives as Christ-followers finds living, breathing pictures of this new life to which he or she has been called.. The change seems possible. This new life of devotion seems doable. It is, in essence, the group teaching the new believer “how” to believe. NEED 3: NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS NEED TO BE SHOWN THE PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO GOD. I’m talking about spiritual disciplines, spiritual habits, or the practices that lead us to God. Acts 2:42 says the new believers in Jerusalem were devoted to prayer. There’s a solid spiritual habit. Verse 46 says they met every single day. That’s a powerful commitment to worship, another spiritual discipline. Spiritual habits such as prayer, Bible reading, worship, fasting, service, and so on are the pathways through which we engage with God. These must be taught and modeled (there’s the concept of relationship cropping up again) to new Christ-followers. These habits will inform their faith for a lifetime. NEED 4: NEW CHRIST-FOLLOWERS NEED RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN WALK THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THEIR FAITH LIFE WITH THEM. This is different than community. This is Christian friendship. Where do we see this in Acts 2? Check it out: verse 46 says, “ . . . breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts.” New believers need friends to walk with them as they put down the roots of their faith. These are four needs I see in Scripture, all of them informed and empowered by Christ-centered relationship. BY ANDY BLANKS
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CONNECT is a great option for community building within your group. Groups in this option (called “villages”) will be in Bible Study for part of the day and will also participate in recreational games. The Bible Study will be led by your adult leaders.
SERVE allows your group to get off campus and serve at a mission project for much of the day with one of our Community Partners (our team will take care of the details).
EXPLORE
Do you have adults who are willing to come to camp but don’t want to teach the Bible Study? If so, GUIDE is for you. Instead of your adults leading your students in Bible Study, recreation group building activities, and worship pre-gatherings, one of our Village Guides (a GENERATE staff member) will do so.
EXPLORE allows you to decide how you want to spend your day from 10:00 am through dinner. If you want to be off campus enjoying what the area has to offer, go for it!
"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God."
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At YM360, we seek to empower discipleship through providing excellent Bible Study curriculum. This summer at GENERATE, the Village Bible Study is titled The Uprising: Compelled to Worship, Live, Love and Tell. Each day, your students will be challenged to rise up in their walk with Christ.
DAY 1 BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD, WE RAISE UP IN WORSHIP. “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.” - Hebrews 12:28
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One of the best ways to learn to be a disciple-maker is to learn alongside other disciple-makers, and LEAD TEAM perfectly displays that. Your group (10th grade students and older) will participate in staff devotions, meetings, development, worship, and areas of concentration such as production, recreation, and support roles. (Max of 20 people per week.)
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BECAUSE JESUS DIED FOR US, WE ARE RAISED TO NEW LIFE. “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” - Romans 6:4
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BECAUSE GOD LOVES US GREATLY, WE RISE ABOVE THE WORLD AND LOVE AT ALL COSTS. “And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” - Ephesians 5:2
DAY 4 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GOOD NEWS, WE GO AND TELL, RAISING THE BANNER OF THE GOSPEL. “Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.” - Romans 7:4
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BIBLE STUDY CURRICULUM
WE ELEVATE CHRIST.
YM360 helps youth workers lead their students to be passionate about the Way, the Word, and the world. Everything we do, from resources to events, is Christ-centered and Gospel-driven. We don’t just want students to be consumers of the Gospel; we want them to be conduits of the Gospel, taking the good news of Christ to a world in desperate need of it. Ministry isn’t just a paycheck. It’s a calling.
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YM360 is the premier provider of youth ministry resources, training events, and live student events. We are committed to providing youth workers, like you, with an ever-expanding offering of Gospel-centered, Bible-based, easy-to-use, and amazingly priced resources that are innovative, creative, and relevant. From Sundays to retreats and all in between, YM360 is here to serve you with great resources.
FOR YOU AND YOUR LEADERS THE 7 BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING TEENAGERS THE BIBLE
THE LIFE: EMBRACING THE LIFE OF A CHRIST-FOLLOWER
This 52-lesson, unit-based Bible Study curriculum equips your students to understand exactly what it means to live as a follower of Christ. It makes the case for discipleship as the expected norm of all Christians and then helps your students know what this practically looks like in their lives.
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ELEMENTS ALL-ACCESS
This is a 72-lesson Bible Study curriculum helping your students understand 25 core building blocks of faith and how to live them out.
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To say “Youth ministry can be challenging” is an understatement. Few callings have as many variables. Discipling teenagers is a tough calling. But what about the dynamics with the staff and leadership of your church? What about the challenges of engaging with your students’ parents? And let’s not get started on the way that ministry impacts your family. Youth ministry is not for the faint of heart. Especially if you’re just getting started which is why Consider This is such an important book.
We know you desire to lead students closer to God. Many ask, “What’s the most effective way to do this?” We believe it is by teaching students the Word of God. The Bible is God’s main way of making Himself and His ways known, and your students need sound Bible teaching now more than ever. This resource offers you seven ultra-practical and deeply meaningful “practices” you can use to help teach the Bible in a transformative and dynamic way. This is a perfect book to place in the hands of your leaders.
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DISCIPLE: THE ORDINARY PERSON’S GUIDE TO DISCIPLING TEENAGERS
This is your youth ministry evangelism and discipleship strategy for a post-Christian culture. If your ministry desires to reach teenagers growing up in the post-Christian culture we find ourselves in, you and your entire team will benefit greatly from this resource. Benjamin Kerns uses a thought-provoking twist on a beloved parable as the framework for a rich examination of the cultural landscape, helping you reach lost students and know how to begin discipling them.
Written by one of the leading voices in youth ministry, Dr. Allen Jackson, Disciple is a practical, down-to-earth guide for leading teenagers to pursue Christ. No matter if you’re a veteran or a newbie, Disciple will help challenge and equip you and your team to get serious about disciple-making.
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This offers 52 weeks of Jesus-centered Bible Study designed to cut through the confusion, teaching your students a Christ-centered look at the major issues they deal with in their daily lives.
$319 ALL-ACCESS BUNDLE $29.99 FOR EACH 4-LESSON SERIES YM360.com/Jesus-studies
THE RESCUE DEVO BUNDLE
The Rescue: Discovering How the Gospel Rescues and Redeems Us: This 52-lesson, unit-based curriculum gives your students a comprehensive and transformative view of exactly what the Gospel is, how it radically changes their lives, and how their lives will, in turn, be used to change the world. It gives your students a rich, in-depth view of the Gospel and its impact in a way that many of them have never seen before. Includes 10 The Rescue: An interactive devotional journal physical 52-week devos. You can add more at a discount.
$379 YM360.com/rescue-devo-bundle Curriculum only is $319
THE THREAD DEVO BUNDLE
The Thread: Discovering the Thread of the Gospel Through the Big-Picture Story of the Bible: This 52-lesson, Scope and Sequence Bible Study was created to help students discover the life-changing narrative of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. But most importantly it shows them how the thread of the Gospel is woven through every story. Includes 10 Tracing the Thread physical 52-week devos. You can add more at a discount.
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STUDENT BOOKS & DEVOTIONALS HELPING YOU RESOURCE STUDENTS TO GROW DEEPER IN THEIR FAITH THROUGH THEIR PERSONAL STUDY OF GOD’S WORD.
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is the most used and trusted new believer resources in youth ministry. This powerful fourweek devotional experience will help your new believers get off to a strong start on their new journey with Christ.
A Disciple Now weekend, youth ministry retreat, camp, or back-to-school event can have an incredible impact on your students, your youth ministry, and your church. We think planning and executing your next event should be intentional, easy, and streamlined. EVENT RESOURCES is about helping you do just that through powerful curriculum, all the student resources you need, plus built-in tools and training for your small group teachers. NEW
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is a four-week devotional experience helping your students understand the PURPOSE God has in store for them, catch God’s VISION for exactly how He wants to use them, and practice real, PRACTICAL ways to impact their world.
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“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17. If you're ready to show your students how nothing can ever be the same with Jesus, then THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is for you.
FEARLESS
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“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” - 2 Timothy 1:7. If you’re ready to challenge your students to confidently embrace the plan God has for them, then FEARLESS is for you.
“Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul. . . ” - Acts 4:32. Teach TOGETHER and challenge your students to embrace a Christ-centered community.
RELENTLESS
“For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” - Acts 4:20 Help your students pursue Christ at all costs today by teaching RELENTLESS.
is designed to challenge and empower teenage guys to pursue a Christ-centered masculinity.
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TRACING THE THREAD: A 52-WEEK JOURNEY THROUGH THE STORY OF THE BIBLE
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is a 365-day devotional journal your students will actually read. With three different sections, students choose where they want to pick up each day based on what they are going through in life: Ordinary Times, Crazy Times, and Holiday Times!
is a meaningful daily devotion for your students. It guides them through the big-picture story of God’s Word. More than that, it helps them trace the thread of the Gospel through the narrative of Scripture. This devotion is a great complement to The Thread 52-week curriculum.
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved. - Ephesians 2:4-5. Teach EXCHANGE and challenge your students to radically embrace the power of the “exchanged life.”
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“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” - Ephesians 4:4-6. Teach ONE and help your students see the amazing message of what God wants to do in and through them.
“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.”1 Thessalonians 4:3-5. Teach LIVE DIFFERENT and help challenge your students with God’s call to live a life of holiness in a world of sexual immorality.
FOLLOWER
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” - Matthew 16:24. Teach FOLLOWER and help your teens understand what real faith looks like and how to live it out.
THEREFORE GO: A 4-WEEK INTERACTIVE MISSION JOURNAL
is a four-week journal designed to prepare students for their mission trip, process their trip, and build on their experience moving forward. It is a musthave resource for your upcoming mission trip.
utilizes daily readings from the life and mission experiences of the Apostle Paul to empower students to get the most out of their own missions experience. This resource helps students prepare for their mission trip, process their trip, and build on their experience moving forward. It is a must-have resource for your upcoming mission trip.
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“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.” - Ephesians 5:1. IMITATOR challenges students to live the life of a God-imitator, helping them understand what this looks like in the world they live in.
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“With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” - Psalm 119:10-11. THE PAUSE will teach students to “hit pause” and spend time growing their relationship with God.
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“...Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.” - Hebrews 12:1-2. If you want your students to take greater ownership of their faith, NEXT is for you.
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Feature-packed, four and six week Bible Study options perfect for your ministry. VIDEO DRIVEN
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A four-lesson study that will teach students that the world they live in is almost universally opposed to the basic principles of God’s Kingdom. So how do they respond? Do they immerse themselves in culture? Do they flee from it? Or do they engage their world with the light of the Gospel? This study challenges them to live for Christ.
A four-session, video-driven Bible Study that will challenge your students to see how their friendships as believers is dependent on the centrality of Christ in all they do.
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A four-session, video-driven Bible Study that will help your students see the relentless nature of God’s love and how we are changed by it.
A four-lesson study, Live Different teaches students God's intent for sex and how God views sex outside of this intent. But most importantly, Live Different will challenge your students with God's call to live a holy life in a world of sexual immorality.
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A six-week study on the Book of James. Do your students' lives reflect their beliefs? The Book of James calls us to live a life that looks like Christ. In a word, James is a book of action. James calls his readers to live a life of vivid faith! Help them know how.
A four-lesson study that shows that no matter where you go in this world, you’ll find poverty and suffering. And for many this is one of the main reasons for rejecting God. “Why would God allow suffering?” The Least of These helps your students answer this question and much more.
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PROOF
A six-week study on the Gospel of John. Proof helps your students see exactly who Christ is through His powerful teaching, His amazing miracles, and His death and resurrection.
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A six-week study on the Book of Colossians. This study will teach your students that Christ is to be the focus of who they are, the very center of their attention and affection. Teach Focus to help your students' lives reflect a single-minded devotion to Christ.
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