Good Sex: A Whole-Person Approach to Teenage Sexuality and God (Free Parent Meeting Planning Excerpt!!)

by Jim Hancock and Kara Powell

This free excerpt from the newly-updated Good Sex 2.0 curriculum will help you design a 90-minute meeting with parents to help promote great conversations about sex—both in your meeting and in their homes.

Your Life: Finding Space to Love God, Your Neighbor, and Yourself in the City

by Jude Tiersma Watson and Kimberly Williams

How does our own spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental health impact the ways we love God and others? In Month 2 of the Sabbath Rest in a 24/7 City series, we look at our own lives for clues to preventing stress and burnout.

Something is Not Right:
Revisiting our Definition of Family

by David Fraze

Have our youth ministry practices and philosophies sold kids and families short by focusing on a too-narrow definition of "family"? Pulling from family ministry guru Diana Garland's work, Fraze challenges us with some helpful reframing of our understanding of family in Christ and its implications for youth work.

Being White: Doug Schaupp on Race Relations in Life and Ministry

How do we talk to our teenagers and their families about race? Doug Schaupp, co-author of Being White: Finding our Place in a Multiethnic World and regional director for InterVarsity, spoke for FYI recently. His insights on race relationships can help your ministry move beyond talk of “reconciliation” to actively building justice.

Deep Justice Journeys Excerpt:
Where I Come From

by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin

This sample curriculum piece from Deep Justice Journeys (to be released May 2009) is designed for you to use BEFORE your trip to help your team members "culturally locate" themselves.

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