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think before you post 2
…we’re living in frontier country right now. We can take guesses at the future, but it’s hard to gauge the effects of a drug while you’re still taking it. What happens when a person who has archived her teens grows up? Will she regret her earlier decisions, or will she love the sturdy bridge she’s…
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A PSA with a point, warning youth about the dangers about what they post online. This PSA is also from the same campaign.
Read Morejust added: new workshop from UYWI06
The Missing Pieces to Your After School Program (14MB) by Wanda Parker, Lori Ybarra Christian description: Are you satisfied with the results of your ministry? What if you could get even greater results? Come discover what missing pieces may be keeping you from experiencing the ultimate results in your after school program. This is a…
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this may be a bit dated, but still relevant.
Read MoreJames 5:13-16 (The Message)
Prayer to Be Reckoned With 13-15Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you’ve sinned, you’ll be forgiven—healed inside…
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Youth ministers are seeking clues in the results of a new survey of teens and the church, which shows a spiritual longing that is often not fulfilled. By SONJA STEPTOE It’s a question nearly as old as the Testaments: How can church leaders forge a lasting bond with young people? Youth ministers seeking clues will…
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e-mailed in by a youth worker: I have a question for you. I’m doing Young Life. We have the school is about 15 percent minority, and Young Life is about 40 percent minority. The problem is that the 40 percent of the minority kids are really hood, the type that throw balls during the talk…
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I could use some help. Back in late May 2006, I had a teen, who is a regular, threaten another teen that he would “shoot him” if he didn’t leave his brother alone. The other teen is a regular and was angry at this guy’s brother, probably at the little brother’s instigation. I was not…
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