Parent Prompt: Never Alone, Always Lonely – Breaking the Cycle of Mediated Connection
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. Download the Parent Prompt here. By:Josh Good, CPYU Research Fellow and Ministry Director, Christian Endeavor USA,…
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Your Kids and the Community of Faith
Parents, today I want to encourage you to have your family attend a church where the adults, teenagers, and children all worship together rather than going their separate ways when they walk into the building. By doing this, they will…
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Episode 216: “Inviting Teens and Young Adults into Biblical Truth” with Rut Etheridge
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Rut EtheridgeGeneva CollegeGod-Breathed: Connecting through Scripture to God, Others, the Natural World, and Yourself by Rut Etheridge…
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Spiritual Nurture: The Value of the Local Church
By: Katie Schneider, CPYU Research Fellow and the Director of Youth Ministry and Administration at Highview Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Dousman, WI Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here. As I’ve worked in youth ministry for almost a decade now,…
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Episode 103: “Knowing the Word and Making Disciples” with Peter Krol
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old North Church (Kyle’s church)Peter KrolKnowable Word: Helping Ordinary People Learn…
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Sermons – Teaching Kids to Listen, Learn, and Apply
One of the most effective ways to get our kids to look critically and Christianly through eyes of faith at their rapidly changing culture is to help them understand and apply the truths of God’s Word. In fact, this ranks…
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Spiritual Nurture: The Bible’s Most Dangerous Word: Why “Tomorrow” is Deadly for Gen Alpha’s Faith
By: Josh Good, CPYU Research Fellow and Ministry Director, Christian Endeavor USA, Gilbertsville, PA Download the free Spiritual Nurture handout here. The plague of frogs had done its work. Pharaoh’s palace reeked with the stench of amphibian invasion, his servants…
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Episode 215: “Longevity in Youth Ministry” with Jody Livingston
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Jody LivingstonStaying Power: 10 Essentials for Longevity in Youth Ministry by Jody LivingstonThe Longer Haul in Youth…
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Parent Prompt: More Than Youth Group – Why Your Teen Needs the Whole Church
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. Download the Parent Prompt here. By:Kyle Fulks, CPYU Research Fellow and Assistant Pastor at Hope Community…
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Episode 102: “Using The Apostles’ Creed with Students” with Andrew Slay
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.RSS FEED – click here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Kyle Hoffsmith (website)Old North Church (Kyle’s church)Andrew Slay (Westwood Baptist Church)How I’m Teaching…
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