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Giving up gimmicks : reclaiming youth ministry from an entertainment culture / Brian H. Cosby. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Phillipsburg, New Jersey : P and R Pub., (c)2012.Description: 149 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781596383944
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4447.C834.G585 2012
  • BV4447
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Contents:
Why entertainment hasn't worked -- What is a "means-of-grace" ministry? -- Ministry of the Word -- Empowered through prayer -- Nourished in the sacraments -- Satisfied by service -- Transformed through community -- Building and leading a youth ministry team.
Summary: "Gives youth pastors, youth leaders, and parents a guide on how to lead a gospel-rich youth ministry that makes the means of grace, i.e., Word, prayer, sacraments, service, and community, central to the ministry. When youth groups elevate experience over truth, they drive away the teenagers they hope to attract. Here is a ministry approach, grounded in Christ and patterned after the means of grace, that brings them back"--Publisher description.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BV4447.C62 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001844964

Why entertainment hasn't worked -- What is a "means-of-grace" ministry? -- Ministry of the Word -- Empowered through prayer -- Nourished in the sacraments -- Satisfied by service -- Transformed through community -- Building and leading a youth ministry team.

"Gives youth pastors, youth leaders, and parents a guide on how to lead a gospel-rich youth ministry that makes the means of grace, i.e., Word, prayer, sacraments, service, and community, central to the ministry. When youth groups elevate experience over truth, they drive away the teenagers they hope to attract. Here is a ministry approach, grounded in Christ and patterned after the means of grace, that brings them back"--Publisher description.

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