Cosby, Brian H, <br/><br/>
Giving up gimmicks :  reclaiming youth ministry from an entertainment culture /  [print] 
Brian H. Cosby. 
 - Phillipsburg, New Jersey :  P and R Pub.,  (c)2012. 
 - 149 pages ;  22 cm 
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<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781596383944 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011042960 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church work with teenagers--Presbyterian Church.<br/>Church entertainments.<br/>Grace (Theology)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4447.C834.G585 2012 BV4447