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Advancing Grace-Driven Youth Ministry
Rooted’s Top Ten of January 2021
Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families.
Hope for the Weary with Christina Edmondson (Rooted 2020 Conference)
Teaching in Matthew 11, Christina encourages parents and youth pastors to remember that Jesus’ work brings us rest.
Rooted Recommends: Preston and Jackie Hill Perry on Gender Identity, Biblical Womanhood, and Girly Girls
We commend this episode to anyone who is seeking to understand what the Bible says about manhood and womanhood and to discern what notions our culture has constructed for us.
The Fallen Idols of COVID in the Life of a Teen with Julie Sparkman (Rooted 2020 Conference)
From the star athlete to the academic award recipient, achievers have watched their platforms disintegrate, leaving them grappling with lost notoriety, identity, and security. This workshop explores how we might help kids see that their greatest losses may, in fact, be a divine rescue.
Talking to Teenagers About the Pixar Film Soul
The following articles will get you thinking about how the gospel can shed light on the questions the film raises, and in fact answer those very questions with truth and hope.
Rooted Recommends: Confessions of a Former Youth Minister
Whether God leads you into a lifetime of youth ministry or takes you through a season of it, the Gospel you share and the relationships Jesus fosters in His work will bear “fruit that [continues] to blossom.”