Ask Rooted: How Do You Handle a Disruptive Student at Youth Group? Part Two
Most likely, a student isn’t disrupting your group time out of malice. Take the opportunity to be curious about what’s going on in his or her life.
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Discipling the Difficult Teenager
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Adam PetersonAlice ChurnockAllen KingAllie MartinAlly VeldermanAlvin ReidAmy BondAndrew WilsonAndy CornettAndy HoodAndy OdleAngela TilandAnn McQueen WhatleyAnna ConcepcionAnna Meade HarrisAnna NashAnne SanfordAnnie TaltonAnonymousApril HabermanArek O’ConnellBecky PaynterBen BeswickBen BirdsongBen CutsingerBen HewittBen PalmBen SciaccaBen YiBenjamin KandtBenjamin WillsBethany JenkinsBijan MirtolooiBill FulliloveBrad GrayBradley BlaylockBrandon McCullochBrent BoundsBrent BoundsBrian H. CosbyBrian PittsBrian RyuCam PottsCameron ColeCarolyn LankfordCarolyn Lankford and Anna Meade HarrisChad PoeChap BettisCharlotte GetzCharlotte Getz and Anna Meade HarrisChelsea Kingston EricksonChelsea Kingston Erickson and Anna Meade HarrisChelsea Kingston Erickson and Dawson CooperChris LiChris PolskiChristian HayesChristina FoxChristina FrostChristopher Esposito-BernardChristopher TalbotCiana CreightonCindy LeeClaire DavisClarissa MollClark FobesClark Fobes and Chelsea EricksonClark Fobes and Kevin YiClark Fobes, Mike McGarry, and Kevin YiColby WilkinsCole Kelly, Jr.Cole ShifletConnie NelsonConnor CoskeryCorey SeitzCreagh GoingsDan HallockDan MarottaDan MontgomeryDan WilsonDan WolfDaniel KimDarren DePaulDave HartDave SteinbeckDave WrightDavid BrashlerDavid MurrayDavid PlantDavid ThomasDavis LaceyDawson CooperDebbie VerdellDerek GrizDevan GraysonDimas SalaberriosDorena WilliamsonDouglas J. RomaineDr. Joe B. LaRussaDustin MesserElisabeth Elliott HayesEmily HeideEmily JenkinsEmily MenendezEmily ZellEthan CampbellEva ParkerFrances ConnerFrances Conner and Mac HarrisFred SandersGil MurdockGordon BalsGreg MeyerHannah DowHayden HowellHayden SledgeHeather HollemanHewes HullHolly BrownHolly MackleIngram LinkIsaac KarpenskeIsaiah BroomsIsaiah MarshallJackson SharmanJacob SmithJane MenendezJaquelle CroweJared BurkholderJared C. WilsonJared WilsonJarrett Van TineJason PeevyJay BeerleyJD TylerJeanette “Net” WadeJeffrey HeineJeffrey JonesJennifer PhillipsJennifer SheppardJenny LisaJoe GibbesJoe MartinJoey TurnerJohn GardnerJohn LaffoonJohn PerritJohn PondJohn ZahlJon CoombsJon GersJon LilleyJon WattsJonathan BarneyJonathan ClubbJonathan MansurJonathan MolengrafJonathon WoodyardJordy OrsettiJoseph PetersonJosh CousineauJosh HussungJoshua and Amelia GreeverJoshua NeissJulie GillisJulie MoserJustin TalbertJustin TilghmanKaila ThomasKaitlyn KoehlerKari KampakisKatherine ForsterKatie and Chris PolskiKatie FloresKatie PolskiKaty SheltonKaty Shelton and Anna NashKellie CurrinKenda Creasy DeanKendal ConnerKendal Conner and Seth StewartKeri FolmarKerry TrunfioKevin CarlockKevin deJongeKevin YiKirk KingsleyKris FernhoutKristen HattonKyle BjergaKyle HoffsmithKyle WhiteheadKyle WorleyLaura HydingerLauren Center WillisLauren GilbertLauren NoblittLilly GilbertLisa Harlow ClayLiz EdringtonLiz PriceLogan J. BaileyLogan MurphyLucy Kate GreenLuke BannerLuke PaivaMac HarrisMaddie AllenMae McDuffMargaret PopeMark CultonMark HowardMark RectorMark UptonMarlee TomlinsonMartha Kate StainsbyMary Beth JohnstonMary Madeline SchumpertMattMatt BallardMatt BrownMatt FranciscoMatt PolkMelanie LacyMelissa HuffMelissa PowellMeredith DixonMeredith ExlineMichael NeelMichael WeeksMichelle Ami ReyesMike McGarryMike TilandMike WattMolly WitheringtonMorgan LuskNathan LemkeNick BogardusNick ConnerNnanna OkaforNoah FrankPaige BiermanPaige RouseParker HudsonPaul HongPaul MartinPeter OngPhilip WalkleyRachel CainRachel CohenRebecca HattonRebecca HeckRebecca LankfordRegan BranchRich GriffithRichard E. Simmons IIIRob BruhnRob YanceyRootedRussell BooneRussell GallowayRyan CenterRyan MartinRyan RoachRyann HolleySammie GalloSamuel J. HoodSara LittenSarah HydingerSarah NixonScott ByersScott DouglasScotty SmithSean CroweSelah VetterSeth KingSeth StewartSharon HershShaun McDonaldShea PatrickShelby AbbottSkyler FlowersSpencer HaynesStephenStephen YatesSteve EatmonSteve JamisonSydney HussSyler ThomasTaylor CainTaylor MendozaTaylor SuttonTim HigginsTimothy ShoreyTodd HillTracey RectorTraci KeeneTracy McGarryTucker FlemingVince GreenwaldWayne IngramWill LeitnerWill O’BrienZach Skipper
Ask Rooted: How Do You Handle a Disruptive Student at Youth Group? Part One
It is wise for us to be aware of our sin tendencies: are we more inclined to cut the speaker off to regain control, or are we more inclined to hide from confrontation?
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