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Micheal Selleck knows and loves youth.  He is an author, pastor, and committed advocate for youth.  He has helped countless youth and youth leaders grow in their understanding of how Christ can be offered and experienced through youth ministry.  Mike is the former director of youth ministries for the North Georgia Annual Conference and is the current Director of Connectional Ministries for the North Georgia Annual Conference.  Mike also serves on the Steering Committee for the Center for Youth Ministry Excellence/YouthWorker Movement.

UMC Youth Ministry HandbookThis Youth ministry handbook is written for United Methodist youth and adults.  This is your handbook.  The intent is to help leaders, in response to God's guidance, discover a vision for ministry with youth.  It is also meant to be a practical guide to help plan and implement effective youth ministry in local congregations.

The United Mothodist Youth Handbook provides down-to-earth help for leaders of youth ministry.  Whether you are a new youth worker or an experienced veteran, you will find yourself referring again and again to this book.  In addition to the valuable help found with the pages, an on-line appendix provides constantly updated information on youth ministry. 

  • What is youth ministry?
  • Do we need a youth council?
  • How do we help youth grow as disciples?
  • Where do we start?
  • What about service?
  • What does a youth group do?

 

Please click on the links below to download each chapter of this book.

Table of Contents
Chapter One: What is Youth Ministry?
Chapter Two: Where do we Start?
Chapter Three: Why Have a Youth Council?
Chapter Four: The Web of Discipleship
Chapter Five: Know Your Youth
Chapter Six: What about the Bible?
Chapter Seven: What does a Youth Group Do?
Chapter Eight: What about Service?
Chapter Nine: Youth Ministry is Congregational Ministry
Chapter Ten: Encouraging Participation
Chapter Eleven: What about Money?
Chapter Twelve: Retreats and Other Trips
Chapter Thirteen: Resources, Methods, and Strategies
Chapter Fourteen: Expanding the Vision
Chapter Fifteen: Leadership Issues
Chapter Sixteen: We are United Methodist
Appendix

 

JOHN O. GOOCH is a free-lance writer and editor. He is a veteran of more than 40 years in youth ministry, at the local church, district, conference, jurisdictional, and national levels of The United Methodist Church. A native of Missouri, John is a retired pastor who currently is a youth ministry consultant, a youth Sunday school teacher, a Stephens Ministry leader, and a frequent writer of United Methodist curriculum resources, both for youth and for adults.  

Leadership in youth ministry is constantly changing. Every year there are adult youth workers who are new to the task. In response to questions frequently asked by youth ministry workers, Gooch provides practical information about how to do youth ministry. Written in a Q & A format, 103 Questions addresses questions Gooch has encountered in workshops with youth workers, examining the following areas: Building community; dealing with discipline; topics/resources (how to select, where to find information you need); long-range planning/how to get youth to take ownership of the process; getting youth more involved; balancing spiritual growth, learning, and fun; characteristics of a good youth counselor; recruiting and training volunteers; involving parents; getting support from the congregation; ways to combat youth resistance to Sunday school; how to stay in touch with the problems youth are experiencing.  

103 Questions Youth Workers Ask was originally published in 2003 by Discipleship Resources and is now out of print. John O. Gooch owns the publishing rights and grants YouthWorker Movement members permission to download this book for their own learning. Permission is not granted to reproduce additional copies or sell this to other people. 

(Downloadable Chapters are available in PDF format by clicking the Chapter titles below.) 

Table of Contents and Introduction 
Building Christian Community 
Dealing With Discipline 
Topics/Resources 
Long-Range Planning and Youth Ownership 
Getting Youth More Involved 
Balancing Spiritual Growth, Learning, and Fun 
What Makes a Good Counselor 
Recruiting and Training Volunteers 
Involving Parents in Youth Ministry 
Getting Support From the Congregation 
Sunday School is Sooo Boring 
Old Stuff and New Stuff 
For Professionals Only
Youth Ministry Resources
For Further Reading

Dr. Ed Trimmer is Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities and Chair of the Department of Religion at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.  He has written several books including the very successful Youth Ministry Handbook.

For more about Dr. Trimmer see: http://www.huntingdon.edu/news/archive/2008/aug/08_27_08_trimmer

Dr. Ed Trimmer's
Youth Ministry HandBook

This very popular handbook was originally published in 1994 by Abingdon Press but is now out of print. Dr. Trimmer owns the publishing rights and grants YouthWorker Movement members permission to download this book for their own learning. Permission is not granted to reproduce additional copies or sell this to other people.

(Downloadable Chapters are available in PDF format by clicking the Chapter titles below.)

An ebook by Dr. Ed Trimmer
Dr. Trimmer did the research for Albin Institute but the book was never published. Dr. Trimmer owns the publishing rights and grants YouthWorker Movement members permission to download this book for their own learning. Permission is not granted to reproduce additional copies or sell this to other people. (Downloadable Chapters are available in PDF Format by clicking the Chapter titles below).