tailieunhanh - The Youth Worker's Guide To Helping Teenagers In Crisis

Rich Van Pelt: You probably don’t live anywhere near Colum- bine; you may not even know where Columbine is—which is fi ne. It’s in Littleton, Colorado—not exactly the center of the universe, or anything else for that matter—more the southwest- ern edge of the Denver metro area. But on April 20, 1999—and for about a month after—Columbine seemed like the center of the universe, judging by news coverage. On that day two stu- dents came to school armed to the teeth and started shooting people. They killed 12 students, one teacher, and themselves in a bloody rampage | THE YOUTH WORKER S GUIDE T MElflNG TEENAGERS n old youth specialties Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock This page is intentionally left blank This book is conversationally encyclopedic comfortably competent and warmly professional. just like Rich and Jim. It s what you would hope for from friends who are wonderfully gifted to help us minister to teens in crisis. - Dr. Dave Rahn Huntington University Professor Vice President of Ministry YFC USA This book presents the dark side of youth ministry. It is the under-belly of our youth groups. It is the messy complicated and uncomfortable side of life. Rich and Jim are tackling some difficult subjects in this book. This book will be a valuable tool that will not remain on the shelf but will draw you back to it year after year. You ll gain insights and practical advice on how to minister to hurting students. You will learn how to build relationships how to reach out how to lend a caring hand and a listening ear. These situations presented in the book offer opportunities to come along side students in crisis. The book is filled with real life stories that you will identify with. I highly recommend it. - Les Christie Chair Youth Ministry Department William Jessup University A must-have resource for every church and parachurch ministry. Rich and Jim have done a great job of describing and defining every possible crisis situation a youth worker will face. - Chap Clark . Associate Professor of Youth Family and Culture Fuller Theological Seminary What we hear in these pages are the voices of two tested and trusted youth workers who know what it s like to be in the trenches of real life ministry and to come alongside hurting kids One wonders sometimes if there are any other kinds of kids sometimes they all seem to be hurting . The landscape of their combined youth ministry experience is a vast expanse of all kinds of terrain local church parish ministry parachurch ministry ministry with institutionalized kids counseling .