Leader Resources

Decidedly different and Uncommon programs from top authors like Jim Burns and Ron Luce. Designed to help youth leaders build active, healthy youth groups that lead students to a commitment to Christ through genuine relationships with their peers and youth workers.


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    Friends Without Benefits
    Friends Without Benefits

    What Teens Need to Know About Sex Teens today face a bombardment of the glorification of promiscuous sex from every side. From MTV images and music lyrics to television programs popular with teens, the message communicated is that "everyone is doing it" and those abstaining from sex are abnormal. Seeking to stand up for teens and exhort them to speak out against sexual immorality is the youth organization, Teen Mania. In Friends Without Benefits, founder Ron Luce encourages youth to pursue purity while still sharing the dirt on sex that they need to hear. With their identities and self images at stake, teens need a message like this. Not what feels good, but what is right. Not what is tempting, but what is true. Designed for teens, here are honest stories and discussion of issues they need to hear, before it's too late.Ron Luce is the founder and president of Teen Mania Ministries, a youth organization that has hosted more than 400 events around the world since 1986, reaching 1.7 million teens with the message of living completely abandoned for Christ. He is a prolific author and a sought-after speaker who has traveled to more than 50 countries and been a frequent guest on The 700 Club, Focus on the Family radio broadcasts and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Ron earned a master’s degree in counseling and psychology, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Jerry Falwell from Liberty University. He was also appointed by President Bush to the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities in 2002.

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    Holidays and Special Events
    Holidays and Special Events

    Fresh Ideas: Resources to Make Youth Workers Celebrate! Every Youth worker will eventually be in charge of the types of events you'll find in Holidays and Special Events - making this book a must-have for your ministry! Special events fall into two categories: (1) programmed events for the purpose of outreach, fundraising or fellowship; and (2) celebration events, such as birthdays, holidays and more. Holidays and Special Events offers a ton of ideas for specific events within these categories, including: message outlines, publicity ideas, preparation and planning hints, fundraising information, activities & games, and much more! Youth workers will return to this resource often for ideas and sparks of creativity! Reproducible.

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    How to Have a Great Sunday School
    How to Have a Great Sunday School

    Ideas, Advice, Forms and Guidelines to Help You Set Up and Run an Effective, Efficient and Exciting Sunday School Sourcebook for developing a productive Sunday School program for any age group, in any church. Includes: Standards for Bible study, evangelism and growth. Standards for department and classroom organization. How to recruit and train Sunday School workers. Reproducible charts and forms for evaluation and organization. Guidelines for optimum utilization of facilities and equipment. Helpful Bonus Ideas gleaned from Sunday School workers from all over North America. Reproducible

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    Incredible Retreats
    Incredible Retreats

    Fresh Ideas: Fresh and Tasty Resources for Youth Workers Provides dozens of innovative, group-tested ideas for meaningful and dynamic youth retreats. Contains 7 group-tested retreat plans, complete with preparation lists, program and game ideas, lesson plans and reproducible handouts for small group discussions and individual quiet times. A retreat guidelines section is included, with ideas for planning your own retreat. Reproducible manual.

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    Life Mastery
    Life Mastery

    If there’s one thing business professionals are good at, it’s maximizing their career potential. If there’s one thing they struggle with, it’s maximizing their life potential. In Life Mastery, readers will discover how to mesh their personal goals with their relationships with God and with others. Marketplace mentor Bob Shank unpacks a mission-driven plan that can move readers from the frustration of goal overload to the excellence and satisfaction of maximum life potential. He reveals six keys that unlock potential for full, abundant life that includes career, relationships and a vibrant spiritual life. By learning from Jesus, the Master of Life, we can learn to master our lives. Bob Shank is the founder of The Master’s Program, a unique three-year graduate level mentoring experience that helps leaders exploit their Kingdom calling. Through TMP, he has mentored thousands of top-tier marketplace and ministry leaders from across the nation. Bob and his wife, Cheri, have two grown daughters and five grandchildren. They live in Orange County, California.

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    Naked Truth Leaders Guide, The
    Naked Truth Leaders Guide, The

    In a world where it seems like “everybody’s doing it” how do you help students say no to premarital sex? Lakita Garth tells you how! As an internationally known abstinence advocate and sought-after speaker, she talks to more than 500,000 students a year about abstinence and sexuality. In her book, The Naked Truth, and The Naked Truth small group resources, she frankly, humorously and passionately shares her principles with teens for staying pure until marriage, while equipping them with the life skills necessary to be responsible and successful.Used in conjunction with the 8 sessions in the DVD and student guide, this leader's guide is a valuable resource for showing young people how to establish guidelines for healthy dating relationships and set clearly defined boundaries for physical intimacy. Help students:Understand the values and benefits of saving sex until marriage in a way that motivates them to succeedLearn the negative consequences of sex outside marriage (STDs, pregnancy)Deal with peer pressure and select their friends wiselyRealize the problems of living together before marriageLearn how saying no leads to self-respect and dignityLakita Garth shows you how teaching teens to use the four-phase Decision Making Model will influence them in every area of life. Students will learn about their options, make a choice and establish a goal, find people who will support them and develop a plan to achieve their dreams. Scripture verses, suggestion questions for parent-teen discussion and ideas for group activities are also included.Lakita Garth is a social commentator, media consultant and professional entertainer in Los Angeles. As a highly sought-after abstinence speaker, she has talked with millions of teenagers through motivational assemblies across the United States and internationally. She has also testified before the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Senate on teen pregnancy prevention, and serves on the executive board of The National Abstinence Clearinghouse. Garth, a runner-up to Miss Black America, has appeared in numerous commercials and television shows, including MTV and BET.

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