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Jen Bradbury
Mar 26 · 5 min read

Curriculum worth repeating

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Since January, I've been using Dare to Share's Gospel Journey Maui with my high school teens during Sunday school.

Initially, I was a reluctant to use this curriculum. Despite having heard other youth workers speak favorably about it for years,...

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#Youth Worker Journal #discussion #Teaching #evangelism #Jesus #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Feb 12 · 5 min read

Why you should host teens in your home

Several years ago, I interviewed Gordon MacDonald for an article for Youth Worker Journal. During our interview, Gordon talked about how one of the greatest things he's learned to do in discipling people is to welcome them into his home; That...

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Jen Bradbury
Feb 06 · 5 min read

Review: Where the Cross Meets the Street by Noel Castellanos

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Where The Cross Meets The Street

My husband and I have often wondered: Is it easier to bring social justice to the evangelicals or Jesus to the mainliners?

So often, our experience has been that despite the fact the Bible emphasizes the importance of both Jesus and social...

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Jen Bradbury
Mar 10 · 5 min read

Eliminate boredom: Make students teach

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Ever feel as if your students are bored during your mission trip meetings? If so, perhaps that's because you're the one doing all the teaching, even though students learn by doing. For this reason, require students on your mission trip team to...

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#Youth Worker Journal #Teaching #Missions #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Feb 18 · 5 min read

Review: Foundations for Youth Ministry by Dean Borgman

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In the youth ministry world, there are veterans and gurus. Neither of these words accurately describe the impact author, professor, and practitioner, Dean Borgman has had on our world.

Foundations For Ym Knowing this, I was excited to read his book, Foundations for...

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Jen Bradbury
Feb 06 · 5 min read

Honoring expertise and diversity

On Monday morning, my online world erupted when Efrem Smith, an author, consultant and regional leader for the Evangelical Covenant Church tweeted “Until Youth Worker Journal does more to honor youth ministry experts of color and in the urban...

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  • Curriculum worth repeating
  • Why you should host teens in your home
  • Review: Where the Cross Meets the Street by Noel Castellanos
  • Eliminate boredom: Make students teach
  • Review: Foundations for Youth Ministry by Dean Borgman
  • Honoring expertise and diversity

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