Help! I'm a Junior High Youth Worker! by Mark Oestreicher

Help! I'm a Junior High Youth Worker! by Mark Oestreicher

To Be a Junior High Youth Worker . . . takes a distinct kind of adult, just as junior highers are a distinct kind of people. Betwixt and between though they may be, early adolescents are as capable of a genuine spiritual understanding and growth as high schoolers. It’s just that junior highers absorb Bible teaching and demonstrate their spirituality—well, differently. Help! I’m a Junior High Youth Worker! is your primer for understanding young teenagers, then teaching them with a mind-set and with methods that fit them. First Things First. Three axioms that define your territory as a junior high youth worker. So Just What Is a Junior Higher, Anyway? The essence of early adolescence: the need for appropriate rules . . . the dilemma of throwing sixth graders and eighth graders together in the same program . . . small is good. Developmentally Speaking. Changes junior highers enjoy and endure cognitively, emotionally, socially, spiritually . . . their changing relationships with parents . . . individuation and hair under their arms. Time to Teach! Your required dose of pedagogy: the case for fun learning . . . ten top teaching topics for middle school ministry . . . how simulations, role plays, and storytelling can be your best teaching methods for early adolescents. Faith Outside the Youth Room. Spiritual discipleship for middle schoolers: they don’t have to be high schoolers to begin forming habits of prayers, service, and outreach. Help! I’m a Junior High Youth Worker! is help at hand surviving and thriving in ministry to early adolescents.

Mark Oestreicher (Marko) is a veteran youth worker and founding partner in The Youth Cartel, providing resources, training, and coaching for church youth workers. The author of dozens of books, including Youth Ministry 3.0, Marko is a sought-after speaker, writer, and consultant. Marko lives in San Diego with his wife, Jeannie, and two teenage children, Liesl and Max. Marko's blog: whyismarko.com.

Brooklyn became a youth pastor in 2001. She's authored six books, and shares with thousands of students and youth workers every year. Likes: pizza, dessert, bike riding, dressing up, and treasure hunting. She leads the middle school ministry at Highland Park Church of the Nazarene. Her greatest joy is raising her two little girls with her husband Coy.

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ISBN 13	9780310213284
ISBN 10	0310213282
Title	Help! I'm a Junior High Youth Worker!
Author	Mark Oestreicher
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Zondervan/Youth Specialties
Year published	1997-02-27
Number of pages	64
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