35 topics to discuss in network and leadership meetings

Aug 20, 2009 1 Comment

These are 35 ideas for topics in a leadership training meeting, provided by Mike DeVito of the National Network of Youth Ministries. Be sure to check out his other posts on 7 Things a Youth Ministry Metwork Meeting Must Have and What Should A Network Meeting Do?

    Spiritual Enrichment Issues

  1. Revival and prayer in the youth world
  2. Keeping personal walks fresh with the Lord
  3. Building healthy preventative patterns of accountability

    4. Christian Counselors

  4. Marriage & Family Counselor who specializes with youth, parenting, or ministerial issues
  5. Developing a model for adolescent counseling
  6. Working with youth in single-parent, blended or non-traditional homes
  7. Dealing with suicide; when to call for help
  8. Dealing with reported or speculation of abuse, etc.

    9. Peers

  9. Staying in youth ministry for the long haul
  10. Relating to Sr. Pastor and other staff team issues
  11. Resources that worked (or bombed!)
  12. Practical models of discipleship
  13. Reaching the unchurched in the area
  14. Mission trips: resource groups, how to, where to go, and mistakes to avoid
  15. Sharing of video resources through a “lending library”
  16. Helpful time management tips and principles
  17. Developing a ministry to and with parents
  18. Developing an “Every School Plan”

    19. Juvenile Services Personnel

  19. Juvenile facility counselor insights
  20. Unique needs of incarcerated youth

    21. Pastors

  21. What a Sr. Pastor desires in a youth pastor
  22. What it’s like to be a Sr. Pastor and the unique issues they face

    23. Youth Culture Issues (often led by a “specialist”)

  23. Music
  24. Drugs and addictive behavior
  25. Occult/Satanism
  26. Dealing with middle to upper class youth
  27. Dealing with kids on the fringe of student culture
  28. Helping kids in crisis
  29. Needs of ethnic youth and unique principles needed reach them
  30. Urban youth ministry

    31. Christian Education Specialists

  31. Thinking/Learning patterns of youth
  32. Principles of effective Sunday morning ministry
  33. Resources available and models that work

    34. Technical Specialists

  34. Use of computers and Internet in youth ministry
  35. Clergy tax specialists

What other topics can be discussed in a leadership meeting?

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