By Annie Grandell You’ll hear it said all the time: “Discipleship is not program, it’s an apprenticeship in the Christian life.” So how do you apprentice the teenagers in your group? The thought can be …
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By Guest Contributor, Eric Gallagher One of the things I find most difficult in what I do is being able to explain to others how discipleship is not a program. Any programming in your …
When Programming in Discipleship is a Good Thing Continue Reading
“When asked at what age they no longer identified themselves as Catholic, 74 percent of the sample said between the ages of 10 and 20, with the median age being 13 years old.” – McCarty and …
When it comes to Catholic youth ministry, there is no shortage of great Catholic resources for teens. But we at YDisciple firmly believe that training adults to become disciple-makers precedes content for teens. While we …
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By Brad Bursa My previous post focused on asking the right question following a youth night, or YDisciple session, etc. Said another way, it was all about helping teams take up a new “lens” by …
Learning to Hear God’s Voice as a Community of Disciple-Makers Continue Reading
By Brad Bursa As a melancholic prone to melancholic fits, I often found myself discouraged as I would leave the parish late each Sunday night. No matter how many “successes” I could point to following …
By Lisa Salas Have you ever struggled with what to say when? Want to have more intentional conversations with teens, parents, friends, or strangers? Pick one or all of the tips to help you have …
The teenage years are tumultuous. Would you want to do it again? Me either.
One of the most common struggles that I hear about from youth (and that I have experienced many times myself) is the after-effect of what is known as a retreat “high.”
Youth ministers are an important part of the Church’s endeavors to evangelize and catechize teens today, but, according to a recent study, only 24% of Catholic parishes in the US have a youth minister (CARA, The Changing Landscape of Catholic Parishes).
