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For decades, NET Ministries has witnessed the life-changing impact of small group discipleship. If you're looking to build that same culture of discipleship in your ministry context, YDisciple is here to help.

This free trial page will act as a guide as you experience our resources and discern if YDisciple is the right partner for your ministry.

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YDisciple Handbook

This handbook is full of tips, tricks, and best practices from communities around the world, providing what you need to train adults, launch small groups, and make young disciples.

Getting Started

Whether you're implementing a small group approach in your parish, school, or another setting, this collection will provide you with a starting point.

Introductory Leader Training

This series helps adult leaders understand the philosophy behind a small group discipleship approach and provides practical tips on how to facilitate small groups. Also available in Spanish.

Small Group Resources Sample

Note: Your trial includes more than what is listed here; this is a place to begin exploring our content for teens. Click here to view the full YDisciple content library.

Video Resources

The Invitation

This 4-part series is our foundational study on discipleship, intended to be the first study completed by every small group. Teens will dive deep into what it means to follow Jesus. Also available in Spanish.

Never Alone

This 5-part series explores the truth that every Catholic Christian is invited into a living relationship with the Holy Spirit. Also available in Spanish.

The "God Is..." Collection

This collection of 10+ standalone sessions explores who God is through the lens of questions teens actually have. Also available in Spanish.

Non-Video Resources

Download each session’s PDF content under the video description.

Saint Sessions “St. Frances Cabrini Xavier”

The Saint Sessions is a collection of single-session, non-video guides created to introduce teens to the saints and challenge them to see how they can emulate the saints in their own lives. “Saint Sessions” is a YD Premium subscriber-exclusive collection. This is a sample of the content.

Seasons “Prepare the Way”

A collection of lectionary-based studies created specifically for students ages 11-13, that unpacks the Sunday Gospels from the lectionary, helping students dive deeper into both the liturgical season and into their own season of life. Prepare the Way will help you walk with your small group through the season of Advent. “Seasons” is a YD Premium subscriber-exclusive collection. This is a sample of the content.

Mass Moments “How Do I Approach the Mass?”

Mass Moments is a simple, powerful resource designed to help Catholic schools launch and grow small group discipleship by starting with what they already have: the Mass. Created by a Catholic educator and youth minister for his own students, this series breaks the Mass into short, engaging “moments” that invite students into deeper understanding and encounter. “Mass Moments” is a YD Premium subscriber-exclusive collection. This is a sample of the content.

Lectio Divina

One of our most fundamental tasks is to teach young people to hear the voice of God. Sacred Scripture is called the word of God, not just words about God. Use these guides to lead your small group through a shared Lectio Divina experience.

Additional Adult Leader Training

Quick Tips

Sometimes, the seemingly unimportant aspects of ministry can make or break a small group. This collection of 20+ short videos covers a range of practical ministry topics to better equip your leaders.

Discipleship 101

This 8-session training course, hosted by Jim Beckman, dives deep into the theology of discipleship and offers practical application in ministering to young people.

Mentor Profile Series

YDisciple's Mentor Profiles were created to help encourage and inspire potential adult volunteers to take on mentorship roles in the lives of young people, specifically as small group leaders. Our team flew around the continent (and across the ocean!) to talk with some of the adult mentors who inspire us about how and why they do what they do.

Mentor Profile Series

Meet YDisciple mentors from all different walks of life who are discipling small groups of young people in their communities using their unique gifts.
Katie Waldal

Katie Waldal is a YDisciple mentor in Hudson, WI, and a stay-at-home mother of seven children. Get to know more about Katie and her passion for serving young people in this installment of YDisciple's Mentor Profiles.
Andrew Fitzhenry

Andrew Fitzhenry is from Coatbridge, Scotland. He serves as the Principal Teacher of Religious Education for St. Andrew's High School, incorporating YDisciple into the school's religion curriculum. Get to know Andrew in this installment of YDisciple's Mentor Profiles.
Shakay Kizirian

Shakay Kizirian has been a mentor for the youth program at Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church in Providence, Rhode Island, for several years now. A semi-retired oncology social worker, Shakay uses her gifts to walk with the young people in her community.
Kenneth Brennan

Kenneth Brennan is a mentor for a rowdy small group of boys in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. Get to know more about Ken and how he came to be a small group mentor in this installment of YDisciple's Mentor Profiles.
Fr. Freddy Pérez

Fr. Freddy Pérez is a parish priest in the Diocese of San Angelo at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Midland, Texas. Although their parish doesn't have a paid youth minister, Fr. Freddy uses YDisciple to form volunteers and run small groups for teens.
James and Maria Pereira

James and Maria Pereira are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maria serves as the part-time youth minister for their parish, coordinating small groups using YDisciple. James serves as a mentor for one of these small groups in addition to his job as a campus minister for a local university.