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GUIDELINES FOR CHURCH PARTICIPATION IN PRESBYTERY EVENTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

  1. The Presbytery will sponsor activities for children or youth only when adequate supervision can be provided.
  2. There will be a minimum of two adults present at all Presbytery-sponsored activities involving children or youth with a maximum ratio of one adult to ten children or youth.
  3. The children and/or youth are to be supervised by adults from their congregation. Gender-appropriate adults are required.
  4. In private sleeping quarters, there will be two gender-appropriate adults present (except where parents are responsible for their own children).
  5. Supervision will be maintained before and after all activities until all youth are dismissed according to the wishes of their parents or their local church adult leaders.
  6. Any activity for children or youth will require written permission, which includes a code of conduct and disciplinary consequences.
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Planning a Youth Event? Click here to download event planning documents and checklists.


Presbytery of Lake Michigan Youth Strategy Team

The Youth Strategy Team (YST), with its relationship to the Discipleship Ministry Team (DMT), is 1) responsible for coordinating, overseeing and planning youth events sponsored by the Presbytery and 2) for providing resources, training and a support network for youth ministry staff (both professional and volunteers) in the Presbytery.
Presbytery youth events include Confirmation Retreat, Mid High Youth Mix SnowFest and Urban Plunge. These events aim to provide our youth with educational, fellowship and faith opportunities.
Rev. 10/25/2011
 

Youth - Resources

Journals

  • GROUP Magazine
  • Overwhelmed by all the recources available for youth ministry? This is a great place to start.

  • Youth Worker Journal
  • For more than two decades YWJ has been the leading resource for thousands of youthworkers throughout North America

  • Journal of Student Ministries
  • Youth Culture Trends, movie & book reviews...Free e-journal available.

Curriculum

Games/Activities

Youth - Enrichment

Youth Ministry

Youth - Connections

Networking

Blogs

  • creativeyouthideas.com
  • Ken Sapp's rich collection of ideas and resources for working with youth

  • nailscars.com
  • Youth Minister Shane Yancey shares his heart for youth and some great resource ideas

Service

  • World Vision
  • Christian relief and development organization

  • 30 Hour Famine
  • An international youth movement to fight hunger

  • Group Workcamps Foundation
  • Provides dynamic short-term domestic and international mission trips

  • YouthWorks
  • Provides week-long Christ-centered mission trips (US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico)

  • Leader Treks
  • A student leadership development ministry

  • Eaglecrest
  • Mobile Ministry Solutions of West Michigan, a new and enhanced transportation service for churches.