99 Thoughts on Caring for Your Youth Group: From Coffee Shop Counseling to Crisis Care

by Matthew Murphy, Brad Widstrom

Being a youth worker means being more than a babysitter or a chaperone. It means walking with teenagers through the exciting and challenging times, the highs and lows of the teenage years. Approaching ministry with this mindset means you will find yourself in a wide range of significant moments in students' lives. Are you prepared?

Veteran youth worker Matt Murphy and seminary professor Brad Widstrom have teamed up to write 99 Thoughts on Caring for Your Youth Group and offer a wealth of practical tools, tips, and techniques to help you become a youth worker who is equipped to care for teenagers from the coffee house to the crisis moments. Their thoughts are divided into five


Investing in your role as a caregiver will multiply your impact in the lives of teenagers, free you to know that God will strengthen you during difficult ministry moments, and encourage you to see yourself as someone who can make a lasting difference.

136 pages, Paperback

First published February 23, 2012

Reviews

[Erin Montgomery · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very basic and practical, but the tips were really spot-on. I would have given it a 5 star review; however, it was written a while ago and so some of the examples are outdated (since teen culture/ministry are constantly changing).