Junior High Ministry

YOUTH WORKER EXPLAINS HOW TO MINISTER TO GENERATION X-ERSFor starters, stop calling them Generation X-ers. In JUNIOR HIGHMINISTRY, Wayne Rice explains that junior highers are at a critical point intheir lives. He believes that they will live up -- or down -- to expectations.I believe a major reason teenagers today are involved in more negativebehaviors than ever before is because they have been labeled as a uniquelyrotten generation, writes Rice.Junior highers today are making choices and facing dilemmas that ageneration ago were faced by high schoolers. Yet many churches save theheavy-duty ministry until high school. That, Rice believes, is why many currentjunior high programs need an overhaul.Although some view young adolescents as overgrown children or miniatureversions of high schoolers, Rice explains that they are unique and have specialneeds.In JUNIOR HIGH MINISTRY, he explains why junior high ministry is neededand what type of youth worker is most effective. He also demystifies thechanging world of todays junior higher, including their physical, social,intellectual, faith and psycho-emotional development. He includes programmingideas and fun ideas for junior high groups.Rice also states that parents are definitely an important part of anyyouth ministry. Over the long haul it is difficult, if not impossible, to turna young person into something or someone their parents are not. But whenparents and youth workers unite to meet this age groups special needs, juniorhighers can be ministered to and have a better chance of making the rightdecisions.

A comprehensive, expanded and updated edition of a classic work, Junior High Ministry, this is a non-academic though practical manual for approaching and implementing ministry to early adolescents.Read less