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Keeping that Summer Momentum

As part of a special summer series, Alabama youth ministers will be writing about various topics that are relevant to those involved in Student Ministries in any roles. Our third

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Transitioning Friends

A very wise mentor in my life once told me to always meet a kid like you will know them for the rest of your life, because you might. That

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Transitioning Leaders

Throughout this “Transitioning Faith” series, we have been looking at how to best prepare students for the challenges of life after high school graduation. Primarily, we have been asking the

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Transitioning Ownership

In an earlier post in this series, I stated that ownership is the process of caring and protecting something that belongs to you. This rings true in just about every

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Transitioning Wisdom

The third component to helping a student make a healthy transition into life after high school is to teach them about wisdom. In my experience, teenagers are often confused about

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Transitioning Community

For many Christian teenagers, community has developed gradually over the years and might seem to have simply come together and fallen into place. For students who have grown up in

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Transitioning Identity

As discussed in the previous post of this series, I believe that a student needs to grasp four key components of faith before transitioning into life after high school. Those

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A Student Exit Strategy

In Luke 15, Jesus tells the parable of the lost son. This story, possibly better termed the parable of the two lost sons, is very appropriate for this transitional issue.

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