Youth Resources

If you have ideas or resources to recommend that are proven and true for creative and innovative youth ministry email them to Sue Ellen Nicholson at senicholson@nccumc.org. We'll post them on this page to offer help to other youth ministries.

A tool for local churches with youth ministry staff - regarding hiring, job description, supervision and retention

For YouthWorkers by YouthWorkers: Youth Worker Movement
   builds relationships among youthworkers as a primary resource for effective youth ministry
   connects youthworkers within the UMC and other Wesleyan traditions
   focus on making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world
Free membership online: www.youthworkermovement.org

Looking for a youth mission opportunity in the mountains and foothills of North Carolina? Come to Carolina Cross Connection! CCC is outreach ministry for youth and adults to provide home repairs for disabled, elderly, and poverty-stricken families in western North Carolina. Your group will gather with other youth and adults in one of five camp locations, growing in Christian community. Projects include wheelchair ramps, porches, painting, yardwork, underpinning, insulation, and more. Our summer staff will coordinate worksites and lead campers in worship, devotions, games, and other in-camp activities. Cost per person is $290 and covers room, board, preparation materials, a portion of the staff salary and more. Youth must be at least 13 years old to attend. Come to CCC for an eye-opening, mountain-top experience! Call 704-735-4257 for more info, or visit Carolina Cross Connection on the web at www.carolinacrossconnection.org for registration info and 2008 dates. Carolina Cross Connection is an interdenominational summer outreach ministry and has a covenant relationship with the Western North Carolina UM Conference.

ACS 2007 theme: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - musical arrangement by Adam Seate and Jay Locklear: chord chart - click here.

New website to help young people discern how God is calling them to serve the United Methodist Church as clergy or lay people: www.ExploreCalling.org

Project Noah: a mission opportunity for youth to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina in the Louisiana area - generated from First UMC of Baton Rouge and featured in the July/August 2006 issue of Devozine. For more information or to register for summer 2007, visit www.projectnoah.net.

Southeastern Jurisdiction Ministries with Youth People - check out their new website: www.sejmyp.org

Curriculum resources and other helpful information is available online from Cokesbury - the UM Publishing House.
Check out www.ileadyouth.com .

An excellent resource for spiritual practices with teens is the book Way to Live. There is also a website that is interactive for youth and provides a leader's guide for the book for adults using the book in a small group setting. The website is www.waytolive.org. Check it out!

Another excellent devotional resource for youth published by the Upper Room is Devozine. This bi-monthly magazine has daily devotions and a mentor/leader's guide is also available. Find out more about Devozine at their website: www.devozine.org.

Website link for Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) Youth: www.bmcryouth.com

Information and links to United Methodist Campus Ministry in NC - see the Young Adults section.

Upper Room Living Prayer Center
"the best kept secret in the United Methodist Church" - The Living Prayer Center based at the Upper Room in Nashville, TN is a intercessary prayer ministry staffed by volunteers who provide prayers for persons calling an 800 toll free number. Nearly 30,000 people call for prayers a month. Local churches can partner with the Living Prayer Center through covenant prayer groups and by becoming a remote prayer-line partner. What an awesome prayer ministry idea for youth groups!
For further information call the Living Prayer Center at 800-251-2468.

www.christianyouthministry.com: a website created by one of our own NC Conference UMC local church volunteer youth leaders - serving as a internet forum for youth leaders to share ideas, ask questions and seek advice

Available to every local UM church in the NC Conference for workshops, training, and other questions/referrals: Sue Ellen Nicholson, Conference Connectional Ministries staff in youth ministry: 1.800.849.4433 ext. 253 or 919.832.9560 ext. 253 or email: senicholson@nccumc.org.