Comments on: Youth Min and Learning the Bible’s Story http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/ Guiding Students into Spiritual Formation for the Mission of God Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:23:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bible Quiz http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/comment-page-1/#comment-6154 Bible Quiz Tue, 19 May 2009 16:45:42 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/#comment-6154 Before it can be applied, teens need to know what the Bible says. Reading and studying the Bible as a whole, not in tiny vignettes, is vital if the application to follow is to do justice to the context. Before it can be applied, teens need to know what the Bible says.

Reading and studying the Bible as a whole, not in tiny vignettes, is vital if the application to follow is to do justice to the context.

]]> By: Jeff Zimm http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5054 Jeff Zimm Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:03:01 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/#comment-5054 This is a very timely post for me as well. Applied learning is appearing more and more to me as the way students will actually begin to engage their world, simply because the Bible reads a bit differently when their is a human face connected with it. Last week, myself, a few of the leaders in our youth ministry, and a bunch of our students were involved in multiple justice and service initiatives in a nearby city. During this time our students began to actually see the people Jesus is talking about when it comes to those that are poor, lonely and treated with injustice, it was no longer just a biblical concept for them. Because of this our volunteer leaders have decided to take the first steps in helping our students form relationships with students that live in our downtown area...we are hoping and praying this begins a movement with each one of them and within our community to live life with those that are not as fortunate as they are and to truly ask the question "what is the Kingdom of God supposed to be here". This will lead to great movement within our city. This is a very timely post for me as well. Applied learning is appearing more and more to me as the way students will actually begin to engage their world, simply because the Bible reads a bit differently when their is a human face connected with it. Last week, myself, a few of the leaders in our youth ministry, and a bunch of our students were involved in multiple justice and service initiatives in a nearby city. During this time our students began to actually see the people Jesus is talking about when it comes to those that are poor, lonely and treated with injustice, it was no longer just a biblical concept for them. Because of this our volunteer leaders have decided to take the first steps in helping our students form relationships with students that live in our downtown area…we are hoping and praying this begins a movement with each one of them and within our community to live life with those that are not as fortunate as they are and to truly ask the question “what is the Kingdom of God supposed to be here”. This will lead to great movement within our city.

]]> By: Michael B Smith http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 Michael B Smith Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:50:28 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/04/11/ym-and-learning-the-bibles-story/#comment-4974 This, for me, is a timely post, as we are reformatting our 6th-12th Sunday school ministry. Currently our curriculum plan is disjointed; 2-3 different curricula are used, and no multi-year scope/sequence has been implemented. We're looking to have our revamp done by fall...but in the meantime, I must agree with your latter statement. In our situation, its the youthworkers--myself included--that are not helping students learn the stories of the Bible: Chronologically...exhaustively...experientially...and so forth. Now,in regards to 'applied learning'...are there any books in particular you could recommend? This, for me, is a timely post, as we are reformatting our 6th-12th Sunday school ministry. Currently our curriculum plan is disjointed; 2-3 different curricula are used, and no multi-year scope/sequence has been implemented. We’re looking to have our revamp done by fall…but in the meantime, I must agree with your latter statement. In our situation, its the youthworkers–myself included–that are not helping students learn the stories of the Bible: Chronologically…exhaustively…experientially…and so forth.
Now,in regards to ‘applied learning’…are there any books in particular you could recommend?

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