A New Kind of Youth Ministry

Nearly two years ago I began to work with the Church of the Nazarene to develop the content strategy centered around a national gathering of HS students from around North America.

The result of the curriculum aspect of our content strategy is this: A World Unbroken: Hope and Healing for a Shattered World.  The entire curriculum has three major components: 1) A book for youth workers designed to help them re-narrate their lives around the mission of God.  2) A creative devotional experience for students.  The experience consists of approximately one school year worth of content.  Each day has three prayers (morning, midday and evening) and two missional activities — one for humanity and one for the environment.  3) A DVD with seven short films and discussion guides.  You can view a mash-up of all 7 videos below:

The online content strategy resulted in this interactive website: www.aworldunbroken.com

The national gathering is this week!  I am in Louisville right now gearing up to host nearly 7000 high school students and youth workers at the YUM Center.  I will speaking on Wed night and hosting the entire week with my friend Brooklyn Lindsey as co-emcees.

I’ve spent the last two years pouring my life into trying to discover the best ways to help youth workers guide students into spiritual formation for the mission of God. I’m excited to see not only how this gathering comes off but how the content will be used after to inspire students to participate with God in restoring the world to its intended wholeness.

NOTE: Many of you have asked if this content (curriculum, websites, etc.) will work for your ministry if you don’t attend the event. The answer is YES! I think you’ll love this content. I also think it will tremendously help you as you guide and direct students and adult leaers in your church and community into the mission of God.