Ministering to Kids Who Don't Fit Author:Mark A. Simone Ministering to kids who don't fit . . . — Who are they? — How do you help? What happens to the teens who face special-life situations beyond the difficulties of the normal developmental stages of adolescence? This book reveals the kids who mke our hearts ache when we hear about them on the evening news. Do your teens k... more »now that you'll understand, not judge? The "Everyone is welcome here!" banner must not just hang from the front of the youth room. It must be modeled by the youth leaderand a group willing to stretch, grow, and accept. Teenagers can't be sheltered from the effects of today's culture. Even if you do not have any special-life situation kids in your group (yet!), your teens know kids who face these difficulties. Are you equipping them to minister to their peers? To understand and know how to help? The substance abusers . . . the juvenile delinquents . . . the abused teens . . . the physically handicapped . . . there are kids who feel like they "don't fit" in our youth groups. Is there room in your youth group? Are you willing to look at the heart of your ministry and change the shape of it?« less
This book has been very vital to our youth ministry.. and I'm so grateful to finally find a book that fit our specific problems and issues the kids are dealing with.