Neos is a Youth Ministry Certificate program for those
working with youth – or considering it. Every fall, winter and spring a Neos program is available
at Five Oaks Education and Retreat Centre, Paris, Ontario.
Here is the The Essential Youth Ministry Resource List
2010, chosen by the NEOS Planning team and available at Grand River Spiritual and Educational Resources. These resources
and many others available at the bookshop and AVEL will enhance your ministry with youth. Call today to order
or book videos.
The Essential Youth Ministry
Resource List
Foundational books for
anyone who is in ministry with youth
(selected by the Neos
Design Team in 2010)
The God Bearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending
for Youth Ministry, by Kenda Creasy Dean
and Ron Foster, Upper Room Books (1998)
OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook, edited by Kenda Creasy Dean, Abingdon Press (2010)
Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From
a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation, by Andrew Root, IVP Books (2007)
Relationships Unfiltered: A Handbook for
Youth Workers, Volunteers, Pastors and Parents,
by Andrew Root, Youth Specialties (2009)
Youth ministry 3.0: A Manifesto of Where
We’ve Been, Where We are and Where we Need to Go, by Mark Oestreicher, Harper Collins (2008)
Sustainable Youth
Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do About It, by Mark Devries, InterVarsity Press (2008)
Contemplative
Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus, by Mark Yaconelli, Youth
Specialties (2006)
Go Deep: Spiritual Practices for Youth Ministry, by Doris e. Kizinna, Copper House/Wood Lake
Publishing (2009)
The Book of Uncommon Prayer: Contemplative
and Celebratory Prayers and Worship Services for Youth Ministry, by Steven L. Case, Youth Specialities (2002)
Deep Justice
in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs around Them, by Kara Powell and Chap Clark, Youth Specialities (2008)
Destination Unknown: 50 Quick Mystery Trips
for Youth Groups, by Samuel Halverson,
Abingdon Press (2001)
Way to Live:
Christian Practices for Teens, by Dorothy Bass, Upper
Room (2002)
Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A
Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right,
by Doug Fields, Youth Specialities (2002)
Practicing
Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church, by Kenda Creasy Dean, Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (2004)
