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Youth Visions for the Church

Our Dream for the Church

Our Dream for the Church Discussion Guide (page one // page two)

Our Mission for the Church

Our Mission for the Church Discussion guide

 

Leader Information

Abouth Youth Ministry

A Vision on Youth Ministry

Children and Christian Education [Sophie Koulomzin]

Ears to Hear: Orthodox Youth Ministry and Rock and Roll [Fr Michael Anderson]

Is Your Area Meeting the Needs of Your Youth? [Fr Michael Anderson]

Our Youth Need You [Fr Michael Anderson]

Reflections on the Scriptures for Youth Ministry

The Youth Friendly Parish [Fr Michael Anderson]

Unless You Be Like Children

Youth Ministry: A Foundation [Fr Gregory Havrilack]

Youth Ministry: Meeting the Challenges [Fr Michael Anderson]

Youth Ministry: Questions and Answers [Fr Michael Anderson]

Safety Issues (first seven articles from 'Doing the Right Thing')

Introduction

Personnel

Event Planning and Supervising

Helping Troubled Youth

Reporting Possible Abuse

Responding to Accusations of Abuse at an Event

Conclusion and Resources

Children in Crisis general information

Forms (all forms are in Microsoft Word .doc format)

General Forms

Permission Slip/Insurance Form

Youth Ministry Personnel Form

Camp Forms

Camper Agreement

Camper Application

Camp Letter

Health Form

Incident Report

Medical Dispensation

Packing List

Staff Form

Retreat Forms

Incident Report

Packing List

Participant Agreement

Retreat Application

Field Trips

Taking a Youth Group on a Trip [David Subu and Ron Tucci]

Taking a Youth Group on a Trip Checklist

Retreats

Ears to Hear: Orthodox Youth Ministry and Rock and Roll [Fr Michael Anderson]

Planning Retreats [Fr John Matusiak]

Running Retreats with Small Group Discussions

Steps for Beginning a Retreat

Camps

Camp Standards (Microsoft Word .doc)

List of Camps

Planning an Orthodox Youth Summer Camp [Fr Michael Anderson]

Planning an Orthodox Youth Summer Camp Checklist

Staff Assistants/Counselors in Training for Summer Youth Camps and Vacation Church Schools

Staff Assistant Application (Microsoft Word .doc)

Recommended Books

Books for Younger Children (Ages 3-6)

Books for Middle-aged Children (Ages 6-9)

Books for Older Children (Ages 9-12)

Book Stores

Miscellaneous

Becoming a Part of the Junior Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America (JrFOCA) [Fr Michael Anderson]

Planning a Youth Sunday [Fr John Matusiak]

 

Activities

20 Something . . .

. . . ways to build Christian FELLOWSHIP among today's youth [Fr Michael Anderson and David Subu]

. . . ideas for youth ministry FIELD TRIPS [Fr David Subu and Ron Tucci]

. . . ideas for FUNDRAISING [Nicholas Finley]

. . . GAME ideas [Ron Tucci and Ksenia Babich]

. . . ICEBREAKERS to help participants get to know each other [Nicholas Finley]

. . . MORE ICEBREAKERS [Ron Tucci and Ksenia Babich]

. . . ideas for RETREATS [Nicholas Finley]

. . . ideas for YOUTH MINISTRY TO THE ELDERLY [Fr Michael Anderson]]

. . . ideas to involve YOUTH IN CHRIST-LIKE SRVICE TO OTHERS [Fr Michael Anderson]

. . . ways to celebrate INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX YOUTH MONTH [Fr Michael Anderson and David Subu]

. . . more ways to celebrate INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX YOUTH MONTH [Fr Michael Anderson and Nicholas Finely]

. . . ideas to start a YOUTH MINISTRY PROGRAM IN YOUR PARISH [Fr Michael Anderson]

Parish Success Stories

An Inter-parish Youth Program [Xenia Sheehan]

Cookie Walk Supply List

Funds and Fun with Fundability, Inc

'Gift of the Heart Kits' brochure (.pdf)

Giving Children the Chance to Give [Fr Paul Kucynda]

Involving our Young Girls [Rebekah Thurner]

Letters, Love, and Prayers [Margaret Pysarchyk]

Ministering to Residents of an Adult Foster Care Home [Fr. Michael Matsko]

Ministries for Youth and Choirs: A Layworkers Experience [Michael Soroka]

Ministry in a Shoe Box [Angelica Sloan]

Nourishing Children in Christ [Olga Roshak]

Outreach to Street Kids [Fr George Gray]

St Euphrosynus the Cook Project

Project Mexico: An Interview with Greg Yova, Director of Project Mexico

Providing Disaster Relief with the 'Gift of the Heart Kits' [Arlene Kallur]

Recipe for a Teen Retreat [Mary Ann Bulko]

Singing Children [Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky]

The Power of Personal Stories [Albert S. Roan, Ph.D.]

Who is My Neighbor?: Teaching Children and Youth to Reach Out to the Community [Maureen Juhas and Barbara Matusiak]

Projects

Various Projects

A Creation Celebration: Building and Awareness of God's Gift of Creation in the Church School [Jo Kaleel]

New Life in the Summer: Summer Church School [Nadine Eskoff]

Oral History

Our Children as Evangelizers

How to Visit a Nursing Home [Christopher Carstens, CNS]

Games

Various Games

20-Something Games

Crafts

Various Crafts

Recipes

Various Recipes

 

Retreats

Retreat Outlines

Let Your Light So Shine (OCA Youth 2003/2004)

Choices

God's Time

Journey

Our Legacy

Passages

The Way

Walk On

 

Study Guides/Units

Apathy Breakers

My Life!: A Reflection on How I See My Life and What it Can Become [Michael Anderson]

Bible Studies

Gathered in Community

Introduction to Jesus Christ in the Scriptures: A Look at the Prophecies of the Christ and their Fulfillment in Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ [V Rev George Gray]

On Behalf of All and For All

The Story of Our Life with God: An Introduction to the Old Testament

Catechetical Themes

God's Blueprint

God is Calling You! Exploring God's Purpose for your Life

Orthodox Christianity: A Guide to Life

Reaching Out: Our Call to Ministers

Teach All Nations: Proclaiming the Gospel Around the World

The Feast of Transfiguration

The Life of St Herman: 'A Russian Teenager'

The Whole Story: A Look at the Stories that Make Us Who We Are

The Virgin Mary: A Celebration of Our Faith

Contemporary Issues

"And the Two Shall Become One:" A Teenage Study Unit on Sex, Sexuality, and the Sacrament of Marriage

HIV, Aids, and You

Living a Life of Love: Our Relatioships and Our Choices

Matters of Life and Death

"O Lord Make the Evil Be Good:" A Study Guide on the Christian Response to the Events of September 11th.

Orthodox Stewardship: Responding to God’s Gifts -- Educational Materials in Connection with the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards (FOS) (.pdf)

What's Love Got to Do With It? Everything!: A Teenage Study unit on Our Relationships and Our Choices

Articles

About Youth Ministry

A Vision on Youth Ministry

Children and Christian Education [Sophie Koulomzin]

Ears to Hear: Orthodox Youth Ministry and Rock and Roll [Fr Michael Anderson]

Is Your Area Meeting the Needs of Your Youth? [Fr Michael Anderson]

Our Youth Need You [Fr Michael Anderson]

The Youth Friendly Parish [Fr Michael Anderson]

Unless You Be Like Children

Youth Ministry: A Foundation [Fr Gregory Havrilack]

Youth Ministry: Meeting the Challenges [Fr Michael Anderson]

Youth Ministry: Questions and Answers [Fr Michael Anderson]

The Church on Current Issues

(Alcoholism) It Still Outranks them All [Fr Bogdan Djurdjulov]

An Orthodox Christian Living with Aids

An Orthodox Perspective on Ecological Justice and Change [Fr. Alexis Vinogradov]

Capital Punishment and the Gospel [Fr Thomas Mueller]

Day Care: A Ministry [Sophie Daniels]

Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity [Fr. Joseph Woodill]

Finding One's Calling in Life [Fr Thomas Hopko]

Helping Kids in Crisis information

"I Teach Children How to Manage Conflicts" [Marilyn Ewing]

Learning to Listen in Order to Listen [Sandy Sivulich]

My Vocation in the Family [Albert S. Rossi]

Nourishing Children in Christ [Olga Roshak]

Orthodox Home School [Sarah Loft]

Reinforcing Religious Education in Family Life [Michelle Jannakos and Leslee Abud]

Spiritual Aspects of Fatherhood [Al Rossi, Ph.D.]

(Suffering and Our Response to It) Some Words about the Cross of Christ in Our Lives

Talking to Children about Death [Albert Rossi & Fr. John Schimchik]

Talking to Children about God [Albert Rossi, Ph.D.]

Television in the Christian Home

The Broken Family [Albert Rossi]

The Child and Aging Adults [Ludmilla B. Turkevich]

What Leads Parents to Child Abuse [Valerie Vance Dillon]

When the Unspeakable Happens: Sexual Abuse in God's Family [Ellen Gvosdev, Ph.D.]

Women in the Mission of the Church [Dr. Constance Tarasar]

 

Camps & Rallies

General Information

OCA Youth Camp Standards (Microsoft Word .doc)

Planning a Field Trip [David Subu and Ron Tucci]

Planning a Field Trip Checklist [David Subu and Ron Tucci]

Plannig an Orthodox Youth Camp [Fr Michael Anderson]

Planning an Orthodox Youth Camp Checklist [Fr Michael Anderson]

Staff Assistants or Counselors-in-Traing for OCA Summer Youth Camps [Fr Michael Anderson]

Staff Assistants or Counselors-in-Training form

College Ministry/OCF

Articles

Campus Outreach and Young Adult Ministry

'Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom' Rules for a Campus Outreach Program

A Sample Parish Outreach Program for College Students (care pacakages)

OCF

Orthodox Campus Fellowship official website (www.ocf.net)

Starting an Orthodox Campus Fellowship

The OCF Start Kit article

The OCF Starter Kit (.pdf)

OCF Directory

OCF 'Real Break'

 

Prayers

Various Prayers

Morning Prayers

Prayer for the Beginning of Instruction

Prayer for Any Meeting/Activity

Prayers Upon Entering the Church

Prayers for Travellers

Evening Prayers

Prayer Booklet (.pdf)

 

Department Programs

AROY

Cyber-pals

JrFOCA

OCAY

OCAY FAQ (.pdf)

OCAY Guidelines (.pdf)

OCAY Guidelines booklet (.pdf)

Youth Directory Form (.pdf)

St Peter the Aleut Service Award

Application

Syndesmos

YO-Mail

Youth Chat Rooms

 

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