Navigating Student Ministry

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Navigating Student Ministry
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Reading the Compass
Who are they?

• More upbeat, less cynical, less skeptical, and
  less pessimistic
• View education as an irreplaceable preparation
  for life, rather than as a means of proving their
  worthiness and gaining acceptance from their
  parents. (Cartoon in Mill Rising)
• Exhibit less emotional sensitivity
• Consider religion, spirituality, faith to be a
  positive dimension of life, but neither central
  nor critical for fulfillment.
• Barna Real Teens

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The pace of change is not only increasing
exponentially. Just like compounding interest,
change is speeding up in bigger and bigger
bursts. That means students will desperately need
help learning how to edit their lives. And that
means that prioritizing whats most important to
them.
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Reading the Compass

• They think different.
• Experience RULES!

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• Reading the Compass
• Success (the need for mastery)
• Curiosity (the need for understanding)
• The Mind
• Originality (the need for self- expression)
• Relationships (the need for involvement with
  others)
• The Heart
• Richard Strong, Harvey F. Silver and Amy Robinson

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MIND AND HEARTInseparable

• First generation among whom a majority will
  exhibit a nonlinear style of thinking a mosaic,
  connect-the-dots-however-you-choose approach.
• Core values are a result of a cut-and-paste
  mosaic of feelings, facts, principles,
  experiences, and lesson.
• Routine is the enemy.
• Barna Real Teens

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Its About Where They Dock

• Relationships and Mass Media are critical.
• Teens are concerned about the future.
• They spend time thinking about purpose and
  potential in life.
• They long and look for security.

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Getting Them to Shore

• Head
• Push for Excellence not Perfection
• Encourage their Strengths
• Monitor what they put inits still mushy
• Be a coach
• Challenge them

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Getting Them to Shore

• Heart
• Spend time with them
• Celebrate their passion
• Create a culture of safety, love, and trust
• Create experiences theyll remember
• Coach/Mentor

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Getting Them to Shore

• Affirmation Sense of Authenticity
• Acceptance Sense of Security
• Appreciation Sense of Significance
• Affection Sense of Lovability
• Availability Sense of Importance
• Accountability Sense of Responsibility

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Never Underestimate!
Over the next decade, the Millennial Generation
will entirely recast the image of youth from
downbeat and alienated to upbeat and engaged-with
potentially seismic consequences for America.
Neil Howe and William Strauss, Millennials Rising
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