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		<title>When Break- Ups  Lead to Conflict in Your Youth Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Wilson Breaking up is hard to do . . . and that’s not just a song title. An easy break-up would go against teenage culture, as well as the basic nature of people. And when that break-up is within your youth group it can disrupt the whole group. In considering the “cure” for the situation, perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with Conflict Before it Starts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Randy Fields It’s Wednesday night and you are looking forward to a great time with your students only to discover that when Sally shows up, you sense a conflict between her and Jody. Conflict can find its way into any group at any given time, but in a small group it can have devastating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How NOT to Be a Peacemaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Turner Youth groups always have drama. It is just part of the DNA of being a teenager and so it becomes a part of your youth ministry. However, you can head some of that mess off. Since I sometimes have been accused of having the gift of sarcasm, I thought we might take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Belts and Youth Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martial arts and faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Darin Wong The martial arts phenomenon is an ever-growing trend amongst the circles of popular culture. With increased capital of such things as mixed martial arts, Jiu-Jitsu, and other traditional styles, it is very likely you have a few aspiring young martial artists budding within your youth group. The task then becomes a matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversations with Teenagers: Recasting</title>
		<link>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/relationships/conversations-with-teenagers-recasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small church student ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small youth groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student ministry in small church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Kelly Sometimes talking to teenagers can be frustrating. At times, they develop a bad idea about faith, relationships, or life. They assume it to be true but it is actually destructive to their walk with God. Talking to them about it may be difficult, because they may be defensive when you confront those ideas. How do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Understanding Asian Students</title>
		<link>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/relationships/tips-for-understanding-asian-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Tai Given the multicultural mix of the world these days, there is a good chance your youth group includes students with different cultural heritage. About 3.6 million Chinese-Americans live in the United States. Many of them are in ethnic churches, but many more are in all kinds of churches, including small churches like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving Kids That Are Hard to Love</title>
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		<comments>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/relationships/loving-kids-that-are-hard-to-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relational ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relational youth ministry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about youth leaders is that they love teenagers. You love listening to their stories. You wake up in the middle of the night with a student on your mind. You love to tease them, laugh with them, and see the light of Christ grow stronger in their eyes. Still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Challenges of Parenting Adolescents . . . and How Youthworkers Can Help</title>
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		<comments>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/relationships/five-challenges-of-parenting-adolescents-and-how-youthworkers-can-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leading small church youth ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leading youth ministry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother has a little sign hanging in her kitchen saying, &#8220;Mirror, mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all.&#8221; She laughs about how she finds herself doing and saying the very things my grandmother used to do and say . . . things that once annoyed her. Perhaps her little sign bears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of the Little Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once in a while, you experience those huge, powerful experiences in ministry with teenagers. I remember a summer camp in which God simply fell on the group and we spent hours praying together. I was so concerned about just staying out of God&#8217;s way as he did what only he can do. Watching teenagers minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lonely Teenagers</title>
		<link>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/relationships/lonely-teenagers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[caring for lonely teenagers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the world. When the world instead rejects us, loneliness is an open door, unused.&#8221; The quote was written by science fiction and suspense author, Dean Koontz. I wouldn&#8217;t suggest Koontz is a great theologian [...]]]></description>
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