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		<title>Growing a Small Youth Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people look at me funny when I talk about the SmallYouthGroup.com ministry. I suppose talking about the value of small youth groups may at times make it sound like the goal is to stay small. Yes and no. First, our calling is to make disciples (Matt. 28:18-20). That certainly implies that the kingdom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Intentional Relationships in a Small Youth Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Jesus, discipleship was relational. When he called his disciples to &#8220;follow me&#8221; (Matt. 4:19), Jesus was inviting them into a relationship with him. It was not a casual relationship but an intentional relationship. He was inviting them to spend time with him, learn from him, watch what he did, listen to what he said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Youth Groups: Dealing with a Dysfunctional Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you accept a position in youth ministry in a small church, most of the time you take on the whole load by yourself. Until you can enlist help, it is all on your shoulders. However, at times you may find yourself blessed with a team of youth leaders that you wish were someone else&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Youth Group: Building a Ministry Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us get involved in youth ministry because we love teenagers. Perhaps God gives us that love when he calls us to work with teenagers, or maybe we are just the crazy people in the church. Teaching teenagers, spending time with them, and sharing with them comes easy to many of us. Unfortunately, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Youth Ministry: What is the Job?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/leadership/small-youth-ministry-what-is-the-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[church ministry with teenagers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You agreed to work as a youth leader in a small church. Maybe you accepted a small salary for doing the job or maybe you are volunteering your time and energy. Whatever the case, the youth ministry is now your responsibility. If you are like most youth leaders in small churches, you probably assume that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Referring Teenagers in a Small Youth Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it is the student who threatens suicide on the youth trip. Maybe it is the teenager who tells you he thinks he may be gay. Maybe it is the girl in your group that just quits eating and begins to waste away. But at some point in your ministry, you will encounter a situation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching out in a Small Youth Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[youth evangelism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Luke 9, Jesus&#8217; Disciples came to him and asked him to send the crowds into the local towns to find a McDonalds. I suppose the Disciples were showing some concern for the people, but I wonder if the stomachs they were most concerned about weren&#8217;t their own. Of course, Jesus had another plan in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swedish Fika and the Small Youth Group</title>
		<link>http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/relationships/swedish-fika-and-the-small-youth-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent last week hanging out with an amazing youth minister in Malmo, Sweden, Joel Sjovall. (Don&#8217;t even try to pronounce the last name unless you are Swedish.) Youth ministry in Sweden has its challenges. Teenagers in Sweden are often slow to respond to the gospel. They often lack spiritual background and are hesitant to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Speak Their Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I am traveling in Sweden. I have a friend who leads a youth ministry in Malmo, near Copenhagen. Yesterday, while walking around town, I wanted to ask him if he wanted to get something to eat and decided to try it in Swedish. Instead of using the word &#8220;something,&#8221; I asked if he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death, Teenagers, and Grief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dealing with death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Death is one of those subjects most of us would just as soon avoid. Many teenagers in your youth group will face death. They may lose a grandparent. In a few crisis situations, death may strike a friend. A few may experience the death of a member of their immediate family. When teenagers face death, [...]]]></description>
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