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Book Review - The Youth Worker Book of Hope
- By Smitty Wheeler
- Published 09/3/2009
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Smitty Wheeler
Over the last 25-years, Smitty has worked with middle school through college age students as a mentor, coach, and volunteer youth leader. He and his wife live outside of Nashville, TN near their 4 children and first grandchild. Smitty works as a business consultant specializing in business turnarounds, is the Chief of Operations of Student Ministry Partners and an Advisory Board member for The Journal of Student Ministries. .
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Book Review - The Youth Worker Book of Hope
The Youth Worker Book of Hope is written by The Journal's very own Tim Baker, with additional contributions from some of our regular columnists. While you may think I'm a bit biased, the theme and stories that appear inside are perfect for today's youth workers who are under constant pressure from all sides. The sixteen topical stories of hope are based on other youth worker's real life experiences and can be invaluable to your walk and your ministry for years to come.
Youth workers are an interesting breed. You pour your whole life into the lives of your kids by giving all that you have physically, emotionally, spiritually, relationally and often financially. You do this in the hope that by helping young people grow and mature in their faith, that they'll be properly equipped for a life of Christian service. Even when struggling or working through failure and discouragement you know you still are called to show your students the love of Jesus...And, you do.
The Youth Worker Book of Hope will give you encouragement in those times of darkness by offering up the experiences and advice of a sixteen different youth workers who have been through the valley and learned from it. These youth workers from around the country have contributed personal stories of their own desire to quit, confrontations with parents, struggles with running the ministry, getting fired, and many more. You’ll read about how other youth workers messed up and how they found hope at the end of a seemingly hopeless road.
On sale now at the link below!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Youth-Worker-Book-of-Hope/Tim-Baker/e/9780310283645
Youth workers are an interesting breed. You pour your whole life into the lives of your kids by giving all that you have physically, emotionally, spiritually, relationally and often financially. You do this in the hope that by helping young people grow and mature in their faith, that they'll be properly equipped for a life of Christian service. Even when struggling or working through failure and discouragement you know you still are called to show your students the love of Jesus...And, you do.
The Youth Worker Book of Hope will give you encouragement in those times of darkness by offering up the experiences and advice of a sixteen different youth workers who have been through the valley and learned from it. These youth workers from around the country have contributed personal stories of their own desire to quit, confrontations with parents, struggles with running the ministry, getting fired, and many more. You’ll read about how other youth workers messed up and how they found hope at the end of a seemingly hopeless road.
On sale now at the link below!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Youth-Worker-Book-of-Hope/Tim-Baker/e/9780310283645
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Comment #1 (Posted by Chris Brown)
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Got it yesterday and couldn't put it down. So many things apply to what I've seen happen in my life over the last few years. I would absolutely recommend this book to every youth leader I know!
