How to Volunteer Like a Pro: An Amateur's Guide for Working with Teenagers Book

Contents Introduction 1. Amateurs 2. The Best of Motives 3. The First Day 4. Three Essentials for Building Relationships 5. Paying Attention to the World As It Is 6. People Listen to People Who Listen 7. The Three Best Questions I Know 8. Giving Better Than We Got 9. Incarnation: Being There 10. Going Where Kids Are (or Would Like to Be) 11. The Mountaintop: Taking Kids to Camp 12. The Letdown: When What Happens at Camp Stays at Camp 13. Crossing Cultures (Sort Of) 14. Youth Culture Shock 15. When What You Hear Sounds Like Trouble 16. Reporting Abuse 17. Going to the Hospital 18. When Someone Dies 19. One-to-One or a Small Group? 20. How to Have Private Conversations 21. Loners & Lonely Hearts 22. Adolescent Crushes 23. Unhealthy Attachments 24. Thinking about the Big Picture 25. (Youth Group Is Only) One Slice of the Pie 26. Clutter (We're Not the Only Game in Town) 27. Family Ties (Part I) 28. Family Ties (Part II) 29. Who's the Boss? Leading While Following 30. If You're in Charge 31. Reinforcements: Calling for Help When You Need It 32. Youth Group Kids or Disciples? 33. Working with Kids (Instead of on Them) 34. Points of Readiness 35. Generations 36. Sooner or Later Everyone Leaves 37. Amateurs & Professionals: A Last Word