Find small group resources, game ideas, encouragement for ministry, plus lots of other useful, fun, or just plain strange stuff.
Youth Specialties
Archive of past YouthWorker articles, message boards, resource reviews.
Youth Pastor.com
This site has the best games search engine around: put in amount of time, materials, and search. It has lots of familiar games, but some interesting new ones as well. It also has a Christian song search engine for recorded songs that go with specific topics.
Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
Walt Mueller, the president, is a great source of insight into what's happening in youth culture, implications, and ways to respond. Back issues of the quarterly newsletter are archived at this site, plus helpful statistics, quotes, and facts about youth. The site tackles lots of counseling issues; cutting, self-image, stress, suicide, steroids, and provides some helpful youth culture links.
Jonathan's Resources For Youth Ministry
Games, event ideas, ideas for video clips, web links, training ideas
Simply Youth Ministry
Check out the Freebies section: it has some interesting downloadable audio files--sermons, training, music.
Duck Tape Club
Check out the duck-tivites. These would make great core group crafts: duct wallets, flowers, ties--think Christmas gifts! Back to school supplies. Plus some great contests.
EGAD Ideas!
Youth Ministry Ideas, Games, and Activities Ideas for indoor games, outdoor games, scavenger hunts, fellowship activities, as well as craft and service ideas that might work for core groups.