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One of my goals for youth ministry is to develop a \u201cspiritual toolbox.\u201d The \u201ctools\u201d would be knowledge and skills that could equip teens for life as a Catholic young adults in college or where ever.<\/p>\n

To me, Catholicism is a roadmap for life. It gives guidance on how to live in a way that is truly satisfying and fulfilling. There are so many choices that young adults face…many of them destructive. These choices can put kids on a terrible foundation for the future. I want to equip them to face life as a Catholic. I wish someone had been around to give me this roadmap when I was a teen. I think I would have made different choices and wouldn\u2019t suffer from the effects of those choices today. The spiritual toolbox is a training program for providing teens with a Catholic worldview. For equipping them to handle problems and approach life in a specifically Catholic way.<\/p>\n

I got the idea of a spiritual toolbox from a friend who helped me formulate some strategies for the youth group. At one time, he developed training programs for technicians in a nuclear power plant. To do this, he would start with a vision for what the ideal technician in a particular job would look like. What knowledge was needed to work in the shop? What skills were required to run this machinery? Once he figured this out, he would backward map a training program that incorporated these \u201ctools\u201d into the worker. This is sort of what I want to do with youth ministry.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it, it requires training to know how to live life well. This is just not something we know innately. Teenagers need to use this time to lay foundations for the future. They do it in academics, why not in life…Catholic life. There is no better roadmap for life than the Catholic Faith. St. Paul said this, \u201cHave nothing to do with godless and silly myths. Train yourself in godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come\u201d (1 Tim 4:7-8). That\u2019s what I want to do, provide training in godliness.<\/p>\n

So, the question is, what would a fully prepared teenager look like? What skills do they need to have? What knowledge do they need to learn? What experiences need to be their own? I need to answer these questions and then backward map a training program that includes these elements.<\/p>\n

In my next post on youth ministry, I want to talk about what to include in the spiritual toolbox.<\/p>\n

What do you think? What should a spiritual toolbox for a teen look like? What do you think it should include? I would love to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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