Season Two of 13 Reasons Why released May 18th. With its top-shelf ranking in all of our Netflix accounts—it’s fair to assume our students are watching it. Despite its TV-MA rating, teens are binge watching content that highlights intense issues in graphically dramatized, highly emotional narratives. Continue reading A Youth Workers Response to 13 Reasons Why
“Another day, another school shooting” is the saddest of refrains. Here at The Youth Cartel we’re brokenhearted and weary at the news of yet another school shooting today.
In our lament, we don’t know what else we can possibly do, we’re doing what we can to resource you and give you the tools you need to lead your teenagers.
Do you know that smell when fresh bread comes out of the oven? The smell wafts around the house and just makes you feel warm and cozy inside? Minus the smell, that’s how it feels when a fresh printing of books arrives at the Cartel.
So if you thought it was too late to order our best selling graduation book, The Amazing Next, for your seniors… it’s not! Head over to our store and order yours today.
Prepared by Dan Navarra
Edited by Adam McLane, Mark Oestreicher
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Continue reading The Full-Time Youth Pastor Compensation Survey for 2017
Power-based leadership has no place in the church.
Continue reading Moving Away from Coercive Power in Ministry Leadership
It’s a new year. But it’s also a new month which means we’ve got a brand new edition of Viva!
On March 15th, we’re releasing a brand new student devotional, The Real Jesus.
We think it’s really, really good. And we think it’s really, really important that your students get to know The Real Jesus.
And since it’s a book we think you’ll want to put in your students hands we want to do something a bit unorthodox: We’re giving it away before it even comes out. Not a sample— the whole deal.
Continue reading Test Drive “The Real Jesus” by Jen Bradbury
Most of us in youth ministry pour 100% of our passion into a job that pays about 75% of our family’s needs.
Continue reading 25 Alternative Income Sources for Youth Workers
It’s a new month and we’ve got two new products to share with you!
Ordinary Time
$12.99
Viva: Stewardship
$5.99
Viva: 1 John
$5.99
