Student Ministries Bookshelf

BOOKS ON MY BOOKSHELF THAT I WOULD RECOMEND TO YOU…

(Just let me know and I will sign them out for you to read!)

PARENTING:

1. The Parents Guide to Helping Teenagers In Crisis  By Rich Van Pelt & Jim Hancock

2. Revolutionary Parenting  By George Barna

3. Rasing Kids For True Greatness  By Dr. Tim Kimmel

HELPING HURTING STUDENTS:

1. Help, My Kids Are Hurting: A Survival Guide to Working With Students In Pain  By Marv Penner

2. The Youth Workers Guide to Helping Teenagers In Crisis  By Rich Van Pelt & Jim Hancock

3. Emergency Response Handbook (A great tool for when you want to help, but don’t know how!)  Group Publishing

4. Secret Survivors: Real-Life Stories To Give Hope for Healing  By Jen Howver & Megan Hutchinson

YOUTH CULTURE BOOKS:

1. Youth Culture 101  By Walt Mueller

2. Mean Girls: Facing Your Beauty Turned Beast  By Hayley DiMarco

3. UnChristian By David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons   (Church/Christian Culture) 

EVANGELISM BOOKS:

1. Share: A Field Guide to Sharing Your Faith  By Greg Stier

2. Venti Jesus Please: Conversations between three High School Friends that may open your mind to some new possibilities  ByGreg Stier

3. Shredding The Gnar By Greig Stier & Zane Black

4. Becomeing a Contagious Christian By Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel, Bill Hybels

5. Case for Christ Student Edition By Lee Strobel

6. Case for Faith Student Edition By Lee Strobel

6. Answers To Tough Questions By Josh McDowell

7. Tough Problems Real Solutions:  A Q & A Book for Teens   By Jim Burns

8. Be Intolerant  By Ryan Dobson

DATING:

1. Datable By Justin Lookadoo & Hayley DiMarco

SPIRITUAL FORMATION:

1. Messy Spirituality  By Mike Yaconelli

2. Leap Over A Wall  By Eugene H. Peterson

3. If You Want To Walk On Water You’ve Got To Get Out Of The Boat  By John Ortberg

4. The Pursuit of Holiness  By Jerry Bridges

6. When Faith Is Not Enough  By Kelly James Clark

7. Buck Naked Faith  By Eric Sandras

FICTION:

1. The Shack by William P. Young