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Letters to a Youth Worker allows you to have some of the best youth ministers in the country ride shotgun on your journey. This collection includes letters from Walt Mueller, Kara Powell, Andy Root, and many others who provide wisdom and insight into effective youth ministry. Contributors based their letters on one or more of the 44 assets identified in the Exemplary Youth Ministry Study.Youth Ministry Wisdom for YOU "You need to be clear on the purpose of youth ministry; you need to be able to finish this sentence: Youth ministry is for ..." - Andy RootWhat we want you to know is that Jesus has been there for us, every step of the way. You need to know that, but even more than that, you need to practice that, and a lot of us don't." - Duffy Robbins"I am having an affair. My mistress was my youth ministry." - Jim Burns"Wouldn't it be great to find the youth ministry 'silver bullet'?" - Kara Powell"Your talent and personality will only connect with so many in your group. The sooner we realize this limitation, the sooner we'll get passionate about finding a diverse group of leaders who can share in the ministry." - Mark Matlock"Exemplary youth ministry is not about what you do. It's about who you are." - Walt Muller

It Happens is full of "True Tales from the Trenches of Youth Ministry." We have collected stories from youth workers across the county because we want you to know that you are not alone, so that you can learn from their mistakes, and so you can be prepared when IT happens to you!This book does not contain emergency response information, but instead amidst the 30 stories in this book, you will find the stuff that happens every day, how we dealt with it, and what we learned.You'll read about: Bart Campolo's tale of dealing with the backlash from a student's sexting mistakeHank Hilliard's recounting of parents encouraging underage drinkingKaren Jones' dilemma of whether or not to send a kid homeAmy Jacober's story about being stranded in a snowstormKelly Soifer's account of visiting the ER with a student while at campSteve Argue's story of the over-involved helicopter parentsMark Montgomery's cautionary tale of when volunteers date kidsSally Chambers' recounting of the youth minister witch huntKenda Creasy Dean's story of interviewing for a pastoral position...while pregnant