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Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right
Doug Fields
3.83 AVERAGE
12 reviews for:
Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right
Doug Fields
3.83 AVERAGE
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I started this book towards the beginning of my time in youth ministry and it didn’t stick, so I put it down for a while. It felt cheesy and like I had already heard it all before. I picked it up again after my first two years had ended, and it felt a lot more relevant and helpful. I guess in some ways I need the specific experiences I had to benefit from the book, though that may not be true for others.
The book is imperfect, but it was good, readable, and had many practical principles and pieces of advice for reflection. It is somewhat dated, of course, but it remains generally helpful. I’ll likely use it as a reference work in the future as I come across different needs in my ministry.
The book is imperfect, but it was good, readable, and had many practical principles and pieces of advice for reflection. It is somewhat dated, of course, but it remains generally helpful. I’ll likely use it as a reference work in the future as I come across different needs in my ministry.
It’s a good resource - gave me lots of ideas. But it is a bit outdated and uses sexist language (assuming that the senior pastor is male, etc…) would love to see a progressive church version of this book.
Very conversational and helpful book, it had a lot of good tips and things to remember. The author's intent was to write it as though you were having a long lunch conversation with him and I think he met with that expectation, it had a friendly, warm, approachable tone.
5✨ This is a book I will be returning to for a long time.
I graduated with a degree in Religion and I’ve worked in youth ministry as an intern for years, but I still felt weary about becoming a full-time youth pastor.
I am so glad that I found this book. It is an amazing resources and I felt so seen while reading it. I’ve been in my current position (first full-time position) for four months and this book helped me understand the my relationship with the congregation.
It has given me great ideas on how to boost my ministry, connect with students, and build relationships with volunteers. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this book to anyone who is considering youth ministry.
I am so glad that I found this book. It is an amazing resources and I felt so seen while reading it. I’ve been in my current position (first full-time position) for four months and this book helped me understand the my relationship with the congregation.
It has given me great ideas on how to boost my ministry, connect with students, and build relationships with volunteers. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this book to anyone who is considering youth ministry.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
As a new church youth ministry person (aside from previous years of camp experience) Doug Fields book was a great overview. Though I have no degree, this book laid out the practical guidelines and struggles that one experiences in their first two years. I enjoyed this book because it really felt like talking to a friend who understands the weird, stressful, joyful, tough, amazing world of youth ministry.
At first I didn't like this book, it seemed obvious and redundant and kind of Christian-cliche. It took me meeting Doug at a conference to understand his experience and thus respect this book as the words of a mentor. Knowing why and with what authority he was writing this book helped me a lot. At times it drags and at times it was life-giving. And that makes complete sense seeing as there are things that do and don't make sense to me in my first years as a youth pastor. Fortunately, Doug covers it all.
Ultimately, I would recommend this to any person serious about positively impacting the young people of the church for Christ.
At first I didn't like this book, it seemed obvious and redundant and kind of Christian-cliche. It took me meeting Doug at a conference to understand his experience and thus respect this book as the words of a mentor. Knowing why and with what authority he was writing this book helped me a lot. At times it drags and at times it was life-giving. And that makes complete sense seeing as there are things that do and don't make sense to me in my first years as a youth pastor. Fortunately, Doug covers it all.
Ultimately, I would recommend this to any person serious about positively impacting the young people of the church for Christ.
I read this book after being a youth minister for about three years. It had some very good insights which I could relate to. they followed well with my experiences and difficulties as a new youth minister. I'd definitely recommend this to any new of volunteer youth minister.