Synopses & Reviews
Imagine meeting with the parents of your students and showing them the seven principles that serve as the foundation for all you will teach your kids.
Imagine having a content calendar that can be used to guide the development of your activity calendar throughout the year.
Imagine having a handful of carefully crafted principles to choose from in developing the theme of every camp of retreat.
These are just a few of the advantages of adopting the seven-checkpoints strategy. But the greatest advantage is this: You will know that you are doing more than providing exciting activities -- you are changing lives for eternity.
A New Strategy for Youth Ministry
Andy Stanley and Stuart Hall, both respected and effective leaders in the Christian Community, have developed a ground-breaking, dynamic plan for youth ministry of the coming decades. The Seven Checkpoints for Youth Leaders and the companion The Seven Checkpoints Student Journal presents a plan for a student's entire career in a youth group.
The challenges facing our youth grow every year. Quick fixes and short-term programs will not provide the life-strengthening results needed for the teens of today. This revolutionary approach promises and delivers what is needed in the world of youth ministries around the country today.
So what are you waiting for? You have a life to build. Open up this book and get the seven.
Synopsis
Together with "The 7", this two-book work provides a four- to six-year plan for youth ministers. Practical steps for both teens and youth workers help youth-group members live out and grow in their faith. Stanley draws from his years of successful youth ministry to create this two-volume work that will have eternal impact.
About the Author
Andy Stanley, like his father, Charles Stanley, carries on a tradition of excellence in ministry. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and the founding pastor of North Point Community Church, Andy serves as keynote speaker for the Big Stuf Student Camps in Panama City, Florida, each summer. Stuart Hall serves as the director of training for XP3 Students and also leads DASH INC, an organization he founded in 2000 to develop spiritually influential students that engage culture. He has co-authored three books:
The Seven Checkpoints: Seven Principles Every Teenager Needs to Know, MAX Q: Developing Students of Influence with Andy Stanley, and the leadership edition of
Wired: For a Life of Worship with Louie Giglio. In his spare time, he serves as a community varsity girls basketball coach for the two-time defending state champion Buford Lady Wolves.
summer.Stuart Hall serves as the director of training for XP3 Students and also leads DASH INC, an organization he founded in 2000 to develop spiritually influential students that engage culture. He has co-authored three books: The Seven Checkpoints: Seven Principles Every Teenager Needs to Know, MAX Q: Developing Students of Influence with Andy Stanley, and the leadership edition of Wired: For a Life of Worship with Louie Giglio. In his spare time, he serves as a community varsity girls basketball coach for the two-time defending state champion Buford Lady Wolves. Stuart, his beautiful wife, Kellee, and their three incredible children reside north of Atlanta.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreward by Louis Giglio
Preface
Acknowledgements
What's It All About?: The Seven Checkpoints
Seven Principles Ever Teenager Needs to Know
Checkpoint #1: Authentic Faith,
Putting Your Trust in God
Checkpoint #2: Spiritual Disciplines
Checkpoint #3: Moral Boundaries
Paving the Way for Intimacy
Checkpoint #4: Healthy Friendships
Choosing Friends
Checkpoint #5: Wise Choices
Walking Wisely in a Fool's World
Checkpoint #6: Ultimate Authority
Finding Freedom Under God
Checkpoint #7: Others First
Considering Others Before Yourself
Conclusion: Set in Stone
Building a Rock-Solid Foundation
Appendix 1: Lesson Menus for Middle and High School
Appendix 2: Sample Lessons Plans
Notes