Goals

This Handbook for Ministries with Young Adolescents has three goals:

a. To utilize existing research in developing a comprehensive understanding of young adolescence and for developing guidelines for young adolescent ministries.

b. To develop training designs for use by congregational, diocesan, provincial and national, youth ministries that equip local leaders with the knowledge and skills to improve effectiveness with young adolescents.

c. To design and implement effective models of young adolescent ministries for use in a variety of settings.

This handbook has been prepared under the auspices of the Youth Ministries Office, Ministries with Young People Cluster, of the Episcopal Church Center. It has been edited from a variety of sources. You may copy any material from it, provided you include a complete reference on the top page. None of the material in this handbook can be reprinted for profit.

Our thanks go to the Anglican Church of Canada for graciously allowing us to edit and adapt these materials for use in the Episcopal Church.