Best Practices

Planning for Young Adult Ministry

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Amy McEntee and Nora Bradbury Haehl, Young Adult Ministry in a Box. Expert Team, suggest you keep these things in mind as you make plans for young adult ministry in your parish or campus ministry:

  •   Be focused and realistic.
  •   Have one person, either staff or volunteer, who is ultimately responsible for seeing things through.
  •   Don’t try to do everything.
  •   Don’t forget to include things that already take place in the parish that can be easily adjusted to be young adult friendly.
  •   Every once in a while ask — Where would you like the young adult ministry to be next year at this time? Three years from now? Five years from now?

Read more details and a complete list of steps for developing a balanced plan for young adult ministry in the Essentials section of Young Adult Ministry in a Box.

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