Career Development
- Tools for educational advancement
o WM Scholarship
o Other __________________
- Out in the “real world”
o Building assertiveness
o How to write a resume
o How to market yourself
o Job interview skills
Resources
· www.montana.edu/~wwwcp/tips.html
· http://jobsearchtech.about.com/library/weekly/aa071999.htm
· www.nadinepellegrino.com/Assertiveness%20Skills%20for%20Women.html
· www.collegegrad.com/resumes/
· http://resume.monster.com/archives/dosanddonts/
Dating and Relationships
- Stress developing a solid relationship with Christ first
- Healthy dating techniques
- How far is “too far” in a dating relationship
o Holding hands, hugging, kissing . . .
o Importance of deciding ahead of time
o “What are my standards? What would Jesus want me to do?”
- Living the single life—marriage is not the “end all”
- Marriage preparation
Resources
- www.teenlifeministries.com/factory/dating.htm
- www.safe4all.org/resource-list/index?category=17
- http://religion.passersbuy.com/religion/dating.html
Health
- Special health concerns of young women
o Cancer
o STDs
o Depression
§ Recognizing the signs
§ Where/how to get help
§ Suicide
o Eating disorders
o Addictions
- Importance of healthful living
- Healthful living increases positive self-image
Resources
- www.yh.org/adult/patient
- http://womenshealth.about.com/od/girlshealth101/
- http://womenshealth.about.com/
- www.cancer.gov/
- www.4girls.gov
- www.4woman.gov/
- www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm
- www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/teens.htm
- www.psychologyinfo.com.depression/women.htm
- www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/DA3083.html
- www.depressedteens.com
- www.heritage.org/Research/Family/cda0304.cfm
- www.hoptechno.com/book34.htm
- www.abortionfacts.com
injoy Videos catalog
videos about abstinence, birth control, sexually transmitted infections,
prenatal care, labor and delivery, teen pregnancy and prevention, breastfeeding, postpartum, parenting and child abuse prevention
1435
Phone: 800-326-2082 x2
Fax: 303-449-8788
Winters Communications catalog—brochures, posters, and videos on violence prevention, drug and alcohol abuse, sex education, peer pressure, emotional problems, stress, health and wellness, vocational guidance, parenting, pregnancy and childbirth, character education, and resiliency.
14740 Magdalene Circle Phone: 1-800-788-3147
Ministry
- Practical ways to serve God in church and community
- How to start a ministry
- Recognizing spiritual gifts
- Outreach
- Volunteerism
Resources
- www.sdayouth.net/
- www.adventist.org.uk/
- www.adventistyouthministries.org/resources.php
- http://aucsda.com/australianunion/department/youth/aucyouthframeset.html
- http://teensalive.web.aplus.net/
- www.elca.org/dcm/evangelism/assessments/assess4_spiritgifts.html
- www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi
- http://mintools.com/gifts.htm
Parent-Daughter Relationships
- “Parents are not the enemy!”—how to be friends with your parents
- How to foster healthy communication patterns (may need to include workshops for parents as well)
- “Your parents are not perfect, but they’ve been around longer than you.”
- Single-parent home issues—dealing with the needs of those who grew up without an “active” father/mother in the home
Resources
- www.talkingwithkids.org/
- www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/etc/worksheet.html
- www.tnpc.com/parentalk/adoles.html
- www.singleparentsnetwork.com/Children/Child_Development/
- www.parentsandteens.com/
- www.parentswithoutpartners.org
- www.dadsanddaughters.org/index.html
Self-Esteem
- Who am I?
o Identity within and outside the family circle
o Identity in Christ
- Effective tools to learn how to love myself
- Learning to pin-point and develop spiritual gifts
- How to build confidence
- Dealing with peer pressure
Resources
- www.assertivehelp.com/selfesteem-info.htm
- www.teenshope.com/HelpSelfEsteem.htm
- www.self-esteem-nase.org/reference.shtml
- www.elca.org/dcm/evangelism/assessments/assess4_spiritgifts.html
- www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi
- http://mintools.com/gifts.htm
Know Yourself: The
Secret of Self-Esteem
Catalog Number: T00622-YZ
Publisher: Sunburst
Price: $119.95
Web: sunburst.com
Phone:
1-800-431-1934
Fax: 1-888-803-3908
Description: What’s your personality type? What kinds of people do you get along with best? What subjects or work are you most comfortable with? This program examines eight personality types: thinker/feeler, introvert/extrovert, practical/intuitive, structured/unstructured. A brief quiz helps viewers decide which type most closely fits them and the reasons why some people act the way they do. Stressing that no type is right or wrong, just different, students se how understanding their own and other personality types can help them get along better with others and make the right decisions in their lives.
Secret Keeper
The Delicate Power of Modesty
by Dannah Gresh
Price: $8.99
Available from www.moodypress.org
Discover the lost art of modesty.
We live in the age of low-rise jeans, belly-button rings, and backless shirts.
Many girls and young women today could not even define the word modesty, let
alone tell you how to live it out. But Dannah Gresh has a new message for them:
modesty itself is a delicate yet formidable power. In Secret Keeper, she
teaches that modesty not only issues a challenge for one man to romantically
earn your virtue, but it also expresses your love for and obedience to God.
Secret Keeper Girl Kit
The Power of
True Beauty and Modesty
by
Dannah Gresh
Price: $19.99
Available from www.moodypublishers.org
Before they hit the beach and flock to pool parties, teach your daughters about
modesty, purity, and sexuality. The proven message of purity in Secret
Keeper is now available for younger girls.
The world seeks to empower women, but one of the greatest powers you can teach
your daughter is the power of modesty. For girls 8-12 (and their mothers or
small group leaders), Dannah Gresh brings the message of purity in a biblical,
engaging and bonding way – CDs, diaries with stickers, and talking points! Pop
the CD into the car system to hear greetings from Dannah Gresh and contemporary
artist Rebecca St. James, and take off on a new adventure together. Moms will
learn the key risk factors for girls, while Dannah’s fun approach will appeal
to young girls looking for a positive adult role model. Each chapter in the
mom’s book suggests a creative date where you treat yourselves to things like a
facial, manicure, new outfit, tea party … both mom and daughter will learn
valuable lessons corresponding to each date.
Sexuality
- The importance of waiting until marriage
- Practical ways to abstain
o Alternatives to having sex in a relationship
o How to avoid compromising situations
- “What if I’ve already had sex and I want to stop?”—the born-again virgin
- Teen pregnancy
o Risks of abortion
o Abortion alternatives
o Preventive measures
o Teen parenting education
- Contraception
o Options
o Misconceptions
- STD’s
Resources
- www.sloppynoodle.com/
- www.respectincorporated.com/
- www.lovematters.com
- www.choosingthebest.org/
- www.abortionfacts.com
- www.yh.org/adult/patient
- www.lifeway.com/tlw/index.asp
Resources available at Adventist Book Center
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available at AdventSource
Catalog Number: 625765
Author: Dannah Gresh
Publisher: Moody
Price: $12.95
Description: In And the Bride Wore White, Dannah
Gresh exposes Satan's lies about sex, gives a three-step plan to breaking off
sinful relationships, provides compassionate guidelines for healing, and lists
seven secrets of sexual purity to apply during your dating years:
- Purity is a
process
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Purity dreams of its future
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Purity is governed by its value
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Purity speaks loudly
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Purity watches burning flames
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Purity embraces wise guidance
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Purity loves its Creator at any cost
In a
warm, revealing writing style, Dannah includes passages from her diaries and
journals that show the joys and the heartaches of her dating years, the
challenges of temptations, the successes and failures. At the same time,
she encourages you to explore God's heart on the matter of sexuality and write
your own story through guided journaling.
Seven
Secrets to Sexual Purity
Catalog Number:
625760
Author: Dannah Gresh
Publisher: Moody
Price: $10.95
Description: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity is a
ten-session retreat or Bible study
based on the book and The Bride Wore White. Presented in a two-day, one-night sleepover, or a ten week Bible
study, girls who attend say it is a blast! The seven secrets to sexual purity
presented in fifteen hours of an active curriculum in which small group s discussions,
individual activities, group games and fun object lessons are utilized.
Every session carries a deep scriptural challenge to the attendees on an
intimate level.
The young women who attend will:
- Begin informal mentorships with women who attend from your
community
- Write commitments (for
their eyes only) to keep sex out of their relationships until their
wedding night.
- Gain a deep
understanding of the covenant purpose of sex as well as the earthy
blessings that God rewards us with , if that covenant is protected.
- Write commitments to
protect their love for God with undistracted devotion.
- Develop a list of
"Top Ten" Comeback Lines for questionable situations.
- Create a vision of a
godly marriage by committing to only date Christians and by writing a
"shopping list" of character qualities for their husband-to-be.
- Write a letter to God,
placing themselves and their struggles before Him.
- Worship the greatest
love--Jesus!
- Begin the process of healing from sexual sin if it exists in
their lives.
Exploring
Sexuality and Intimate Relationships
Catalog
Number: 602126
Author: Pacific
Union Conference
Publisher: Pacific
Union Conference
Price:
$.49
Description:
A brochure that gives concise answers to the questions teens ask about sex and sexuality.
How to
Help Your Teen Avoid Unplanned Pregnancy
Catalog Number: 602127
Author: Pacific
Union Conference
Publisher: Pacific
Union Conference
Price:
$.49
Description:
This brochure focuses on the parent's ability to teach their child the skills for building intimacy
without sexual relationships.
I’m a Teen and I’m Pregnant
Catalog Number:
602116
Author: Pacific
Union Conference
Publisher: Pacific
Union Conference
Price: $.22
Description:
This brochure will provide practical and spiritual answers to teen questions about pregnancy
such as
How can I tell my parents? Should I see a doctor?
Does God still care about me? What about adoption?
Ministering to the Unwed Pregnant Teen
Catalog Number:
602118
Author: Pacific
Union Conference
Publisher: Pacific
Union Conference
Price: $.22
Description:
As a church community, there is a tremendous amount you can do to help the teen
grow and to make a positive impact on
her future. Your support, interest, and involvement can make a difference.
Our Daughter is Pregnant
Catalog Number:
602117
Author: Pacific
Union Conference
Publisher: Pacific
Union Conference
Price: $.22
Description:
Parenting is the most difficult and challenging work a human being can face. Determine to deal with your child with
love, acceptance, support and
guidance to help her grow and make responsible
choices as she faces her difficult situation.
Teen Pregnancy Brochures
Catalog Number: 602115
Author: Pacific
Union Conference
Publisher: Pacific
Union Conference
Price: $1.50
Description: The
complete set of the four brochures that deal with
issues surrounding a teen pregnancy. Each brochure is for a different person: teen, parent, pastor, and
church member.
Building Intimate
Relationships: Choices and Challenges
Teen Sexuality Seminars
Source:
Church Ministries Department
Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Resources available from
Sex & Love:
What’s a Teenager to do?
Catalog number: 4145
Source: www.visionvideo.com
Price: $19.99
Description: In this dynamic, high-energy presentation, Mary Beth Bonacci talks to teens about the “do’s” of chastity. Using Scripture and humerous, down-to-earth examples from teenage life, she shows that chastity is more than just abstinence—chastity is active. It’s about loving in a relationship the way that God intended. (60 minutes)
Sex, Love and Relationships
Straight Talk with
Pam Stenzel
Catalog number: 4279
Source: www.visionvideo.com
Price: $49.99
Description: Today’s youth have not been told the whole truth about the consequences of sexual activity, experimentation and permissiveness. Teenagers love Pam Stenzel because she tells it to them straight, mincing no words in showing how the pervasive sexual permissiveness of our culture is a deceptive trap. Every young person should have the benefit of the hard-hitting reality check in this award-winning four-part series.
“Sex
has a Price Tag”
Catalog number: 99600
Source: www.visionvideo.com
Price: $29.95
Description:
Renown speaker Pam Stenzel combines her personal story and extensive pregnancy counseling experience into a hard-hitting look at the consequences of sexual activity outside of a life commitment. In a captivating and inspiring talk, Pam tackles the tough issues of sex with candor, insight, and a challenge to young people to “get the abstinence advantage!” (60 minutes)
Center for the Prevention of Sexual and
Domestic Violence
The Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic
Violence is an international, private, nonprofit organization headquartered in
Phone: (206) 634-1903
Fax: (206) 634-0115
e-mail: cpsdv@cpsdv.org
website: www.cpsdv.org
Love, Sex and God
Regular Price: $10.99
Your Price: $8.24
Item Number: 14-2117
Available at http://shop.cph.org/
By Bill Ameiss and Jane Graver
Older teens need to learn to respect their sexuality and its proper place in their lives. Love, Sex, and God encourages confidence and restraint while addressing issues such as dating and premarital sex.
Winters Communications catalog—brochures,
posters, and videos on violence prevention, drug and alcohol abuse, sex
education, peer pressure, emotional problems, stress, health and wellness,
vocational guidance, parenting, pregnancy and childbirth, character education,
and resiliency.
Phone: 1-800-788-3147
Fax: 1-813-264-2739
Why Wait? 24 Reasons for Abstinence
- Wall chart shows teens and singles 24 reasons for abstinence before marriage. Attractive, youth-oriented chart gives 12 biblical reasons and 12 medical reasons for waiting.
- Emphasizes God’s perfect plan for a fulfilling marriage and gives numerous Bible passages.
Reproducible
worksheets on the back of wall chart include a quiz and handouts for youth
and singles.- Pamphlet (12 page) is perfect for students to take home. Includes an abstinence pledge and a list of tips for parents.
- Gives sobering statistics on sexually transmitted diseases and failure of various birth control methods.
- Also available! A publ