The East Tennessee Episcopalian                    Nov. 1999
   
   

Stand up for Youth:
A Special Report

   
   

Resources

Books

Generation NEXT: What You Need to Know About Today's Youth
by George Barna, Regal Books , Ventura, CA. Available from Amazon ($10.39) and Barns and Noble ($9.59).

Baby Busters: The Disillusioned Generation
by George Barna, NorthField Publishing, Chicago, IL. Available from Amazon ($7.95) and Barns and Noble ($7.99).

Curran, Dolores, "Tired of Arguing with Your Kids?" $12.95; Sorin Books, P.O. Box 1006, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556-1006; 219-287-2831.

Saso, Patt and Steve, "10 Best Gifts for Your Teen: Raising Teens with Love and Understanding, $12.95, Sorin Books, P.O. Box 1006, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556-1006; 219-287-2831.

Winter, Gibson, "America in Search of its Soul," 1996, $12.95; Morehouse Publishing.

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Pamphlets

Episcopal Youth Initiative to Stand Against Violence, a packet from the Episcopal Youth Ministries Office, 815 Second Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.

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Videos

Teens at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Munster, Ind., have produced a video that examines how teens respond when their parents divorce. The 25-minute movie is about a graduating high school senior girl who learns her parents are separating. The girl eventually turns to her youth group and pastor for advice. To order a copy of "Earthen Vessels," call The Episcopal Media Center in Atlanta, 1-800-229-3788.

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Organizations

America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, 909 N. Washington St., Suite 400, Alexandria, Va. 22314-1556; 703-684-4500;
Contact by mail: Col. Bill Smullen, 909 N. Washington St., Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314-1556. Persons can write to General Colin Powell and America's Promise staff at this address. Make all speaking inquiries for the America's Promise Speaker's Bureau in writing.
Contact by fax: (703) 535-3900, or phone: (703) 684-4500

American Psychological Association: This Washington, D.C. organization's Consumer Help Center website received two "Gold Awards" recently from the Health Information Resource Center, which recognizes the world's best health information available on the Internet.
The Help Center's most popular resource is the "Warning Signs" guide, which helps young people recognize when a classmate or friend might be a potential danger to themselves or others and how to cope with anger.
The "Warning Signs" guide is also available as a printed brochure by calling 800-268-0078.

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Events

In past years, ACTS 29 Ministries' YouthQuake conferences have attracted teens from as close as a few miles from the conference center and as far away as Europe. In 1999, YouthQuake drew people from 20 states and the Bahamas, making this not only the largest crowd in the ministry's history, but also its most diverse. One young woman, separated from her Montana youth group, flew from Montana to Atlanta, Ga., then traveled by bus for four hours to get to the Ridgecrest Conference Center.

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