Growing Young Leaders: A Practical Guide to Mentoring Teens (Updated 2nd ed.)

by Ruth Hassall

Publisher:

Bible Reading Fellowship

, 2022

Overview

This fully updated second edition of Growing Young Leaders offers practical guidance for all those mentoring 13- to 18-year-olds in a faith context, with a view to nurturing them towards leadership roles. Linked to CPAS Growing Leaders - Youth Edition course, it also works as a stand-alone resource. It defines mentoring, analyses the necessary skills and attributes of a mentor today, encourages good practice, considers safeguarding issues and, above all, considers how to help young people identify their gifts and grow as Christian disciples.

Key Features

• Offers practical guidance for all those mentoring 13- to 18-year-olds in a faith context.
• Defines mentoring, analyses the necessary skills and attributes of a mentor today.
• Considers how to help young people identify their gifts and grow as Christian disciples.

Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• PART I: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY MENTORING?
• 1 A biblical perspective
• 2 Models of mentoring
• 3 Benefits of mentoring
• PART II: MENTORING TEENAGERS
• 4 The changing world of adolescence
• 5 Creating a safe environment
• 6 Putting a mentoring scheme in place
• PART III: ON BEING A MENTOR
• 7 The characteristics of a mentor
• 8 Key skills and tools for mentoring
• 9 Sharing the journey
• PART IV: MENTORING FOR LEADERSHIP
• 10 Identifying young leaders
• 11 Created with purpose
• 12 Not too heavy a load
• Appendix: A plan for meeting
• Notes
• Bibliography

Praise for Growing Young Leaders

What a helpful book. Positive, poignant, and practical, Ruth acts as a wise guide helping us see the significant impact mentoring teenagers can have.

—James Lawrence, CPAS, Leadership Principal

I would highly recommend this book for all youth and children’s ministry. Rooted in the Bible, Ruth unpacks important aspects of working one-to-one with young people. It gives the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of doing this and is an extremely practical book to help young people move forward in their spiritual journey. I really liked the fact that there is a section on the self-care of the mentor, which is essential.

—Sharon Prior, Director of the PACE Trust

The Highway Code for mentoring young leaders… essential reading for transformational relationships!

—Alan Charter, Global Children’s Forum

Product Details

• Title: Growing Young Leaders: A Practical Guide to Mentoring Teens (Updated 2nd ed.)
• Author: Ruth Hassall
• Publisher: Bible Reading Fellowship
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 126
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781800391284, 1800391285
• Resource ID: LLS:GRWNGYNGMNTRTNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-03T16:15:49Z

About Ruth Hassall

Ruth Hassall is a speaker, trainer, author and coach with over 20 years’ experience of working with individuals, churches, organisations and dioceses. As youth and children’s pastor (St Thomas’, Lancaster), national children’s work adviser (CMS), leadership development adviser (CPAS), pastor of training and discipleship (St John’s, Harborne), director of growing younger (Birmingham Diocese), director of discipleship (Blackburn Diocese)and now in a freelance capacity, she’s had the opportunity to experience the joys and challenges of ministry in a number of contexts. Throughout all these roles leadership development and discipleship have been running themes–collectively and individually.