Compass 21 Shared Value Resources
The resources linked to the values listed below are based on YU's timeless 7 Biblical Shared Values of Youth Ministry.

Responsive - adapting to the constantly changing contexts and needs of the youth culture by utilizing the best youth ministry resources and formats currently available -- 1 Corinthians 9:22

Safekeeping: Session Plans for Developing Abuse Awareness in Kids
978-1-59255-217-7
This stand-alone abuse prevention curriculum, written from a faith perspective, is designed to equip children and youth with an awareness of abuse and provide strategies to deal with potentially dangerous situations.  Each kit comes with a leader's guide containing two sessions per level (K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8) and reproducible handouts, and six picture books to help explain this sensitive topic.
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Preventing Child Abuse
978-1-56212-328-4
How can a church prevent child abuse from occurring in its facilities and among its members?  This informative handbook will help you set in place a comprehensive child abuse prevention program. (Revised Edition May 2003.)  Includes general prevention policies, screening procedures for volunteers and staff, reporting procedures, sample guidelines from several denominations, signs and symptoms of child abuse, information about responding to a child's report of abuse or responding to parents who are notified of an abuse report, a suggested disclosure policy, and code of ethics for volunteers, staff, and leaders in child and youth programs.
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Stuff to Know When Cults Come Knocking
Student Newspapers: 978-1-59255-196-5
Leader Guide: 978-1-59255-197-2
This course helps teens understand the beliefs and practices of several major cults and sects they may encounter, such as New Age, Mormonism, Occultism, Wicca, Christian Science, and Astrology. It also helps them grow confident in their own faith and teaches how to respond when their faith is challenged.
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Questions from the Pickle Jar:  Teens and Sex
   Book: 978-1-59255-298-6
   Introductory DVD:  978-1-59255-425-6 
Intended for high schoolers, this humorous, helpful, and honest resource provides a healthy perspective on a pervasive topic in our media-saturated world.  It discusses difficult issues such as homosexuality and premarital sex, and provides alternate thinking to the often mixed message targeting our youth in contemporary society. web