Links
Bibles and Books of Common Prayer
Young Adults/mission, service, internships
National Sites
• National Episcopal Church Ministries with Young People (there's lots here!)
www.episcopalchurch.org/myp
• Nightwatch click here
• Happening National www.Happening.org
Mission/Service:
• Episcopal Relief and Development www.er-d.org
• Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
• Trinity Jubilee Center (urban ministries program in Lewiston) email
• St. Elizabeth's Essentials Pantry, Richard Rasner, Director
• Boston Common Cathedral and City Reach www.ecclesia-ministries.org
• 30 Hour Famine www.30hourfamine.org
• Souper Bowl www.souperbowl.org
• Episcopal Diocese of Dominican Republic (where we'll serve on our mission project. Click on Mission Teams) www.dominicanepiscopalchurch.org
• Group WorkCamps www.groupworkcamps.com
• Episcopal Mission Exchange (EMX) is an Episcopal program designed to help match up parishes or dioceses with mission opportunities and to provide groups with the tools to organize their trips and prepare their teams. Episcopal Mission Exchange.
Prayer
• 24-7 prayer site www.24-7prayer.com
• Sacred Space prayer site www.jesuit.ie/prayer/index.htm
• The Life Prayer Methods www.methodx.net/thelife/prayermethods
• Sacred Gateway a daily on-line prayer method with great graphics www.sacredgateway.org
Music
• Contemporary Christian Music Chart
http://www.ministryandmedia.com/CCMchart/default.htm
• CCLI – Christian Music copyright service www.ccli.com
• National Episcopal Church Music Resources link
Bibles and Books of Common Prayer
• The bible in multiple translations, as well as word search Bible Gateway
• The bible with Greek, Hebrew, and Latin translations, dictionary, word and phrase search, multiple verse retrieval, commentaries, and Strong's Concordance www.blueletterbible.org/bcp/index.html. Great for papers, not so great for non-evangelical commentaries.
• Book of Common Prayer www.saintgabriels.org/bcp/index.html
• Daily Office www.missionstclare.com
Young Adults - general
• National Episcopal Young Adult web pages (there's a lot here!) long boring link - just click here
• Keep in touch with other young adults from the Episcopal Diocese of Maine- Young Adult Web Page.
• Hear the voices of fellow young adults on the Episcopal Church Young Adult Voices.
• Taize www.taize.fr
Young Adults - mission, service, and internship opportunities
• National Episcopal Young Adult Mission Programs click here
• National Episcopal Young Adult Internship Opportunities click here
• Episcopal Young Adult Service Corps click here
• Jobs at Episcopal summer camps and conference centers around the country: a great way to travel click here
• Lutheran summer camps www.elca.org/camps
• YWAM - Youth With a Mission www.ywam.org
Exploring Ministry
• Explore Ministry: The Adventure of a Lifetime www.exploreministry.org
• Callings: Exploring God's Call to Ordained Ministry click here
• Pathways to Ministry summer internships for college juniors and seniors click here
• Pathways to Ministry summer conference for college juniors and seniors click here
• Lilly Summer Discernment Institute offers summer internships with stipends for college students wishing to test a career in ordained ministry and other church-related and service vocations. Applications are due in February. Find out more at here This is an incredible opportunity!
A Christian Ministry in the National Parks gives you a chance both to work in some of the most beautiful places in the country and to explore ministry. For the inside scoop, talk to Rev. Ben Shambaugh. For more info, click here.
• Internships Exploring Ministry in the Diocese of Maine – contact Jane Hartwell at youth@episcopalmaine.org for more info.
• Financial Aid for Seminary
click here or here
Jobs
• Camp Bishopswood www.campbishopswood.org
• Diocesan Youth Ministries Internships (part time summers and vacations): contact Jane at youth@episcopalmaine.org
• Diocesan Youth Ministries Shopper (for about 20 events per year): contact Joan at jdellatorre@episcopalmaine.org
• Job listing on the National Episcopal web site click here
Resources for youth leaders:
• Before you spend money on books, get in touch with us at Diocesan Youth Ministries because if we already have it, we'll lend it to you: Email us at youth@episcopalmaine.org.
• Youth Worker Journal www.youthspecialties.com/articles/index.php
• Group Magazine www.groupmag.com
• Youth Specialties www.youthspecialties.com
• Abingdon Press www.abingdonpress.com
• Group Publishing www.grouppublishing.com
• The Source for Youth Ministry (even though the theology might be different, the games are great!) www.thesourceforyouthministry.com
• Leader Resources (J2A and Rite 13) www.leaderresouces.org
• National Study of Youth and Religion www.youthanreligion.org
• Understanding your Teenager www.uyt.com
• Lesson plans for Year C through Eastertide are now available for free download on the Episcopal Churches Website. These lesson plans follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Lesson Plans.
• Vacation Bible School Resources Vacation Bible School Resources
Conferences for Adults who work with Youth
• Wolf Fund (Diocese of Maine grants for lay adults to help pay for all these great seminars) click here for pdf application
• Safe Church Training - for training, look on the Diocesan Calendar or contact Martha Hughes at mhughes@episcopalmaine.org.
• Youth Ministries Workshops - look on the Youth Calendar, or to set up training, e-mail Jane at youth@episcopalmaine.org
• Youth Specialties The Core Workshops www.youthspecialties.com/thecore
• Kanuga Conference for Adults who work with Youth (June) www.kanuga.org
• Youth Specialties' National Youth Workers' Convention (fall) www.youthspecialties.com/convention
• Princeton Forums on Youth (January and April) click here
