What's it about?
This is a book that looks at what it means to be involved in youth ministry. It isn't a long book, but it covers quite a few different angles and gives a good foundation for understanding and getting involved in youth work. Most chapters have examples of challenges that may be faced and gives sound principles as well as practical advice for how to solve them. Chapters also have a section at the end for you to assess how it is going for you and how you might do things differently. The areas covered in the book include how to run a weekly meeting for youth as well as how to organise and run a youth camp. In those parts of the book the writers laid out clear advice to help the reader sort out priorities.
What was good?
It wasn't a heavy book, and there was a good balance between principles and how those principles worked in practice. It didn't cover everything that could be said about youth ministry but it does give you the tools that someone involved in youth ministry would need. What I really liked was that it challenged the old way of doing things and suggested starting again from scratch to create something that would really benefit the youth in the church.
What was bad?
It was short - but that could also be a virtue.
Who is it for?
Those involved in youth ministry, but also those who aren't (like myself) but want to know what is involved.
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