<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e264bd69-2a5e-4b61-832b-2403e6a0de9b/4EDF70FE-C330-4D11-8E93-3BEA3CA5F789/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm" href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.christianpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.christianpost.com/img/A8826298-6D22-406B-BC99-ACB789DADEDB" alt="The Christian Post" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.christianpost.com/img/B06DE64C-8FD9-427F-9BDB-2DA1D595B6A6" alt="section logo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><H1 id="a_title">How to Slow Down from Busyness, Stress of Youth Ministry</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"> By <DIV id="reporter"><A href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/mailto:nathan@christianpost.com">Nathan Black</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><P>There's an anxiety in youth ministry that there are trends or programs out there that youth leaders are unaware of. But one author calls youth leaders to step back and affirm what they knew all along – that if you have Jesus, you have all you need.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><P>The newly released book <I>Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry</I> by Mark Yaconelli reminds youth ministers that "your desire for God and your desire to love kids is all you need."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><P>"I don't need to be anxious or needy for some formula ... but trust God's presence is enough," the author says, according to Youth Specialties.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070608/27847_How_to_Slow_Down_from_Busyness%2C_Stress_of_Youth_Ministry.htm"><P><I>Growing Souls</I> is a follow-up to Yaconelli's first book on contemplative youth ministry (<I>Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus</I>) and contains more research and reports of youth experiences for youth ministries that are often times stressed and busy.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4EDF70FE-C330-4D11-8E93-3BEA3CA5F789/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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