Contributors

Foreword by Christine Yount Jones

Using This Resource

Chapter 1

Not of This World

The Times They Are a-Changin’ by Rick Chromey

Try This by Larry Shallenberger

Chapter 2

The Rewiring of Kids’ Brains

The Wired Child by Dale Hudson

Try This by Steve Parolini

Chapter 3

Hottest Educational Trends

What’s New (Relatively Speaking) by Heather Dunn

Try This by Scott Kinner

Chapter 4

How to Minister to Kids of All Kinds

Tomorrow’s Kids by Pat Verbal

Try This by Janna Kinner

Chapter 5

Family Ministry for the New Century

Built to Last by Carmen Kamrath

Try This by Dana Wilkerson

Chapter 6

Reaching the Edges: Preschoolers and Preteens

Reaching the Next Generation of Preschoolers by Sondra Saunders

Try This by Becki Manni

Reaching-and Keeping—Today’s Preteens by Ty Bryant

Try This by Becki Manni

Chapter 7

Church for Postmodern Kids

The Emergent Church by Sharyn Spradlin

Try This by Vicki L.O. Witte

Chapter 8

Emerging Ministry Trends

A Change in the Weather by Jim Wideman

The 21^st-Century Digital Age by Craig Jutila

Try This by Debbie Gowensmith

Appendix: Group Publishing’s Children’s Ministry Resources