Children, Youth and Family Web Sites

Web resources for issues connected with children, youth, family, and ministry. Each of categories link to a list of sites below.

Religious Education for Children
Youth and Family Ministry
Research: Children, Youth, and Family Ministry
Denominational Websites about Children and Youth
Children with Special Needs
Worship with Children
Environmental Issues
Peace and Justice Issues
Spirituality
Media
Leadership
Professional Religious Education
Resources and Publishers
Statistics about Children and Youth
The Health and Well-being of Children and Youth
Interfaith Websites

Religious Education for Children

Annotated Bibliography for Children, Youth and Family Ministry (PDF)

Christianity Today Children’s Ministry
http://www.christianitytoday.com/childrensministry/

Workshop Rotation Model
http://rotation.org/

Godly Play Resources
http://www.godlyplay.com/index.asp

Practical Sunday school and Christian education resources
http://www.sundayschoolhelp.com/

Youth and Family Ministry

Princeton Theological Seminary Institute for Youth Ministry
http://www.ptsem.edu/iym/

Family Based Youth Ministry
http://www.familybasedym.com/

Youth and Family Institute
http://www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org

Youth and Family Institute Free Resources
http://www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org/resources/articles.asp

Huntington College Link Institute for youth ministry
http://www.linkinstitute.com/

Peer Ministry
http://www.peerministry.org/

Youthworker Journal articles
http://www.youthspecialties.com/articles/index.php

Youth Ministry Resources
http://www.youthpastor.com/

Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project Book List and home site
http://www.ymsp.org/resources/documents/bibliography.html
http://www.ymsp.org/welcome.html

Urban Youth Workers Institute
http://www.uywi.org/

Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
http://www.cpyu.org/

Network on Transitions to Adulthood
http://www.transad.pop.upenn.edu/index.htm

Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith articles
http://www.fmef.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=52

Center for Youth and Family Ministry
http://www.cyfm.net/

Help for Youth Workers and Parents of Teenagers Understanding your teenager
http://www.understandingyourteenager.com/

Center for Family& Community Ministries Baylor University
http://www.baylor.edu/cfcm

The Source for Youth Ministry ideas
http://www.thesource4ym.com/book.asp

Youth Ministry Resources
http://www.youthpastor.com/

Resource List of 6000 websites of interest to youth pastors
http://www.youthpastor.com/Resource/

Faith Inkubators
http://www.faithink.com/

Way to Live: Christain Practices for Teens
http://www.waytolive.org/

MethodX: The Way of Christ
http://www.methodx.org/

On Line Devotions Upper Room Ministries Devo’zine
http://www.upperroom.org/devozine/2005/sepoct/

Practicing Our Faith
http://www.practicingourfaith.org/
http://www.practicingourfaith.org/cfm/library/index.cfm

TalkPoints (relationship building)
www.talkpoints.com

Youth Leadership
youthleadership.org

Research: Children, Youth, and Family Ministry

National Study of Youth and Religion Resources and additional surveys and
Youth Ministry Websites
http://www.youthandreligion.org/resources/
http://www.youthandreligion.org/resources/surveys.html
http://www.youthandreligion.org/resources/sites_youth.html

Faith Factors Research
http://www.faithfactors.com/index.htm

Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org/
http://www.search-institute.org/bibliography/
http://www.search-institute.org/congregations/
http://www.search-institute.org/research/publications.html#families

Study of Exemplary Congregations in Youth Ministry
http://www.exemplarym.org/

Youth and Religion Research Project
http://www.uic.edu/depts/soci/yrp/comp/pages/home.html

Religion, Culture, and Meaning Research
http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/mcm/research.htm

Cultural Studies Central: Links to a multitude of cultural studies and websites
http://www.culturalstudies.net/

Barna Research
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=37
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Home

Carnegie Corporation report on adolescents
http://www.carnegie.org/sub/pubs/reports/great_transitions/gr_intro.html

Research on Religion and Families from Hartford
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/research_religion_family_research.html

Religion and Family Project
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/family_Becker-projectindex.html

Brain Connection Library
http://www.brainconnection.com/library/

Brain Connection Neurotheology articles
http://martha.scilearn.com

Fuller Youth Institute
http://fulleryouthinstitute.org

Denominational Websites about Children and Youth

National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
http://www.nfcym.org/

Roman Catholic
http://www.usccb.org/cchd/youth.shtml

Episcopal Church
http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/myp/

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
http://www.elca.org/christianeducation/
http://www.elca.org/christianeducation/educators/
http://www.elca.org/youth/index.html

ELCA synod Resource Center
http://synodresourcecenter.org/

ELCA Outdoor Ministries
http://www.elca.org/camps/

Missouri Synod Lutheran Church
http://www.lcms.org/pages/default.aspx?NavID=1696

Assembly of God National Youth Ministries
http://www.ag.org/youth/

United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship
http://www.gbod.org/education/default.asp
http://www.gbod.org/youth/
http://www.gbod.org/family/

Wesleyan Church
http://www.wesleyan.org/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp

United Church of Christ
http://www.ucc.org/youth/index.html

Presbyterian Church
http://www.pcusa.org/youthministry/

Greek Orthodox
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/departments/greekeducation/
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/departments/youth/

Southern Baptist Convention
http://www.sbc.net/

Unitarian Universalist
http://www.uua.org/re/
http://www.uua.org/families/index.html

Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education
http://www.caje.org/

Children With Special Needs

Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/index.htm

Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Ministries with Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/products/dimensions.htm

Faithability Religion, Spirituality, and Disability
http://www.faithability.org/

United Methodist Church Disabilities Concerns
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/disc/

The Center for the Study of Religion and Disability
http://www.jeffmcnair.com/CSRD/

Reformed Church in America Disability Resources
http://www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=1710&srcid=2225

Center for Religion and Disability
http://www.religionanddisability.org/default.asp

Teaching Disabilities Studies
http://www.disabilitystudies.com/teachingds.htm

Worship resources-persons with disabilities
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/worshipers/disabil/

Worship and Children

Cross-generational worship resources
http://www.fmef.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=80

Bibliography of Resources for Intergenerational Worship from Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/worshipers/intergen/intergen_bib.php

Wonderful collection of worship resources
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/resources/
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/worshipers/children/resources.php

The Text This Week Revised Common Lectionary
http://www.textweek.com/

God’s Children: Welcoming Children to Worship
http://www.worship.ca/docs/godkids1.html

Environmental Issues

Earth Ministry Annotated Bibliography & Congregation Resources
http://www.earthministry.org/annotated_bibliography.htm#top
http://www.earthministry.org/curricular_aids_cong_resources.htm

Earth Charter Initiative
http://www.earthcharter.org/

North American Association fro Environmental Education
http://eelink.net/pages/EE-Link+Introduction

SEEK
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/

Practically Green With Love
http://www.webofcreation.org/start/manuals/scheidt/

Web of Creation
http://www.webofcreation.org/

Peace and Justice

Center for Children and Theology Nonviolence
http://www.cctheo.org/nonviolence.html

Parenting for Peace and Justice
http://www.ipj-ppj.org/PPJN--2dNEW.htm

Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace
http://sojo.net/

Joint Religious Legislative Council
http://www.jrlc.org/

Faith and Values
http://forum.faithandvalues.com/intro.asp

Christian Non-Violence Study Group
http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/peace/

United Nations Special Session on Children
http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/

United Nations Children’s News
http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.aspx?SelectTheme=Children

Center for Research on Child Well Being
http://crcw.princeton.edu/

Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org/

Spirituality

Children’s Spirituality
http://www.childspirituality.org

Children’s Spirituality Research
http://www.childspirituality.org/don/

Children’s Spirituality Website Links
http://www.childspirituality.org/links/
|http://www.childspirituality.org/don/books.htm bibliography

Association for Children’s Spirituality
http://www.cwvp.com/

Media

Challenge of Media Culture
/mhess/mrcsource.html

Film Study Sites
/mhess/film.html

Mediawise
http://www.mediafamily.org

The Media Theory Site
http://www.theory.org.uk/

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/

Movie Themes Index
http://www.textweek.com/movies/themeindex.htm

Movie Reviews
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup

Websites about films and faith
http://www.cpyu.org/page.aspx?id=76666
http://www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html

Pop culture from a spiritual point of view
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/

Movie Reviews for Parents
http://movies.go.com/parentpreviews/

Christian Music Central
http://www.cmcentral.com/

Media Channel: US Media Ownership rules
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/indepth/fcc/

Media Channel Teacher’s Guide
http://www.mediachannel.org/teach/

Media Literacy Websites
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/resources/resources.html
http://www.medialit.org/

Media, Religion, and Culture
http://www.colorado.edu/Journalism/mcm/mrc/

Christian Software for children, youth and adults
http://www.sundaysoftware.com/

Leadership

Religion and Ethics News Weekly
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/index.html

Resources for Christian Leaders
http://www.christianleaders.org/

Journal of Religious Leadership
http://www.christianleaders.org/JRL/index.htm

Pulpit and Pew Research on Pastoral Leadership
http://www.pulpitandpew.duke.edu/

Alban Institute
http://www.alban.org/

Lilly Endowment Religion page
http://www.lillyendowment.org/religion.html

Journal of Lutheran Ethics
http://www.elca.org/scriptlib/dcs/jle/

Resources for American Christianity
http://www.resourcingchristianity.org/

Mentoring Peer Resources
http://www.peer.ca/mentor.html

Mentoring
http://www.mentoring.org

Professional Religious Educational

Religious Education Association
http://www.religiouseducation.net/

Religious Studies Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/index.html

Louisville Seminary
http://www.lpts.edu/Academic_Programs/More_
Information/CongregationsFamily_Ministry.asp

Hartford Institute for Religious Education
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/default.html

Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation
http://www.ptev.org/

Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/

Wabash Guide to Internet Resources
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm

Yale University Divinity School Library Research Guide for Christianity
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/xtiangde.htm

Reference Tools and Bibliographies
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/refergde.htm

Free Online Religion Resources
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/forfree.html

American Academy of Religion
http://www.aarweb.org/default.asp

Lutheran Association of Christian Educators
http://www.elca.org/lace/

Association of Presbyterian Church Educators
http://apcenet.org/

Resources and Publishers

Augsburg Fortress
http://www.augsburgfortress.org/

Group Publishing
http://www.grouppublishing.com/

Hartcourt Religion Publishers: Whole Community Catechesis
http://www.harcourtreligion.com/wcc.asp

Cokesbury
http://www.ileadyouth.com/default.asp

Youthwork: resources for youth workers
http://www.youthwork.com/

Godly Play Resources
http://www.godlyplay.com/index.asp

Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org/

Faith Inkubators
http://www.faithink.com/

Practicing Our Faith
http://www.practicingourfaith.org/

Youth and Family Institute
http://www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org

Christian Software for children, youth and adults
http://www.sundaysoftware.com/

Youth Leadership
www.youthleadership.org

Statistics About Children and Youth

AACAP developed Facts for Families to provide concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families
http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?section=Facts+for+Families

Kids Count tracks the status of children in the country
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/index.htm

American Religion Data Archive-recent religious statistics are available
http://www.thearda.com/

Statistics about America’s children
http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp

Child Trends Data Bank
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

Bureau for Justice Statistics about juveniles
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html

World Religions Statistic Geography Church Statistics
http://www.adherents.com/

The Health and Well-being of Children and Youth

Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

The Future of Children provides resources and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children from Princeton and Brookings Research
http://www.futureofchildren.org/

Viva Network: Better Care for Children
http://www.viva.org/?page_id=56
http://www.viva.org/?page_id=316

Annie E Casey Foundation to build better futures for vulnerable children and families
http://www.aecf.org

Information about Children at Risk
http://prevetteresearch.net

Children Now organization to ensure that children are at the top of public policy
http://www.childrennow.org/

Clearing House on Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies
http://www.childpolicyintl.org/
http://www.childpolicy.org/

List of Crisis Hotlines from National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
http://www.ncfy.com/hotline.htm

Child and Family Web Guide for a multitude of issues for children of all ages and families
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has resources on many issues affecting children and youth
http://www.aacap.org/

List of websites for youth in crisis
http://www.cpyu.org/page.aspx?id=76681

National PTA has good parent resources section
http://www.pta.org/

Children Youth and Family Consortium at U of M
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/welcome.html

Frameworks Institute: Kids Count E-Zines articles about issues involving children
http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/products/kids.shtml

Childwatch CWI Research Resources: The network is a response of the research community to insure that the perspectives of children are heard.
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/what_is_cwi/index.html

Children Youth and Families Education and Research Network
http://www.cyfernet.org/