Dean, Kenda Creasy,  1959- <br/><br/>
Delighted :  what teenagers are teaching the church about joy / 
Kenda Creasy Dean, Wesley W. Ellis, Justin Forbes, Abigail Visco Rusert. 
 - xv, 135 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Losing our scales : the adolescent experience of joy -- Intermezzo : I also had a friend -- "Ain't never had a friend like me" : rethinking friendship in youth ministry -- Intermezzo : From sorrow to celebration -- Wonder and onions : reframing celebration in youth ministry -- Intermezzo : Not a story about football -- Trace my hand : the promise of confession in youth ministry -- Enjoying young dragons : snapshots of joyful youth ministries -- Why we do this : passion as the labor of joy. 
<br/><br/> "By reimagining three common practices in youth ministry through the theological lens of joy, the authors suggest a way forward for the church, freeing Christians to reimagine the church as a whole and not just ministry with young people"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802877802 080287780X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019046274 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church work with youth.<br/>Joy--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Church.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4447  / .C739 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>259/.23