Kurt Johnston - Controlling Chaos

Each "Mentor Me" CD is an interview with a youth ministry veteran who discusses with Doug Fields the topics that are important for a growing youth worker. They talk about how to discipline students, deal with families, maintain a spiritual life, relevant legal issues, and just about everything else you'll need to know about youth ministry.

"Mentor Me" is a great way to get youth leaders solid training. And you can't beat the price since we invite you to make as many copies as you like for your leaders. Good leaders are constantly growing and learning, and since we haven't been able to add more hours into the day, this CD can provide quality youth ministry training on the go.

Interview description: In this interview, Kurt Johnston, a 15-year junior high pastor, shares his expertise and insight about ministering to students during an intense yet incredible time in their lives. Maneuvering through the maze of junior high ministry, Kurt provides wisdom for wrestling with tough questions and shares experience of overcoming obstacles Ñ from balancing mixed junior and senior high groups, to walking the tightrope of being a challenging leader and caring friend, to keeping students awake during a sermon Ñ Kurt touches all of the bases and provides vital information that anyone within 10 feet of a junior high student should hear.

Kurt Johnston has been involved in junior high ministry since 1988 and currently is the junior high pastor at Saddleback Church in Southern California. He is a frequent contributor to Group Magazine and the author of Controlled Chaos: Making Sense of Junior High Ministry.