Marty Thompson - Today's teens & the ancient text: creating effective engagement

This is session about connecting young people at a deep level
Assumption 1: the Bible is a critical priority in youth ministry
Assumption 2: we have a big-time crisis on our hands
Book: "Putting life together", Philip Hughes, NCLS.
Experiential markers and techniques: rites of passage, symbolic gestures, etc.
In the past couple of decades subscriptions to SU daily Bible notes have gone through the floor!
Model for the posture of a listener: Jesus on the Emmaus Road.
SU program: Ripple effect
Book: Deitrich Bonhoffer, "The Cost of Discipleship"
Implications for my setting: model this in my own life, be a
friend, share their stories & mine, view as persons, not objects.