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Start Here Ask Ron a questionA word from Ron
Pull up a chair. I have spent a half century working alongside students and the leaders who love them, and I have made just about every mistake there is to make along the way.
Just recently we have uploaded YOUTH TALKS ready to use devotionals or lessons on a large number of topics.
This is not a school or a program. It is a place to sit down, get encouraged, ask the questions you are afraid to ask, and take home something practical for this week's meeting.
Stay as long as you like.
— Ron Whittam
New here? Start here
- Get your bearings. Read the Youthworker Handbook for the purpose behind everything.
- Grab something for this week. Browse the Resource Coffee Table.
- Ask what's on your heart. Visit the Conversation Corner.
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Conversation Corner
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🔥Encouragement Fireplace
Stories and lessons from the long road.
☕Resource Coffee Table
Talks, guides, and tools for this week.
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🪑About Ron
Who's behind the Living Room.
📚Books & Publications
Curriculum and books for teachers.
On the coffee table
A Warning to Leaders: Attendance Isn't the Goal
Why quoting Hebrews 10:25 won't fix empty chairs. God's five-step pattern of equipping, modeling, teaching, entrusting, and sending, with discussion questions …
Bible StudyGood News of Victory for Home School
Good News of Victory is a 52-session Bible study of four books: Psalms of the Messiah, Mark, Romans, and Galatians. This guide lets a student do one complete s…
HandbookYouthworker Handbook
A 42-page guide for people who teach the Bible to youth: the basics, seven goals, eleven hindrances, how to run a Bible class, a weekly meeting, a SAG accounta…