Youth ministry is a partnership of young people and adults. It is adults doing youth ministry with young people, not just to or for them. It is sharing experiences and visions with each other. It is trusting each other. People who take partnership seriously risk having to compromise and not always getting their own way.
Partnership is hard work as well as teamwork.
To Be Connected to the Whole Church, Community, and World. Youth ministry does not happen in a vacuum. It is connected to the whole church. Youth ministry claims its roots in our Presbyterian heritage by being connected to other churches in the presbytery, other presbyteries in the synod, other synods in the General Assembly, and other denominations in ecumenical gatherings. Youth ministry is connected to families, schools, communities, regions, nations, and the whole world.