WE BELIEVE young people learn best by doing...The key to spiritual growth is biblical truth learned and applied in real-life situations...Relationships form the best context for kids' growth...Young people can do the work of ministry -- they can think, lead, and handle significant responsibilities...Effective youth leaders are well-trained coaches, teachers, and spiritual mentors who are passionate advocates of young people...Parents and other faithful adults are crucial to kids' spiritual growth...Youth ministry is a high calling, worthy of a life commitment.
NEEDS: GROUP needs articles on successful youth ministry strategies, including youth-led ministry ideas, understanding kids and youth culture, recruiting/training/keeping adult leaders, family ministry, staff issues, serving and training parents, professionalism, and self-nurture. How-to articles on personal spiritual growth, time management, issues vital to working with young people, leadership skills (listening, discussion-leading), worship ideas, handling specific group problems, fun and experiential programming ideas, and active-learning meeting plans and retreats.
Please Note: We gladly accept all unsolicited manuscripts. However, we don't assign feature articles unless we're familiar with a writer's work. We don't have themes in advance for upcoming issues. No fiction, prose, or poetry.
Best Way to Get Your Foot in the Door: We are always looking for submissions for short, novel, practical ideas that have worked in actual youth ministry settings. It's best to familiarize yourself with Group Magazine before sending in ideas for the following departments...
"Try This One" section needs short ideas (100-250 words) for youth group use. These include games, fund-raisers, crowdbreakers, Bible studies, helpful hints, outreach ideas, and discussion starters.
"Hands-on Help" section needs mini-articles (100-350 words) that feature practical tips for youth leaders on working with students, adult leaders, and parents.
| WORD LENGTH AND PAYMENT: | |
| GROUP Articles | Regular Departments |
| 500 to 700 words $150 | "Try This One" (up to 250 words) $50 |
| 800 to 1,100 words $175 | "Hands-On-Help" (up to 300 words) $50 |
| 1,200 to 1,700 words $200 | |
| 2,000 and up words $250 | |
PREPARATION OF COPY: Manuscripts should be typewritten or printed from a computer, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. Please include a brief cover letter with information about the author and article. Your name, address, phone number, email address and Social Security Number should appear on the cover letter and the upper right corner of first page. Each page should be numbered and include title or your name. Include stamped, self-addressed envelope for return of unaccepted manuscript. Our normal response time to manuscript submissions is eight to ten weeks. Mail submissions to: Group Magazine, P.O. Box 481, Loveland, CO 80539-0481.
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