Book Release & Signing Pizza Celebration: ‘Jesus at Twelve: A Mandate for Youth Ministry’ (Hybrid)
We are pleased to announce the release of Jesus at Twelve: A Mandate for Youth Ministry by retired Episcopal priest the Rev. John Edward Rawlinson. Father John is retired from thirty-eight years in an inner-city, multi-ethnic congregation in which he engaged youth ministries on diocesan, parochial, and community-based levels. He earned a PhD in church history from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. This Book Release & Signing will be held on Palm Sunday, March 24 at 12:30pm at All Saints Episcopal Church, 911 Dowling Blvd, San Leandro, California with pizza provided. This event will be offered hybrid, available on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85125565832?pwd=MkJveXNqVndNR1BwSldJdzY3OXFUUT09. At the gathering, Father John will share excerpts from the book and guide the group in an eye-opening exercise covered in the book. For more information contact Fr. John at jmrawlinson@compuserve.com
“This insightful book is the result of many years of ministry with young people. John Edward Rawlinson makes a compassionate and compelling case for creating conditions whereby young people can thrive within congregations and beyond. The book is filled with practical advice and theological reflection.” —Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, professor of practical theology, religious education, and Christian histories, Claremont School of Theology
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Twelve-Mandate-Youth-Ministry/dp/B0CQSSG6QZ/
Publisher’s Description:
The story of Jesus in the temple, at age twelve, is essentially a story of “teenage rebellion”—leaving parents, doing self-planned activities. The end of the story is that he “grew in stature and wisdom.” This demonstrates an element in the process of developing from a child into an adult. This inevitable process of development from child to adult is a physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual process that should result in self-identity. This is not an information-related intellectual process. It is inevitable and a divinely designed developmental human process. This book explains how such a developmental process can, and should, be the fundamental basis for a youth ministry program.