Memory Makers

'Memories,' write Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins, 'are the milestones by which we mark our journey with God.' And the 50 ideas in Memory Makers do just that -- give you the wherewithal to create in students vivid memories. The authors have recalled the best (and worst) that serendipity has sent them during their many years in youth ministry, then translated those occasions into a rich portfolio of memories you can create for your own group -- moments that seem almost unplanned, moments that are out of the ordinary, that are particularly intense or adventurous or ceremonial. Memories created out of -- phone calls and letters, vidcam events and audio tapes, road trips and service projects, and meetings and overnighters. Memory Makers will kick start the kind of personal and group settings that create vivid memories. Whether you work with children, teenagers, or adults -- whether you're a leader or a parent -- you'll find years' worth of memory-making events and moments waiting here.

Doug Fields has been in youth ministry for more than two decades and has authored more than 30 books, including Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry and Videos That Teach. With an M.Div. From Fuller Theological Seminary, Doug is youth pastor at Saddleback Church, president of SimplyYouthMinistry.com, and a frequent presenter at Youth Specialties' events.;Duffy Robbins is an associate professor of Youth Ministry at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and is a 30-year veteran of youth ministry. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a Master of Divinity (magna cum laude) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. As an Associate Staff member of Youth Specialties, Duffy speaks each spring in approximately 15 cities as a member of the CORE training ream, each fall at National Youthworkers Conventions; and annually at university campuses as part of the Staley Distinguished Christian Scholars program. Ordained in the United Methodist Church, he has written curriculum and served as a consultant to the United Methodist Publishing House; his column, The next Generation" appears in Good News magazine, a journal devoted to scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Conference. He is the author of numerous books, including Youth Ministry That Works (Victor), Ministry of Nurture (Zondervan/Youth Specialties), and Youth Ministry Nuts and Bolts (Zondervan/Youth Specialties). Duffy lives in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Maggie; they are parents of two daughters, Erin and Katie.