TACKLING THE TOUGH STUFF
A one-day seminar from CPYU
with Walt Mueller and Marv Penner!
Tackling the Tough Stuff
Save the Date:
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Hershey, PA
This all-day CPYU seminar will tackle tough teen issues like suicide, depression, self-injury, narcissism and pornography.



CPYU Trend Alert:
CHRISTMAS COMMUNICATION
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Youth Workers: Download this Trend Alert and pass it along to parents at church this weekend!

CPYU Trend Alert
Christmas. . . . it's almost here. And if your family is like mine, the Christmas holiday season affords you more time than usual to spend together. Your kids are home for a few extra days of vacation, you spend more time around the table at meals, and you might even be spending extended periods of time together in the car as you travel to visit family and friends. The good news is that all this time together opens doors for communication...



WALT'S BLOG
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Posted by Walt Mueller on 12/12/2014
 
Christmas LettersWe all do it. . . and we've been doing it for a long, long time. While we might not recognize it, it's the same thing we gripe about when we find ourselves shaking our heads at the selfies our kids post on social media. Sure, our moms used to tell us to "comb your hair, tuck in your shirt, and make sure you pull up your zipper" before we'd leave the house. But there's a huge gap between having mom and dad (ok, mom usually) caring for us because we didn't really care about ourselves, to even the youngest of the young now fretting over how things look. We've morphed into an image-obsessed culture that requires the complete allegiance of our selves, our time, and our money into keeping up appearances...

  

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OTHER RECENT BLOGS FROM WALT:
12/10/2014
12/15/2014
12/17/2014


DIGITAL KIDS INITIATIVE
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Featured Music Video
Uptown Funk Music Video

"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

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Top 10: Search Trends - Year-End 2014 
Robin Williams

Searches on Google in the U.S. in 2014

  1. Robin Williams
  2. World Cup
  3. Ebola
  4. Malaysia Airlines
  5. Flappy Bird
  6. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
  7. ISIS
  8. Ferguson
  9. Frozen
  10. Ukraine
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Youth Culture 101: Walt Mueller Interview on
Faith Radio
On October 20, 2014, Walt Mueller joined Faith Radio host Neil Stavem for the Connecting Faith radio program to discuss all things related to youth culture. Click here to get access to the audio stream or download the entire show.

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YOUTH CULTURE HOT QUOTE
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Benedict Cumberbatch
 
"I didn't get in when the party started. It's also just primarily time and effort. I find it hard enough in my day-to-day life to give myself a context that's private or removed from constant observation. I want to keep a diary so my grandkids can have it, but I have no interest in publishing it."

- Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, on why he doesn't have a Twitter account, USA Today, November 26, 2014.





Featured Resource
Love Into Light
Love Into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual and the Church
by Peter Hubbard

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CPYU Seminars
Walt Mueller Derek Melleby Jason Soucinek Paul Robertson Marv Penner Amy Flavin Duffy Robbins
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CPYU ON THE ROAD
CPYU's speaking schedule for 2014 has come to an end. We'll be back on the road in 2015!

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