Home » Ministries » Youth Ministry » Resources » Youth Library

Youth library

Presbyterian Youth Ministry has a library of over 1000 books on youth ministry, church, games, theology, and just about everything else under the sun!

Click here to download the library catalogue (pdf format, 868KB)

To borrow resources or for more information, email youth(at)presbyterian.org.nz

What's new in the PYM library?

Quest

By Greater Vancouver Youth For Christ
Ref: PRO-Gre
Quest is a seven session video series designed to engage youth in discussion of spiritual issues from a Christian perspective. It is aimed at young people who are exploring Christianity at an introductory level. It is intended to present Christianity in a non-threatening way using the style, language, aesthetics and music of present culture to convey the Christian wordlview. Topics for the 1-hour long sessions (including discussion time) are: Why should we bother discussing spiritual issues?; Is there an image problem that faces the Church today?; Who is Jesus? Does His existance make a difference?; Are there lasting consequences to our choices?; What is the ultimate gift... could it be real?; Is following Jesus really worth it?; How can we continue our quest for truth?

The DVD set also comes with a training video, promo clips and teasers, and a resource CD (including reproducible leader's training notes and student handouts).

Read a review of Quest that discusses how it fits the New Zealand context.

Fractals

Sourced from Cityside Baptist Church
Ref: WOR-Cit
This CD-Rom is a resource for those wanting to pursue creative possibilities in worship. A wide range of materials, sourced from the innovative Cityside Baptist Church in Auckland over the last decade, are shared. Fractals take you through Cityside’s Sunday morning worship, their cycle of evening worship events and then through the Church Year as they celebrate it. Hundreds of ideas for worship, including outlines of Multi-media services. No Copyright limitations. Can be used for both PC and Mac.

Blockbuster Movie Illustrations

By Bryan Belknap
Ref: PRO-Bel
A collection from Group Publishing of short studies using movie clips to introduce various relevant issues.  Each study includes a description of the movie clip, references to where the clip is on the movie, a brief illustration of the theme and several questions for a group to answer.  There are over 160 studies in this book.

The Sacred Life of Us

By Phil Daughtry
Ref: DEV-Dau
This book touches on a wide range of issues that a young person faces while seeking to live a spiritual life.  In a personal, straightforward and easy-to-understand way the author deals with such things as how to develop a relationship with God, how to pray, how to read the Bible, showing care and concern for people in need, issues relating to sex, what to do with your life, and being involved in the life of the church.

How do i borrow books?

Email youth(at)presbyterian.org.nz

We will post you the books free of charge, and you post them back in two months time.
You can borrow books, videos and CDs for two months.