Institute for Youth Ministry

Cloud of Witnesses: An Audio Journal on Youth, Church, and Culture

Volume 10: For Such a Time As This

For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this. (Esther 4:14)

Cloud of Witnesses offers theological reflection on youth ministry. It brings together scholars, pastors, lay people and youth to support church leaders in their ministry. This journal is for anyone concerned with reaching young people with the good news of Jesus Christ.

All downloads are in mp3 format.

 
Contents:
1. Introduction (2:19)
2. "Called to the Kingdom" (A Sermon on Esther 4:9-14) (13:29)
Deborah Blanks

Deborah Blanks is associate dean of religious life and of the chapel at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.

3. Finding Our Way into the Future (10:58)
Douglas John Hall

Douglas John Hall is professor emeritus of Christian theology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

4. Reclaiming the Practice of Lament (11:39)
Barbara Holmes

Barbara Holmes is vice president of academic affairs/dean and professor of ethics and African American studies at Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee.

5. Speaking Out: Youth on the Story of Esther (5:36)
Caroline Black, Hannah Davis, Margaret Ernst, Josh Lowe, John Lueck, Danielle Passanante, Rachelle Borowicki, Caitlyn Smith

Youth from The Presbyterian Church of Toms River, New Jersey and Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey discuss the story of Esther.

6. The Voice of Youth on the Margins (14:07)
Harold Recinos

Harold Recinos is professor of church and society at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.

7. Time in Ministry (15:13)
Pam Driesell

Pam Driesell serves as the pastor of Oconee Presbyterian Church in Athens, Georgia.

 
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Editors:
Dayle Gillespie Rounds
Amy Scott Vaughn
Codirectors, Institute for Youth Ministry

Host:
Joicy Becker-Richards
Director of Educational Media

Digital Editing, Engineering, Sound Design
Art Design and Layout:

Kevin Jackson

Mastered at The Oak Room at Lake McKinley North
CD duplication by Educational Media, Princeton Theological Seminary