• Agnus Dei: The Lectionary Comic (weekly comic related to Sunday's texts)
• Akaloo curriculum (Augsburg Fortress Publishers)
• By The Way Ministries (resources and training for youth ministry)
• Café (Women of the ELCA. E-zine for young adult women.)
• Dancing With Your Gifts: Youth Inventory (ELCA)
• Disability Ministries of the ELCA
• ELCA Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology
• ELCA Outdoor Ministries Curriculum ( Bible studies, activities and worship resources)
• GameSecretary.com (free database of group games)
• The Great Permission: An Asset-Based Field Guide for Congregations. (ELCA/Augsburg Fortress. A positive approach to planning for ministry based on assets. Available in Spanish.)
• Faith Lens weekly online Bible study (ELCA Youth Ministry)
• GROUP Magazine and Publishing (youth ministry resources)
• Martin Luther: The Reluctant Revolutionary (PBS program, 2003)
• National Youth Leadership Network (national network for young leaders with disabilities)
• National Council of Churches USA Disabilities (resources)
• National Council of Churches USA Outdoor Ministries (resources and curricula)
• Practicing Our Faith (The Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith) (practices that strengthen faith formation in youth)
• Speaking of Faith American Public Media radio program
• 10-10-80: Empowering Steward Leaders (ELCA youth stewardship education)
• The Thoughtful Christian (resources for discussing current issues, pop culture, etc.)
• The Young Lutheran Magazine (on-line magazine for youth and young adults)
• Way to Live (Web site for youth searching to live life faithfully)
• Youth Specialties (youth ministry resources and leadership training)
• YOUTH TODAY: The Newspaper on Youth Work (mostly non-religious, but great stuff)

• ELCA Home page
• Essential Questions of Christianity and Lutheranism
• Locate Congregations near you
• Locate Synods and Regions near you
• Quick Facts about the ELCA

• Training, continuing education, and certification in youth ministry
• Lifelong Learning resources and opportunities
• AcademicInfo degree finder (online religion degree programs)
• AcademicInfo (online psychology degrees, schools & resources)
• Become an ELCA Leader 
• "Life, Jobs, Career: The Lutheran Understanding of Vocation"
• Youth ministry position openings (ELCA Youth Ministry Network)

• A Portrait of "Generation Next": How Young People View Their Lives, Futures and Politics research summary (The Pew Research Center, 2007)
• American High (PBS)
• Beloit College Mindset List (lists of cultural and social realities for each graduating class)
• Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
• Hollywood Jesus (“Pop Culture from a Spiritual Point of View”)
• Growing Up Online (PBS FRONTLINE)
• Ministry and Media (reviews and resources; subscription fee)
• PopCultures.com
• Pop Matters (a magazine of global culture)
• The Merchants of Cool (PBS Frontline report on marketers of pop culture)
• The Secret Life of the Brain (Episode 3: The Teenage Brain) (PBS)

Technology and youth ministry

• Abbreviations used in IM (Instant Messages), Chat Rooms, Short Message Service (SMS), Text Message, and Email (techdictionary.com)
• "Lead Us to Tweet, and Forgive the Trespassers" (07/04/09, The New York Times)
• New Technology and Youth Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Online Computer Dictionary. Search for computer, Internet and telecommunications terms, acronyms, emoticons or smilies, chat abbreviations, filename extensions, HTML tags, and domain suffixes. (techdictionary.com)
• Sex and Tech: What's Really Going On (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)
• Social Networking Sites: Safety Tips for Tweens and Teens (Federal Trade Commission)
• Tech Geek blog (ELCA Youth Ministry Network)
• "Tech and Youth: Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves" (July/August 2009 issue of ELCA Lutheran Partners Online)
• Technology and Ministry (The Journal of Student Ministries)
• Technology articles (free resources from Youth Specialties)
• Teens, Sex and Technology (Psych Central)
• Pew Internet & American Life Project (teens and technology research and articles)

• Center for Youth Studies (resources, programs, and help for leaders in youth ministry)
• Child Trends Databank
• ELCA Department for Research and Evaluation (Demographic information for your community and congregation. A free service for congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.) 1-800-638-3522, ext. 2990
• DisabilityInfo.gov (research and resources for persons with disabilities)
• Girl Scouts (links to research and statistics on children, youth, and families)
• Kids Count Data Book (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
• Monitoring the Future (a continuing study of American youth)
• National Study of Youth and Religion (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Portraits of Protestant Teens: A report on Teenagers in Major U.S. Denominations (National Study for Youth & Religion, 2005)
• Recording Industry Association of America (music trends found under “Market Data”)
• Religion News Service (secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics)
• Search Institute (research and resources)
• Seven "vectors" of development through which young adults "typically" go in their college years (Arthur Chickering, University of Puget Sound)
• Spirituality in Higher Education: A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose (UCLA, 2005)
• Study of Exemplary Congregations in Youth Ministry (research and resources)
• The Barna Group
• The Gallup Organization
• The Pew Charitable Trusts and Research Center
• UCLA survey of incoming freshman
• U.S. Administration for Children and Families (statistics and research)
• Youth Today (each newsletter highlights current research and news)

• California Newsreel: Film and Video for Social Change (social justice films that inspire, educate and engage audiences)
• Close the Book on Hate: 101 Ways to Combat Prejudice (PDF file) (Anti-Defamation League)
• ColorLines magazine (online news stories and articles on racism, justice and poverty)
• Deconstructing Online Hate Sites (Media Awareness Network)
• Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America by Joseph Barndt. Fortress Press, 2007.
• ELCA Multicultural Ministries
• ELCA Spanish language resources
• ELCA social ministry
• Facing History and Ourselves (genocide)
• Hate Crimes (Civilrights.org)
• Lutheran Human Relations Association (LHRA)
• Monitoring hate and extremist activity, The Intelligence Project (Southern Poverty Law Center)
• Museum on the Seam (artistic expressions on conflict, communities, and people)
• Race: The Power of Illusion (PBS interactive online companion to California Newsreel's 3-part documentary on race in society, science and history.)
• Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance
• The Simba Circle (camping program for African American boys)
• The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
• Tolerance.Org (Resources for developing tolerance and fighting hate. On-line tests for individuals to examine hidden bias.)
• Visual database of extremist symbols, logos and tattoos (Anti-Defamation League)

• Youth and outdoor ministry ecumenical resources
• BBC World Service Guide to Religions (information on world religions)
• Beliefnet.com
• Catholic Youth Networking
• Church World Service
• Ecumenical youth resources
• ELCA Related Organizations
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (Youth Online)
• Interfaith Youth Core (builds mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious traditions by empowering them to work together to serve others)
• Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Youth Ministry
• Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
• Lutheran World Federation Youth
• National Council of Churches USA (NCCC)
• Presbyterian Youth Ministry
• Religion News Service (secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics)
• United Church of Christ (UCC youth site)
• World Council of Churches (WCC youth site)
• World Religions Index (information on world religions)

• Boy Scouts of America
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America
• Camp Fire USA (for boys and girls)
• FFA (agricultural education and leadership development for youth)
• 4-H USA (teaching leadership, citizenship, and life skills for youth)
• Girl Scouts USA
• National Lutheran Association of Scouters
• Programs of Religious Activities with Youth (PRAY) (information for religious activity recognitions for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Campfire boys and girls)
• Scouting for Lutheran Youth
• YMCA (men)
• YWCA (women)

• Alternatives for Simple Living
• An Inconvenient Truth movie and Web resources (global warming)
• Awakening to God's Call to Earthkeeping (PDF) (4-session small group study. ELCA)
• Calculate your personal CO2 impact
• Carbon footprint calculator
• Clinton Climate Initiative (The Clinton Foundation)
• Earthwatch Institute
• Eco-Justice resources (National Council of Churches)
• ELCA Advocacy
• ELCA Social Statement on Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice
• ELCA World Hunger water resources
• ELCA Youth Ministry resources for hunger & justice
• Evangelical Environmental Network & Creation Care magazine
• Mindful Living: Human Health, Pollution, and Toxics (program resource for youth
  and adults)
• National Geographic Environment News
• National Geographic article Haste Makes Waste: Learning To Travel
• Resources on global warming (ELCA)
• The Pew Charitable Trusts projects
• United Nations Environment Program
• Voluntary Simplicity five-session course (Northwest Earth Institute)
• WE can solve the climate crisis (The We Campaign)

• Democratic National Committee
• ELCA Advocacy
• ELCA Washington Office (federal advocacy)
• House (Congress)
• The Interfaith Alliance
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
• Lutheran Office for World Community 
• Lutheran World Federation
• Lutheran World Relief
• Republican National Committee
• Rock the Vote (Rock the Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded in 1990. Rock the Vote engages youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities.)
• Senate (Congress)
• The White House
• United Nations (available in Spanish and other languages)
• U.S. Supreme Court

• Center for Global Education at Augsburg College (travel seminars)
• Children's Defense Fund
• Church World Service
• ELCA Domestic Disaster Response
• ELCA Social Statement: Economic Life Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All 
• ELCA world hunger and disaster response resources
• ELCA Youth Ministry Hunger and Justice
• Eradicating Global Poverty: A Christian Study Guide on the Millennium Development Goals (National Council of the Churches of Christ USA)
• FreeRice.com games and quizzes that help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
• Habitat for Humanity
• Helping Young People Give -- Globally (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• Hunger & Hope: Dramas about Poverty, Hunger and Mission (11 drama scripts for congregations developed in partnership with the ELCA World Hunger Program.
• Jesus Justice Jazz: The Tour (music tour for ELCA World Hunger and promoting among youth lives of compassionate justice and service)
• Just Neighbors (interactive curriculum on poverty)
• Lutheran Advocacy
• Lutheran Disaster Response
• Lutheran World Relief
• Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Coffee Project
• National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
• Souper Bowl of Caring (annual cross-denominational fund raiser to fight hunger and poverty)
• Stand with Africa
• Steinbruck Center for Urban Studies. (Located at Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, DC. Education and volunteer opportunities to make a positive difference in communities by addressing the root causes of homelessness and poverty.)
• Taking Root (ELCA curriculum about the root causes and basic solutions to world hunger. Materials for children and youth.) 
• Thrivent Builds program (with Habitat for Humanity) (Community development and housing. Volunteer service opportunities)
• Wheat Ridge Ministries (seeding new and innovative ministries that focus on health of body, mind and spirit)

• Alternatives for Simple Living (resources)
• Awakening to God's Call to Earthkeeping (PDF) (4-session small group study. ELCA)
• ELCA Social Statements and Messages
• ELCA Social Statement on Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice
• ELCA Social Statement: Economic Life Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All
• ELCA World Hunger Top 40 Resources
• 10-10-80: Empowering Steward Leaders (ELCA; youth resources)
• THE RACE: A Simplicity Musical (an ELCA Hunger Education resource by Jay Beech)
• Voluntary Simplicity five-session course (Northwest Earth Institute)
• Whose birthday is it, anyway? Ideas for a Christ-centered holiday. (Alternatives for Simple Living)

• Center for Media Literacy (increasing media literacy among youth and adults)
• Children and Media (PBS resources for parents. Includes youth.)
• ChristianityToday Movies.com (movie reviews and discussion guides)
• Culture Comments (ELCA list of resources for movie, book, and media discussions)
• How to Comply With The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (article by the Direct Marketing Association)
• Internet Movie Database (movie reviews, movie database search)
• Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival (music program for youth)
• The Lutheran Youth Choir of North America (touring choir for youth)
• Ministry and Media (reviews and resources; subscription fee)
• Recording Industry Association of America (music trends found under “Market Data”)
• ReelWorld movie discussions (ELCA Youth Ministries)
• Relevant Magazine.com (Web site for twenty-something Christians)
• Religion News Service (secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics)
• The Thoughtful Christian (resources for discussing pop culture, etc.)
• Using Popular Media in Youth Ministries (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• Western States Servant Band (ELCA)

• A Message on Community Violence (ELCA)
• American Psychological Association resources and articles
• An ELCA Social Statement on For Peace in God's World
• Center for Global Education at Augsburg College (travel seminars)
• Center for New Community (faith-based initiatives for community revitalization, democracy, justice and racial equality)
• Church Folks for a Better America (Coalition for Peace Action)
• ELCA Lutheran Men in Mission
• ELCA resources on peace and war
• ELCA social ministry programs
• ELCA Social Statements and Messages
• Faith Trust Institute
• Hate Crimes: An American Tragedy (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• Interfaith Voices for Peace and Justice
• Journal of Lutheran Ethics 
• Just Peace and Just Peacemaking (Journal of Lutheran Ethics articles)
• Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
• Lutheran Peace Fellowship
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• Presbyterian Peacemaking Resources
• Resources on Youth Violence (Youth Specialties)
• Soulforce (ending spiritual violence against GLBT people)
• Talking Together as Christians about Tough Social Issues (ELCA)
• Walking Jesus' Path of Peace (ELCA youth and adult resource for dialogue and Bible study about living faithfully in a violent world. Order from Augsburg Fortress.)
• Women of the ELCA (WELCA)

• Associates in Education and Prevention in Pastoral Practice
• Church Mutual Insurance (risk management resources)
• Ensure Safe Boundaries in Youth Ministries (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• Faith Trust Institute
• Resources about domestic violence (Women of the ELCA)
• How to Comply With The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (article by the Direct Marketing Association)
• Child Welfare Information Gateway (US Department of Health and Human Services)
• Preventing and Responding to Abuse: A Tough Part of Youth Ministry (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church and Safe Sanctuaries for Youth: Reducing the Risk of Abuse in Youth Ministries (Upper Room Bookstore)

• American Camping Association (resources for camps, but informative for youth ministry)
• Church Mutual Insurance Risk Management Resources
• ELCA insurance and risk management resources for congregations
• Faith Trust Institute
• GuideOne Insurance: Center for Risk Management
• How to Comply With The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (article by the Direct Marketing Association)
• Legal issues for congregations of the ELCA
• Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church and Safe Sanctuaries for Youth: Reducing the Risk of Abuse in Youth Ministries (Upper Room Bookstore)
• Youth Ministry is Risky Business (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)

• American Red Cross
• AmeriCorps
• Church of the Brethren Young Adult Workcamps
• Corporation for National & Community Service
• ELCA Domestic Disaster Response
• ELCA Hunger Program
• ELCA Outdoor Ministries (paid and volunteer staff opportunities, Servant Events) 
• ELCA Young Adult Volunteers in Global Mission (one-year oversees volunteer opportunities in church or social service ministries)
• Interfaith Youth Core (builds mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious traditions by empowering them to work together to serve others)
• Lutheran Services in America (social ministry organizations)
• Lutheran Service Corps (year-long volunteer opportunities in Omaha, NE)
• Lutheran Volunteer Corps (year-long volunteer opportunities in ten metropolitan areas across the US)
• Materials and resources about the Katrina recovery ministries of the Bayou Conference of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod
• SALLT (Service and Learning Leadership Team. Service-learning training and opportunities for youth in Region 1.)
• Servant Year (Episcopal/ELCA) (year-long volunteer opportunities in Philadelphia, PA)
• The Peace Corps
• Thrivent Builds program with Habitat for Humanity (Community development and housing. Volunteer service opportunities)
• Urban Servant Corps (year-long volunteer opportunities in Denver, CO)
• Welcome Forward: A Field Guide for Global Travelers (ELCA Global Mission. Handbook, music CD, and Web site)
• Youth Service America and National Youth Service Day
• Youth Works

• A Message on AIDS and the Church's Ministry of Caring (ELCA)
• A Message on Commercial Sexual Exploitation (ELCA)
• A Message on Sexuality: Some Common Convictions (ELCA)
• 'Boys will be boys,' right? Not necessarily so! (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• ELCA FAQs about the 2009 Churchwide Assembly actions regarding human sexuality
• ELCA Lutheran Men in Mission resources
• ELCA Social Statement on Abortion
• ELCA resources on human sexuality
• ELCA resources on ethics and moral deliberation
• Good Sex 2.0 Curriculum Kit (Youth Specialties)
• Journey Together Faithfully: A Call to Study and Dialogue (resources for discussing the ELCA's study of human sexuality)
• Lutherans Concerned (inclusion and justice for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities)
• Promote 'Girl Power' in Your Congregation (ELCA Youth Ministries Help Sheet)
• Raising Healthy Kids: Families Talk About Sexual Health DVD. AboutHealth.com and Family Health Productions. (for parents of preadolescents and adolescents)
• "Re-Thinking Adolescent Sexual Ethics: A Social Justice Obligation to Adolescent Sexual Health" (article in Journal of Lutheran Ethics)
• Risking Difficult Discussions (ELCA Youth Ministries)
• Soulforce (ending spiritual violence against GLBT people)
• Stop Hate Crimes (article on preventing anti-gay violence)

• American Association of Suicidology
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
• ELCA message on Suicide Prevention
• Friends for Survival (a network for families surviving suicide loss)
• Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief (an article from the Hospice Net)
• Lutheran Services in America (social ministry organization locater)
• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (US Department of Health and Human Services. Español.)
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US Department of Health and Human Services. Español.)
• Preventing Adolescent Suicide (ACE Network)
• Preventing Teen Suicide (an article from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
• SpanUSA Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network (resources page)
• Stephen Ministries (training and resources for lay ministries of care)
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD. Formerly Students Against Drunk Drivers) (prevention of destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence, and teen depression and suicide)
• Suicide Among the Young (article from the Surgeon General's Office)
• Suicide warning signs
• The Compassionate Friends (help for families suffering the loss of a child)
• Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (youth and adults who work with youth)
• Young People and Suicide (Mental Health America)

• Al-Anon/Alateen (Alcoholism recovery. Español.)
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Alcoholism recovery. Español.)
• Lutheran Services in America (social ministry organization locater)
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
  (a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services. Español.)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (Department of Health and Human Services. Español.)
• Parents. The Anti-Drug. (The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign) (Drug abuse prevention and education Web site for parents. Español.)
• The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (Resources and programs. Español.)
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD. Formerly Students Against Drunk Drivers) (prevention of destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence, and teen depression and suicide)
• US Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (links, programs, and resources)