Supporter Resources

Conversations with young people

Casual Conversation Starters
Call-Oriented Conversation Starters
5 Cups of Coffee (a resource to guide you through conversations about call with a young person)
- This resource may be reproduced, shared, and/or adapted to meet the needs of the user. Contact 5cups@greatplainsumc.org for more information.
- The Missouri Annual Conference of the UMC has created several resources around 5 Cups

Timothy Circle Trail Guide — a free, online framework to help young people gain confidence in hearing and exploring their call from God.
View our whole library of resources for young people

Trail Facilitator Notes – A resource for adults to guide young people through the online Trail Guide, including discussion group questions
Trail Journal notebooks for young people – A Timothy Circle-branded blank notebook for young people to use as their place for notes during their work through the Trail Guide
Youth Can Lead Now – A free, downloadable book that provides eight sessions on biblical leadership principles. Each session is meant to be a conversation space between Youth and Adults.

Trail Facilitator Notes – A resource for adults to guide young people through the online Trail Guide, including discussion group questions
Trail Journal notebooks for young people – A Timothy Circle-branded blank notebook for young people to use as their place for notes during their work through the Trail Guide
5 Cups of Coffee group discussion guide (a group discussion guide centered around the 5 Cups of Coffee resource, to help adults or young adults practice having conversations with one another about their spiritual lives and their calls)

We get it — you’re already plenty busy. Here are some worship resources to help you focus on Call in your congregation without a lot of extra hassle.

Congregational Resources from Communities of Calling at Collegeville Institute
Additional resources from Communities of Calling at Collegeville Institute
Creative Strategies on Calling – a webinar offering practical ideas for starting or continuing efforts around vocation and calling in your congregational community, from Communities of Calling at Collegeville Institute. Download the PowerPoint for the webinar
A Feast of Ideas – Laura Kelly Fanucci shares an overview of the Exploring Vocation in Community program (from Communities of Calling at Collegeville Institute), in which 10 congregations worked on vocation: project examples, key findings, and best practices.