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•YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 1 Youth Leaders Only / Music Resource Book / Volume 87 / Spring 2012 Cover: Switchfoot Avoiding The Ultimate Dropout page 4 Seniors May Be Dangerous To Your Health page 7 ConGRADulations! Class of INSIDE: 2012 Music-Media-Gift Book page 10 Man Up Movie (Feat. Lecrae) page 22 Special Features: Twelve Switchfoot Discussion Guides page 48 Grad Prep Sessions (Finances, Worldview, Relationships) page 10 Heart of the Artist: Thousand Foot Krutch page 19 Switchfoot page 17 Rachel Chan page 16 Nine Lashes page 18 y r t s i & n i c i M s u h t M u o g Y n i n z i i a m i i x d a e M M GRADUATING SENIORS: ® HELPING THEM FINISH STRONG AND START EVEN STRONGER •YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 2 >> CONTENTS MAIN/MILD/HOT ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY ARTIST 4 6 7 FEATURE Avoiding The Ultimate Tripping With Seniors May Be Dangerous ARTICLES: Dropout Your Seniors To Your Health MAIN: 20 22 10 116 FEAT. LECRAE 116 FEAT. LECRAE CONGRADULATIONS! Artist: ALBUM DVD CLASS OF 2012 Album Title: Man Up Man Up ConGRADulations! Class of 2012 Song Title: Man Up Anthem Grad Prep Sessions Study Theme: Biblical Manhood Authority Relationships, Finances, Worldview MILD: 30 32 36 ELIZABETH Artist: SOUTH LEELAND RACHEL CHAN Album Title: Do It Afraid The Great Awakening GO Song Title: I Will Trust You I Cry Lame Study Theme: Trust Dependence Life; Purpose/Meaning HOT: 26 28 34 CLOSE Artist: BRINSON YOUR EYES NINE LASHES Album Title: O.M.G. Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts World We View Song Title: He Said He Loved Me Valleys Anthem Of The Lonely Study Theme: Faith Forgiveness Peer Pressure DEPARTMENTS: 2 3 54 Letter From The Editor How To Use This Resource Thematic Index MUSIC RESOURCE BOOK: Volume 87 • Spring 2012 The Youth Leaders Only Music Direct any questions or comments to Maximizing Music & Media Resource Book is published quarterly interlínc at 1-800-725-3300 or visit in Youth Ministry by Interlínc, Franklin, TN www.interlinc-online.com •YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 2 •YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 1 >> << Page CONTENTS 1 MAIN/MILD/HOT ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY ARTIST 4 6 7 8 10 16 FEATURE Avoiding The Ultimate Tripping With Seniors May Be Dangerous The Long View CONGRADULATIONS! Heart Of The Artist: ARTICLES: Dropout Your Seniors To Your Health Class of 2012 Rachel Chan, Switchfoot, Grad Prep Sessions Nine Lashes, Thousand Relationships, Finances, Foot Krutch Worldview MAIN: 20 22 10 46 48 116 FEAT. LECRAE 116 FEAT. LECRAE CONGRADULATIONS! Artist: ALBUM DVD CLASS OF 2012 ConGRADulations! Class of 2012 STARFIELD SWITCHFOOT Album Title: Man Up Man Up The Kingdom Vice Verses Grad Prep Sessions Song Title: Man Up Anthem The Kingdom Of Our God Entire Album Discussion Guides Relationships, Finances, Worldview Study Theme: Biblical Manhood Authority Testimony MILD: 30 32 36 38 40 ELIZABETH THE REND COLLECTIVE Artist: SOUTH LEELAND RACHEL CHAN EXPERIMENT RUSH OF FOOLS Album Title: Do It Afraid The Great Awakening GO Homemade Worship By Handmade People We Once Were Song Title: I Will Trust You I Cry Lame Christ Has Set Me Free Come Find Me Study Theme: Trust Dependence Life; Purpose/Meaning Freedom Jesus; The Good Shepherd HOT: 26 28 34 44 52 CLOSE SOUTHBOUND THOUSAND FOOT Artist: BRINSON YOUR EYES NINE LASHES FEARING KRUTCH Album Title: O.M.G. Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts World We View The Anthem Of Angels The End Is Where We Begin Song Title: He Said He Loved Me Valleys Anthem Of The Lonely Unseen Be Somebody Study Theme: Faith Forgiveness Peer Pressure Spiritual Warfare Self-Identity; In Christ DEPARTMENTS: 2 3 54 58 64 67 Letter From The Editor How To Use This Resource Thematic Index Modern Worship Section re:Tuned Ministry Resource Section MUSIC RESOURCE BOOK: STAFF: Volume 87 • Spring 2012 The Youth Leaders Only Music Direct any questions or comments to Publisher: Allen Weed • Editor: Ken McCoy • The WriteGroup: Rick Bundschuh, Cindy Engøy, Eric Gargus, Mary Wilson, Dave McGinley, Todd Pearage, Maximizing Music & Media Resource Book is published quarterly interlínc at 1-800-725-3300 or visit Doug Ranck, Paul Turner, Rusty Van Deusen, Jeremy White • Art Direction: Ken McCoy • Cover & Article Design: Thomas Ryan Design • Magazine Layout: in Youth Ministry by Interlínc, Franklin, TN www.interlinc-online.com Ken McCoy • Production Manager: Glen Allen Green • Proofing: Dale Weed, Jeannine Ugalde, Anne Conley •YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 2 Page >> 2 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Ken McCoy A Strong Finish I have always had a love/hate relationship with high school sen- her she told me that she had been listening to ConGRADulations! iors. I love seeing the young men and women they have become in her car prior to the accident and it was helping to provide the since that dorky freshman year. I love how they can step up and peace of God in the situation.” (Aaron Kennedy) take leadership responsibilities within youth ministry. And I love watching them take significant steps into the future that God has “I’ve been in student ministry for over 30 for them. years, and I’ve given many types of ‘Grad’ gifts. I’ve been using ConGRADulations! And yet I hate seeing some of them drift away from youth min- for several years. A couple of years ago istry once they get that acceptance letter from a col- my daughter graduated. It was an emo- lege or branch of the military. (Yeah, I live in a tional experience; I recognized her along military town.) I hate saying with the other graduates in our service. I goodbye to them once they gave her the gift. Fast-forward two years graduate. I hate not having to last week – her sophomore year in col- their training, knowledge, lege. I had to drive her car and in the influence, and enthusiasm player – her grad gift. Thanks for putting to help get next year’s min- together such a great resource.” istry going strong. (Donnie Sisk) And so I try to finish strong This year’s GRAD gift includes a cou- with my young friends who ple of items that are important to me. are about to leave high My friend, Patrick Ivison, graduates school. I try to give them this year – his video and testimony are skills and information they included. And San Diego-based will need to continue grow- Switchfoot’s song “Afterlife” is a key ing in their faith. I hope to song included. (Mark Pittman and I are give them the encourage- proud of our hometown band!) Those two ment they’ll need when they items, along with the other videos, songs, go off into their future. An and resources, make this a special GRAD important tool in that for me. I hope you’ll experience just how process has been interlínc’s important it can be to finish strong with your ConGRADulations! Class of… grad gift. And I’m not the graduating seniors! only one. Maybe you can relate to these comments from other youth leaders trying to finish strong. ConGRADulations! isn’t the only valuable tool in this edition of YLO. Make sure you check out “I have given ConGRADulations! to my graduating seniors for all the great music with corresponding Bible studies, the awesome years. Each year I get a couple more than necessary to have one Man Up project, the complete-album discussion guides for or two to give to seniors that may show up late in the year. It’s Switchfoot’s Vice Verses, the ton of leadsheets included in the also been a perfect opportunity for me to make a connection with Modern Worship Section, and more! You won’t find this breadth of some wayward seniors – kind of an excuse to reconnect with resources anywhere else – so make the most of them! them. ‘Hey man, I have a gift for you! Can we get together?’ Who’s going to say no to that?” (Scott Egan) Godspeed, “A few days after receiving ConGRADulations! last spring, one of our seniors was involved in a car accident. Thankfully, everyone was okay but our graduate was shaken up a bit considering she Ken McCoy only had her driver’s license a few months. When I checked up on Editor •YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 2 •YLO 87_Layout 1 2/8/12 2:04 PM Page 3 << Page Page >> 2 LETTER FROM 3 THE EDITOR How to Use this By Ken McCoy A Strong YLO MUSIC Finish Resource Book Sure, at first glance you notice how great it looks—very current, very I have always had a love/hate relationship with high school sen- her she told me that she had been listening to ConGRADulations! iors. I love seeing the young men and women they have become in her car prior to the accident and it was helping to provide the stylish. Go ahead—flip through this book a bit. Notice the helpful since that dorky freshman year. I love how they can step up and peace of God in the situation.” (Aaron Kennedy) take leadership responsibilities within youth ministry. And I love design? Did you catch the organizational details? The more you look watching them take significant steps into the future that God has “I’ve been in student ministry for over 30 for them. years, and I’ve given many types of ‘Grad’ at this book, the more you will appreciate the functionality that has gifts.