Dave: It's critical to have times to [debrief] the experience. Never waste an experience by not celebrating, processing and creating opportunities for continued pathways to missional lifestyles.

YWJ: A missional mindset among the teenagers participating in the youth ministry isn't going very far if the parents and the rest of the church are not making the journey also. Any advice for making this a shared learning experience for all?

Dave: Ritualize servant-evangelism in your church; never think of it as just a youth activity. It's the easiest and simplest way to begin to create a servant culture in your DNA. An outward-focused church has an outward-focused leader. Let's not forget the obvious: We serve people outside the church. It scares me to see how much ministry is inward-focused in our churches.

Reggie: We've been saying for years that a church has about 40 hours to influence a young person while parents have more than 3,000 hours. That means considering vacations, breaks and the like, a church leader will have about an hour each Sunday, 40 times a year. If we can't equip parents to leverage the 3,000 hours they have outside the church, we'll never have the kind of influence we need to have.

Dino: Valuing the next generation is vital. That doesn't mean just applauding them; it means engaging them. We work hard to encourage the young to value the old and the old to value the young. All of us need all of us. The more we can value each other and what God is doing in each other's lives, the more we'll be able to share the victories and challenges; that means a much healthier church.

YWJ: What tools, resources or curricula would you recommend for use by groups?

Dave: The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns is good for leaders. For a page-turner that reads like a novel, read Same Kind of Different as Me by Hall and Moore for inspiration. The Outward-Focused Life: Becoming a Servant in a Serve-Me World is filled with short stories, ideas and personal experiences. It's a quick, easy read and can be used like a devotional.

Dino: Number one is the Bible. After that, I'd say Steve Sjogren's Conspiracy of Kindness is one of the greatest books on the subject. We tried to make Servolution another great resource for developing a culture of serving, so of course I would recommend it.

Reggie: The reThink curriculum makes students aware of three missional experiences: the wonder of an authentic relationship with God, the discovery that we belong to Jesus and should follow Him, and the passion to demonstrate God's love to a broken world every day. The bottom line is whatever curriculum you use, you should put a creative team around it and ask, "How can we leverage this series to mobilize students to do something and become more active as a catalysts in their world?"

YWJ: What else would you like to say to youth workers about helping kids become more missional?

Dave: Just get started doing the simplest outreaches you can. Tell your own stories of success and failure in becoming more outward-focused. Go wherever you can to get inspired. Stoke your own missional mindset—it'll leak out, guaranteed.

Dino: Provide opportunities to serve together. Communicate: Talk a lot about what you want to accomplish. Don't try to convert everyone to your cause overnight. Allow grace for where people currently are on their own journeys. Pray for the harvest. On your knees, you see the world differently.