Church Partnership
Equip Your Church to
Shape Young People
Equip Your Church to
Shape Young People
Equip Your Church to Strengthen the Influences Shaping Young People
VFL Consultants helps churches create intentional youth and family experiences that connect biblical truth with identity, culture, relationships, digital influence, responsibility, and purpose.
This is designed for churches that want to move from concern to intentional action.
Primary Partnership Options
Youth or Family
Workshop
A focused session addressing
a selected need such as identity,
influence, parent engagement,
respectful relationships, faith,
responsibility, or purpose.
One-Day Raised
Different Experience
A Saturday youth and family
experience, typically
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., with
optional Friday-night and
Sunday-morning components.
Leadership and
Facilitator Training
This is a training session to
prepare pastors, youth
leaders, mentors, volunteers,
and parents who will
guide ongoing conversations.
90-Day
Church Pilot
A structured launch that
prepares adults, engages
youth, and extends the
work into families.
Multi-Month
Church Partnership
Customized implementation,
coaching, resource use,
progress review, and
sustainability planning.
Primary Partnership
Options
Youth or Family
Workshop
A focused session addressing
a selected need such as identity,
influence, parent engagement,
respectful relationships, faith,
responsibility, or purpose.
One-Day Raised
Different Experience
A Saturday youth and family
experience, typically
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., with
optional Friday-night and
Sunday-morning components.
Leadership and
Facilitator Training
This is a training session to
prepare pastors, youth
leaders, mentors, volunteers,
and parents who will
guide ongoing conversations.
90-Day
Church Pilot
A structured launch that
prepares adults, engages
youth, and extends the
work into families.
Multi-Month
Church Partnership
Customized implementation,
coaching, resource use,
progress review, and
sustainability planning.
One-Day
Raised Different
Experience
One-Day Raised
Different Experience
Typical Core Format
Saturday youth and family experience, approximately 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Optional Extensions
Friday-night youth message or kickoff; Sunday-morning message or church emphasis; parent session; youth-leader training.
Possible Elements
Biblical teaching, interactive youth sessions, small-group conversations, music and creative media, parent engagement, leadership preparation, and take-home resources.
90-Day
Church Pilot
90-Day
Church Pilot
MONTH 1 — PREPARE THE ADULTS
Prepare pastors, youth leaders, mentors, and volunteers to use the Raised Different conversation approach and understand implementation expectations.
MONTH 2 — ENGAGE THE YOUTH
Introduce selected Raised Different pillars through youth ministry, small groups, guided conversations, and supporting activities.
MONTH 3 — EXTEND TO FAMILIES
Equip parents and caregivers to continue conversations at home and connect the framework with peer, media, school, relationship, and faith-related pressures.
Potential Outcomes
- More meaningful youth-adult conversations
- Stronger biblical identity and cultural discernment
- Greater parent and family involvement
- Better-equipped youth leaders and mentors
- Clearer pathways for accountability and support
- More consistent connection between church teaching and everyday choices
Partnership Process
1) DISCOVER
Understand the church, youth ministry, families, and goals
2) DESIGN
Select the right experience, resources, and implementation plan
3) ENGAGE
Activate leaders, youth, and families
4) STRENGTHEN
Review participation, feedback, and implementation needs
5) SUSTAIN
Equip the church to continue the conversations and practices
Raised Different in the Church
Raised Different™ helps churches connect biblical truth with the real influences, pressures, relationships, decisions, and identity struggles young people face.
Faith-based implementation retains the six-pillar developmental framework while intentionally incorporating Scripture, biblical worldview, spiritual discernment, discipleship, family engagement, and purpose.
The struggle over influence is not merely behavioral or cultural. The church also recognizes a spiritual dimension and has a distinct role in helping young people discern truth and develop lives grounded in faith.
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