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I agree that maybe you should talk with the Youth Pastor about what to do about it next time, but if I was the youth pastor, I'd prefer that you step out quietly to be with her. As a girl, you probably understand better than I do that most hurting girls just want to be heard, or just have someone sit there quietly with them as they mourn.

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Ask the youth pastor in advance what He/She would like for you to do if that happens again. Be ready for whatever may come your way as loosing a parent can be really hard to deal with. If not yourself, find another female who is a strong Christian who can shepherd her and show her GOD'S love and mercy in her time of need.

Remind her to rest in the shadows of the Almighty!

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I will agree with the previous posters, find another loving women who can help her. Someone to come along and mentor her, someone she can talk to without any complications or just someone to be there. Having lost a parent I can understand her grief and pain. This won't go away easily and we need to put our arms around the student rather than making it seem like something she is doing is wrong.

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First, I suggest calming down about the whole situation. You seem very distraught about it, and I understand that the teen's mother passed away and that's a big deal, but 1) crying and being upset is normal and expected and 2) God's got it under control.
Crying is not bad, and excusing herself from the lesson was likely the best thing for everyone as it allowed her to go collect herself and not disrupt the rest of the lesson.
Allow her to mourn. Don't isolate her or anything, but don't expect her to bounce back right away. Write her a nice card letting her know you care, smile at her & welcome her each time she comes to class/youth group, and PRAY. Prayer is probably the best thing you could do right now.

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A "youth pastor" is not her answer. Go by what God's word instructs:

"The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed." Titus 2:3-5

Go find an older woman in the faith who has a reputation of being loving and soft spoken and ask her for help! She will have more maturity, understanding and wisdom too.

Asking a youth pastor to help her is inviting emotional temptation and besides - he won't have the wisdom of an older woman anyways.