Insecure leaders leader to insecure teams, that don’t feel like they are safe enough to be able to take the keys of leadership. The team will be afraid to help the organization/churches unlock future success, because they are more worried about their own job, personal, and professional safety.
Their heads are down as they quickly move their fingers across the phone screen. It is a blur of taps and swipes with an occasional sound of dings, rings, and blings. Their faces are all aglow but not like the little angels you used to tuck into bed. Your tween/teen has a cellphone, and they […]
“I hate games—organizing, running and trying to get my kids to play them.” How many times have you said or thought something similar? On the list of priorities, game playing often does not rank high. You have precious little time with students. Why use it on games? Here is why. Middle Years Students still enjoy, […]
“… The season there starts in November, the day after the high school state tournament ends, and runs well into June and often July. Players on top teams often play volleyball 10 or 11 months out of the year. “I really want to play college volleyball, and playing club volleyball is the way I get […]
People ask me, how to you know if you are getting to old for your youth ministry. Even in my most recent interviewing process, as churches discovered my age, there were questions. So I figured I would update the list of 10 way to know if… YOU MIGHT BE GETTING TO OLD FOR YOUTH MINISTRY… […]
Episode Summary Talking about how to effectively partner with middle school leaders to transition children from pre-teen and elementary environments to middle school. Also, he details event ideas, and ways for folks to integrate ministries much earlier than promotion Sunday! Listen: – Spotify – I-Tunes – Simple Cast Find Out More About The Herding Cats […]
“Nearly four years after rolling out YouTube Kids — an app aimed at youngsters that’s supposed to block weird, sexual, violent and otherwise age-inappropriate content on the Google-owned video service — YouTube is finally giving parents and guardians full control over exactly what their children can view. However, the parent-approved content feature is available only […]
Here are 10 Absolutely REAL Reasons I Have Heard for “Parents for Being Late to Pick Up” their child from youth group or an events… 10. “Sorry, I Forgot How Many Children I Had?” 9. “I Just Remembered Where I Left Them?” 8. “I Decided to Take a Nap and Overslept” 7. “I Forgot That […]
The rise of “spiritual orphans” in our communities is a reflection of the true state of the family in today’s American culture. I define this category of student as those who have come to Christ, but who do not have the spiritual support system in place to grow in Him, or they are young people […]
Below are in fact REAL rules that I have had to announce and enforce over 24 years of doing youth ministry. There are, of course, stories and reasons for each, but most of which you can pretty much imagine and figure out! 10. Shirts must remain on at all times during youth group AND adult […]