About a year ago I put a book out after spending 4 years researching and studying different Student Ministries across America. What I did not expect from the book was that many other ministries in America are tired of losing in ministry and want to form a game plan to win. I know that there […]
You and your favorite youth leader have a historic epiphany around 10:30 pm while cleaning up aftergroup late one night. In the midst of the glow-in-the-dark slime, shattered glass, and confetti caked onto the wall, you both lock eyes and realize one thing: THIS WOULD BE AN AMAZING EVENT. The next day you jump into […]
I learned quickly when I started in middle school ministry that disruptions were par for the course. Outbursts, fidgeting, non-sequiturs, and awkward smells were a normality. It was like the moment we got into a groove with a lesson, someone would yell something, another would ask an unrelated question and through it all, the entire […]
I’m a member of an exclusive club in that I’ve been a youth worker for approximately 45 years. I first started working with teenagers in the mid-1970’s and accepted my first position as a full-time youth pastor in 1976. This past Spring, I turned 65 years old, and I still am actively involved in local […]
Our preteen ministry falls under our youth ministry. Part of what I get to do is help with our youth ministry. We just did a series that was inspired by a junior boy asking a question. The question is not important, but what hit me was soon after I had similar questions asked by our […]
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Podcasts are popping up everywhere right now and Youth Ministry is no exception! People ask me all the time which ones I listen too. I also get quite a few people asking, when I will start one, and it may or may not be coming! I know my daughter, Jenna, REALLY wants to start […]
Explosions, Confetti Cannons and Slime! It is kickoff season and we should start the school year off with a BANG, so much noise that makes a sound louder than a school bell. Whatever your programming looks like during the summer, the MUCH anticipated beginning of the school year is upon us. It’s the calendar killer […]
A temptation in ministry is to go without stopping, give without receiving and work without ceasing. Although this usually comes from a good heart, it does not reflect Jesus’ ministry while on earth. When Jesus fed the 5,000 He gave more than He had to offer, but, immediately afterward He sent his disciples away so […]