What is one thing (if any) that we should consider killing in the new year? What is one thing (if any) we should consider starting or re-doing?

Here are a few enhancements that you can make to your planning that will help your group to do better in the fall

5 fall events….reach new students and introduce them to what your ministry is all about

6 Secrets to Planning a Wildly Successful Fall Festival

How can students to reach their campus for Christ and change the culture if they can’t  articulate their own convictions?

Private universities don’t have the same obligations under the First Amendment’s free exercise clause that a government entity does.

The high school hosted a prayer breakfast and sermon for football players provided by a local church

A school district in Tennessee is under fire because two of its students were baptized on school property after football practice on August 7th

A North Carolina cheerleading squad is in trouble after displaying signs supporting President Donald Trump at a football game

How to Strategically Scope and Sequence your Year

Hostess is taking a risk with its new Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich Twinkies

Parent  arrested after her child brings THC laced candy to school and shares it with classmates

Most parents are parenting their children based off of their owninsecurities. Not what’s best for their child’s actual future.

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The thought a school shooting has become such a real terror that some students and teachers are writing their last will and testaments in case they’re shot

The Rise of the Bible-Teaching, Plato-Loving…

If you control the schools, you eventually control the direction of the culture

In 4th grade, students learn gender is “self-defined,” and, in grade 5, they learn “there are many gender identities” and are introduced to the concept of “transgender”

That said, while this newest trend probably won’t facilitate the bruising

Suffering is the fertile ground for great growth in character, wisdom, and virtue. Suffering grows our dependence on God while undermining our dependence on ourselves

Life Skills that Build Emotional Resilience

Being a youth pastor at one church for the entirety of my ministry career is one of the greatest blessings of my life

Data from nearly 1.7 million men in Sweden born between 1950 and 1987 who had extensive physical exams when they entered mandatory military service

Adolescent risk-taking and prosocial behaviors are likely related and that both behaviors may be motivated by teenagers’ efforts to have fun

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies.

A “minor conflict” between the wives of a pastor and youth pastor at a West Virginia church resulted in gunfire, leading to the arrest of the pastor’s wife for wanton endangerment

7 simple ideas youth leaders from across the nation have shared with me that will help improve your youth ministry program

Learn how to be ready for see you at the pole

A song on the top of the charts, a new Netflix show everyone is binging, a new trend everyone…

Dillard and Nate managed to save a family of four thanks to their quick thinking

But ministry that is pursued by a married couple requires unity. Nothing derails the mission quite like disunity

Having trust in Jesus at your worst times is the absolute hardest. But he is faithful to complete what he started

I started doing pretty heavy drugs at 19 and abused all of my relationships

Teen suicide is the highest in history — 14.46 per 100,000 for young people between 15 and 24

Video series

The result is a number of teens who have a boyfriend or girlfriend whom they’ve never met and never get to see in person.

83% use YouTube, 21% use Twitter, 38% use What’s App, 33% use Instagram, 35% use Facebook, 34% use Snapchat

Jim Burns

Why, We get our haircuts together and ride to church and practices together, he is my little brother and best friend

Most drug users are careless, if a child gets these, they are going to think they are candy

Police warning parents of ecstasy pills look like children’s cartoon characters

The typical family spends about $700 a year on fees, equipment and more, but some spend up to $35,000

Teenager makes one in 1 million shot with soccer ball into moving car

Ask yourself if you are treating them with the dignity and respect that you would expect to receive.

Many Christian denominations are too deeply rooted in tradition. We find it a turnoff

You’re constantly comparing yourself to other women on your feed and it definitely takes a toll on your self-image

What’s clear is, we have a problem and we’ve had a problem for a long time

“Then Kyle replied, ‘Shut up, mom. You don’t know what you’re talking about.’ … Kyle is 10 years old.”

…….“Expect kids to behave like adults, but you should not give them the authority of an adult.”

Social media has made it easier than ever for predators to connect with  children. He said that means parents have to be more vigilant

OK, we get it, we are supposed to connect, engage and release parents to be the primary disciplers of their teenagers

We started our “serious” relationship with a lack of commitment

We found that many girls spend their Saturday nights home alone, watching  Netflix and surfing social media

when it comes to social media, the line between social and isolation is very thin

She took the photos showing her daughter, clean in the morning and then a complete mess in the afternoon!

Sending off a college student for the first time can spark strong—and competing—feelings

Conducting a running study that measures the racial attitudes of 2,500 randomly selected Americans since 2008

(Even when you are not one)

Pop star created by Sony Music gives concerts, supported behind the scenes by a voice artist wearing a motion suit.

Catching a kickoff ball and earning the football team a day off from practice

School staff, however, reportedly did not follow the policy.

From June 28-Aug. 20 CDC officials updated its tally of such cases (illness) to 193, spread across 22 states

Reproductive coercion is a form of abuse in which a girl or woman is pressured into   pregnancy from a male partner

with rise of pro-family policies

Young females who eat too little risk menstrual irregularity, weak bones and eating disorders

The bad news is that other modes of ingestion — edibles and dabbing, especially — can be risky due to higher levels of potency

She fired the gun in the general direction of the intruders which made them leave the property

Epstein Dead

What Do I Do?

You’re going to embarrass your teenager on some level in some way

More students want to meet and talk about same-sex attraction. We have moved from “my friend” is struggling with this, to “I” struggle

The paradox is—they are pulled toward both individualism and interdependence.

She’s hopeful they’ll encourage people to pray for students and teachers, and in her words, “create a wall of prayer around the schools.

A revealing new survey from the Pew Research Center shows where Americans age 18-29 put their trust

They have been told that after eight years, because of songs being sung about Bible stories in the local government building.

He doesn’t call himself a Christian artist, NF first signed with Capitol Christian Music Group in 2014 and has collaborated with TobyMac of DC Talk and Flame

and its dismissal of marriage as an institution that’s crucial to the health and well-being of children

It would give us great joy to see our friend return to the gospel he proclaimed, the Bible he affirmed, and the Jesus he held out to others

Back to School Plan

The magazine now reaches “a couple hundred thousand” subscribers

Hefner’s message of “sexual freedom” without borders and boundaries continues to flourish

…they bring Gospel-centered sense to the head-spinning conversations and debates regarding sexuality and gender

Strong social relationships support mental health, and that..reduced stress and less cardiovascular activation

a 280% year-on-year surge in life coach bookings on its site, with 54% made by those aged 18 to 22. In its 2017

Dan Istvanik

More and more parents and churches are recognizing that students are not prepared for the challenges that college often brings

After she and her dad took turns reeling it in for 10 hours Friday

When was the last time you went out of your way to meet with a parent, when their teen wasn’t in any trouble?

As a result of years of research and writing, there are so many great books available that allow us to be mentored by some of youth ministry’s best and brightest. We can learn from their pitfalls and their triumphs

Heather Molendyk

The defendants allegedly cut the heart out of the victim’s body

The golf cartel is recruiting young teens because they won’t be sent to prison

From the Ivory Coast to India are connecting to the web on a new breed of device that only costs about $25

Parents to make lists of real-world activities, such as making slime, having water fights and riding bikes

This is the latest article in the AG News on ythology and…thoughts on longevity in YTH ministry

‘Put your phones down, you don’t need to share this with anybody’

May do more harm than good and could result in more crime in schools, neighborhoods, and communities

The good news is that adolescent “sexting” is not at epidemic levels as reported in some media headlines

Post Malone, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill and Justin Bieber have taken to voice their support for Mayers.

Young families have found staying put with school-age children more difficult