Tag Archive for management
Rethinking Partnership With Parents
Confessions of a Struggling Youth Minister
Being Fruitful In Youth Ministry
How Gospel-Centrality Prioritizes Long-Term Fruit in Youth Ministry
Encouraging Students To Worship Through...
What happened? It was time for worship through singing and most of their voices were “missing in action.”
Summer Time Youth Ministry: Balancing...
What does fall planning look like during the summer months?
Book..Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A...
Focused on viewing all aspects of youth ministry through a gospel-focused lens
5 Ways To Partner With Parents
Partnering with them is the job of a dedicated youth pastor who cares to shepherd the family
Why My Teen Hates Your Small Group
Maybe the issue is really just one of expectations
5 Questions To Ask In A Youth Pastor...
If you can’t find a way to ask the questions you need answers to, then don’t take the job until you can
Flashback: 20 Interview Questions For...
Remember that you are interviewing a potential church in the same way they are interviewing you! Ask good questions
Reaching The Dechurched Is A Whole...
The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
Building An Advent/Christmas Series For...
Here are three ways youth groups can study Christmas and Advent while keeping Jesus’ birth central
Book: The Faith Of Our Children
Eight Timely Research Insights for Discipling the Next Generation
Evangelism Book by Rebecca Manley...
The World Has Changed: Our Message Must Not. It is the next-generation ‘Out of the Saltshaker’ for this new era
Letters Along The Way: From A Senior...
Important, biblical perspectives on topics like the changing face of evangelicalism, and trends emerging in American culture
Bringing The Gospel To The Next...
Our churches have a remarkable opportunity to partner with parents in the task of making disciples of the next generation
Youth Ministry Resume Job Search Tips
Does Your Church Resume Pass the Six-Second Test?
How Do You Shift To Gospel-Centered...
It’s one thing to talk about gospel-centered youth ministry, and another thing to actually do it
Free: Lead Your Own Church Conference On...
Two Talks: 1. “ understanding the transgender movement”. 2. Biblical and compassionate responses to the transgender movement”.
YOUTH MINISTRY: THERE’S A WORLD TO...
So. . . what is most important in youth ministry? That’s the question I asked yesterday and will be answering this week…
YOUTH MINISTRY: OUR PRIMARY TASK
And then Paul issues this three-word imperative: “Preach the Word!”
PAUL’S WORDS TO YOUTHWORKERS
The older I get the more I see the relevance of how the old stuff speaks to the new. . In my…
Young Life: The 4 H’s Of The Gospel
Hope centered in Jesus. It was life changing for me to see this hope in Christ lived out
3 Habits Every Youth Leader Needs To...
How to structure your life for long-lasting ministry impact
Grade Transitions
In youth ministry, our hope is that we don’t lose students in the changeovers between different ministries, which is why great promotions…
Shepherding In Youth Ministry – Part 1
In Part 2 of Shepherding in Youth Ministry, we’ll talk about how we can effectively use our whole team of adult leaders…
Shepherding In Youth Ministry – Part 2
How we can effectively use our whole team of adult leaders to raise up student leaders for Jesus
Flashback: How To Lead A Fall Retreat
An effective retreat starts with a clear purpose that’s understood by both students and adult volunteers
Resources For Reaching Gen Z
Gen Z is a unique generation… it’s important that we understand the defining characteristics of Gen Z so that we can best…
7 Tips For Teaching Theology To Teens
We are called to pass on the simple good news of the gospel as of “first importance”
Finding Community As A Youth Pastor
Here are a few reasons why finding your own community is so crucial
A Summertime Prayer For Youth Pastors
Remember that your ultimate goal is not just to keep your young people busy, but to help them grow in their faith…
The Most Important Thing A Youth...
The most important thing a youth ministry can do is teach students how to read and study the Bible
This Graduation Season, Don’t Forget...
Your graduates are where they are, predominately, because of their parents so why not shine some light on them during this season
Your Summer Camp Checklist
Years ago I developed my own camp planning check list
The New 5 Purposes Of Youth Ministry
The heart of youth ministry is to help students grow in their relationship with Christ. We do activities and events to help…
Flashback: Youth Ministry Statistics
Time-tested norms on everything you need to know for a healthy ministry.
Youth Groups Are Becoming Integrated...
Youth Pastors Ditch Gross-Out Games and Help Student Ministry Grow Up
Youth Pastors: Don’t Lose Your...
3 keys to keeping your best adult volunteers over the long haul
Helping Those Experiencing Gender...
Podcast: Walt Mueller with Nicholas Black
The Wolf In Their Pockets
13 ways the social internet is shaping the people you lead, with advice to help everyone deal with it!
Tempted To Control Your Children’s...
But one day, you might face a chasm. And only the Holy Spirit can carry them across
Healthy Leaders… Cheat On Ministry!
So you’re always going to cheat someone – you’ll either cheat your church, your family, or yourself
Belonging Before Anything Else In Youth...
Help nonbelievers students know they belong in your group
All Healthy Volunteer Teams Have
Over the last 15 years I have learned some things in regards to caring for and leading volunteers and I wanted to…
Professional vs. Personal Christianity
Prioritizing personal faith life over professional ministry success
Book: Calling Out the Called
Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership
Flashback: Parents Matter
Sharing life together with the parents allowed me to set an example to strengthen the relationship between the students and parents
Study: Gen Z Wants To Know More About...
Despite long-term trends away from religion, Barna Group finds openness in teens
Book: A New Kind Of Diversity
Making the Different Generations on Your Team a Competitive Advantage
Curbing Cliques At Youth Group
Creating a culture of belonging, welcoming teenagers as God has welcomed us in Christ
Surviving The Mess Of Ministry
Even Jesus had to make it through the mess in the middle. After years of mentoring his disciples, they still didn’t seem…
Advice From A College Student: Go To...
Go to church your first Sunday in college. The most influential, biblically founded advice for me in my freshman year of college
Reframing The Work Of Youth Leaders
When young people are adopted into the body of Christ and the local church family, youth ministry shifts from ministry FOR teenagers…
Book: Communicating To Middle Schoolers
A Guide to Developing and Delivering Messages That Stick
Book: What Most Parent’s Aren’t...
Four Insights About Parents That Should Radically Impact Your Ministry
Flashback: Small Group Management
Small group management is tricky and requires a delicate balance of fun, focus, and
accountability
To Stay In Youth Ministry: 7 Compelling...
Why remain in such a low-pay, high-pressure position? Why not escape to get a “real job” in ministry, a job where you…
Flashback Book: Gospel-Centered Youth...
Specifically for youth workers focused on viewing all aspects of youth ministry through a gospel-focused lens
Recruiting A Team Of Amazing Volunteers
A great team of volunteers is the lifeblood of any healthy ministry environment
4 Ideas For Connecting With Parents
As the launch of a new school year approaches, remember to include on your calendar some strategic touchpoints with parents
How Are You Ministering To The Parents?
What are you going to do with parents? Kids become like their parents! And you better go out of your way to…
5 Steps For Welcoming Families With...
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
A Great Volunteer Process = Great...
Part of our job as leaders is to set up our volunteers well, beginning when they first join our team
Helping Students Transition From...
Create some systems that help students know they belong in youth ministry. Consider a “welcome home” night
A Thoughtful And Engaging Youth Service
So you care about programming your weekly youth group service? That’s a win… I LOVE programming!
Let’s Make Promotion A Big Deal
One of the most exciting times in a student ministry is when everyone promotes up to the next grade
Busy = Something Is Usually Broken. By...
Someone once told me, “If the devil can’t make you bad, he will make you busy.” Doug takes it a bit farther…
Two Resources For Ministering To...
If you are a youth worker without a plan for ministry to students questioning their gender, don’t put it off any longer
Training leaders In Your Youthministry
How Do You Train and Empower Lay Leaders in Your Youth Ministry? Part Two
Flashback: Help Me With…...
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
Calendaring: The Do’s And Don’ts In...
A major conundrum for smaller youth ministries is critical mass, and it starts with the calendar. But before a small-church team should…
How To Set A Solid Calendar For The Year
In order to plan a successful calendar there needs to be: CLARITY AROUND YOUR MINISTRY’S VALUES AND VISION
Revitalize Your Youth Ministry Calendar
Do you see yourself as a busy youth worker who tries to plan ahead, but ends up executing events that you haven’t…
Calendaring: Balancing Family And Youth...
Sean shared that their first year of marriage was atypical in that it was very easy
How2 Plan For Your Ministry’s Success
6 Phases of Planning a 12 to 18 month Calendar
13-Month Calendar Plan Your Kids’...
I had to plan my ministry calendar well in advance just to make sure it worked with the rhythms of family life
Book: Lead Them To Jesus
Biblical Truths and Practical Help for Youth Workers. From who is the trinity, LGBT issues to how to run your youthministry
3-Tips To Crush Your Ministry Calendar
Have you ever had those months in student ministry where it feels like you simply can’t catch your breath?
Middle School Camp Mistakes
Over the last 10-15 years, I have chosen to run my own camps for my groups and/or decided to run missions trips…
Lessons I’ve Learned Over My 30 Years...
Greg Stier: The 5 Most Important Lessons…
Help Me With… Administration
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
How To Thrive In The Second Half Of Your...
Now is the Perfect Time to Reboot Your Marriage
Bridging The Gap Between Senior Pastors ...
How to more effectively communicate with your senior pastor
How Often Do You Evaluate Your Youth...
We’re sharing how to, what to, and why you should
Did You Get A Raise? Do The Inflation #...
Youth Pastor Compensation Update with Dan Navarra
Book: Undistracted, by Bob Goff
What it looks like to live a beautiful and purposeful life rather than drifting aimlessly from one season to the next
High School Youth Group Is Changing—So...
How High School Youth Group Has Changed and What To Do
Our 10 Failures Of Leading Volunteers
Regardless of the size of your group, every healthy youth ministry has a healthy volunteer staff
Lessons From Ministry Mistakes
They have taught me so many lessons and changed my philosophy of ministry along the way. Here are three of the “biggies”
Book: Young Adult Ministry Now
Churches need young adult ministry now because the Church needs young adults—now.
Characteristics of Long-Term Pastors
7 Characteristics of Long-Term Pastors Who Don’t Give Up Easily
Why We Don’t Play Gross Or Messy Games...
What if their experience in the room undermines the message we preach?
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