Tag Archive for youth ministry
Walt Mueller: Common Sense And The...
Things To Talk About With The Kids
Kidmin: Why the Youth Pastor Should Be...
No one else in ministry is dealing with the same things you are: parent issues, school overload, extracurricular activities, etc
How The Catechism Keeps Us From Bad...
Question one of the Catechism shapes our whole existence…we belong to Jesus and not to ourselves
Are We Preparing Our Teens For Legal...
How are you equipping your parents with practical and spiritual implications of this new legalization of a “formally banned” substance.
Will You Go To Hell For Smoking...
Get parents to think about their argument against weed when the argument that it is a banned substance is no longer available…
In Life And Death…Give Thanks
We are called to give thanks in all situations but I am struggling to give thanks to God in the face of…
How To Reduce Teen Sexual Activity
How to Reduce Teen Sexual Activity
A Baptist, a pediatrician, and an executive from Planned Parenthood walked into a bar to…
The Small Group Fail
“You must really love us, because there is no way I would be back after the beating you took last week.”
In Life And Death…Give Thanks
In Life And Death…Give Thanks
“The boat is on fire!! Do you see it?” That is what I told my wife as we…
Death Of The Dining Room
It’s funny how much you can tell about a society’s social norms solely from the changes in its home design
Teenagers And Cyberbullying [infographic...
If suicide rates grew for girls aged 10-14 by 76%, we might need to re-think (setup guardrails for) their internet social media…
#NYWC: Grace
We have a problem fully embracing Gods grace. We like to replace what He has DONE with what we have to DO
Can Sanford Pastors’ (in the...
We as the church have been given the ministry of reconciliation. There’s no other institution on earth that has been given this…
A Window Into Today’s Teens
Over two in three (69%) prefer to interact with friends in person over connecting online, with only 15% preferring online
Jonathan McKee’s TV Interview...
SEX…. “We need to talk with our kids about this regularly!”
Disney Princesses: A Little Girl’s...
They are about what we cannot be. They are intended to create a lack in us, to show us that we don’t…
The Subtle Ways Today’s Culture Has...
Tim Elmore: I believe it’s time we found ways to combat these unintended consequences to our culture’s norms
Millennials And The Good Book
62 percent of non-Christian Millennials have never even read the Bible
Seven Ways To Deal With CAVE Dwellers In...
Critics and naysayers are in every church. They are CAVE (Consistently Against Virtually Everything) Dwellers
Are Teens Too Dependent On Youth Pastors...
Would they think the faith of my teens was too dependent on mine?
3 Keys To A Successful Relationship With...
Never assume you are always right and everyone else is wrong. Unless you are Jesus of course
Ministry That Launches
Our goal..of creating Christian adults and not youth group junkies then we can have no other end goal
What Should A Senior Pastor Say At A...
Here was a chance to build a bridge to their hearts and help them hear words of faith from someone who had…
YS Group Texting [Review]
The best thing about using a texting program is that people actually will see the message
The Shrinking Influence Of Youth Workers
Many youth workers seem to feel their ability to influence teenagers may be lessening
How To Get Started In Youth Ministry
some advice to those looking to get started in youth ministry, and invites other youth workers to chime in as well
School Tells Kids: Stop Praying To Jesus...
“He was told that he could no longer pray with his fellow students during free time because of the separation of church…
Atheist Scientist Claims Religion Will...
So if we can plant the seeds of doubt in our children, religion will go away in a generation, or at least…
Six Lessons From A 17-Year-Old Nobel...
Observing her life and words, some specific lessons surface for all kids everywhere
You Can’t Know Everything But It’s...
Something so important that it will help you with every situation you come across
The No. 1 Reason Teens Keeps The Faith...
The holy grail for helping youth remain religiously active as young adults has been at home all along…
Duck Dynasty Duckling Showcases Her...
Because this dance so directly reflected her Christian faith… I do feel pressure to make it right
Top Ten Ways Churches Drive Away First...
…My surprise was not the presence of this item. The surprise was that it was not ranked higher.
Study: Self-Harming In Teen Years Linked...
Teenagers who hurt themselves intentionally are at a higher risk of developing mental health and substance abuse problems later in life
The Parenting Secret I Learned At A...
Our flaws are not failures, they’re part of our authenticity
Ministering To Changing Families
Different Families, Different Ministry
Flashback: Instagram For Dummie Parents
Numerical values: For the first time ever your children can determine their “worth” using actual numbers provided by their peers!
5 Reasons You Struggle To Get Along With...
…getting along have not always been so easy…in my own heart several reasons causing me to struggle to get along
10 Traits Of Pastors Who Have Healthy...
The median tenure of a pastor at a church is around four years
Encouraging Students To Know And Share...
Here are 3 steps for students
A New Way To Manage My Work Schedule
My personal way keeping myself accountable to accomplishing my weekly tasks, remaining available to the people and issues necessary, and sticking as…
Flashback: Top Needs Of Teenage Girls
Here is our list of the top needs of teen girls
How We Talk About Our Young People...
Youth are “our” brothers and sisters in Christ
5 Ways Catholic Leaders Win At Social...
A few key things that Protestant Christians might learn from our Catholic brothers and sisters
How To Align Leaders Around Your Mission
by Carey Nieuwhof : In fact, strategy trumps mission and vision. A great mission and vision with a bad strategy will fail.
Desperation and Depth…
Walt Mueller: Why our youth group kids needs us to pray they have difficulty
Can Kids REALLY Leave the Faith After...
3 Thoughts On A Faith that “Sticks”
What A Middle School Boy Needs Most From...
My parenting MANTRA: WITH FREEDOM COMES RESPONSIBILITY.
While We’re Praying For Nicki...
“If God gets a hold of Nicki Minaj, her music could be used to restore women’s dignity instead of tearing it down.”
The Desperate Need Life Changing Youth...
Consider these three pressings needs of youth, you will be convinced that the work you do is vital and that you need…
Quiet Time: Thoughts And Reflections&...
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world —1 John 2:2
Bringing Young Families Back To Church&...
The first 300 to register will also receive The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to…
Ministering to Youth on the Autism...
Students with autism spectrum disorders are often on the outside looking in
Value Clarification…Re-evaluate...
We weren’t created to define our own values. Since we were created in God’s image, we were created to live under God’s…
How To Use Instagram In Youth Group: ...
Instamoments are those very moments where in an instant we are changed in some way.
11 Ideas About Connecting With...
I know as a church leader I often forget to think about these ideas because I spend most of my time with…
8 Must Read Parenting Books
Leading your home well matters as much as leading your ministry well
Why Young Adults Are Walking Away From...
An Interview with Kara Powell
How to Get a Youth Ministry Raise
Youth ministry is a notoriously low salary field with many youth pastors and youth directors making far less money than other similar…
More Stress Increases Depression Risks...
The findings were published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science
The Best Sports… Life Lesson
Football, like any sport or job provides us with many life lessons that need to be applied if we are to succeed.
4 Surprising Things Likes Mean To Teens
Likes take on an entirely different meaning for teens in at least 4 surprising ways…
Sadie Robertson’s Faith Shines On ...
“Duck Dynasty” girl holds on when she feels shot down
A Cell Phone Contract to Help Build...
This cell phone contract emerged from the research we conducted for chapter ten: “Home Sticky Home: Making Your House a Hub of Faith”
Bart Campolo’s Doubt And Departure...
Tony Campolo’s surprise reaction when his son came out as a humanist
Doubt: 8 Hard Questions About God &...
Because it’s not doubt that’s toxic to faith. It’s silence
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