Tag Archive for youth ministry
Preparing Youth for Doubt
Part 2. Preparing youth for doubt (and preparing their parents likewise) is a crucial task for youth leaders as students enter into…
Lecrae: ‘Christians Have...
Album at the top of the gospel music charts and the Billboard 200
Strategy Matters: The Importance of...
Ed Stetzer: Effective strategies help form fruitful ministries.
5 Reasons to Start Your Summer...
So as you stare down another year, you need to start this fall on your plan for fundraising for the coming year Here’s why
Sometimes the Lost Sheep Becomes the...
That last kid. The one I almost didn’t call. Suddenly, he is the one being a shepherd You never know. The last kid, they matter to God
Changing The Trajectory Of Your Youth...
Changing the Trajectory of Your Youth Ministry:
From a ministry to students, to students having ministry to the world.
by John Vandervelde
In 1994 Doug…
Help! My Teenager is Addicted to Reading
I know I’m not alone. Other parents suffer through this hellish reality, we are silently united– bonded over the sorrow of a…
A Place To Belong
I’m a strong believer that belonging precedes belief. This means that if we want teens to take ownership of their faith, we…
Baylor Professor Disputes Reports Of...
…data sources show that across 40 years, church attendance has varied only slightly
How To Monitor Your Kids Without Turning...
Whether you choose to use tech to monitor your kids is something is only you can decide. But if you do, here…
A New Bible app For Your Kids
This app is fantastic it is engaging for kids of all ages and it not only allows them to read but does a fantastic job of using visuals to even engage kids who are not the best readers
The Dare 2 Share app
Have all the core evangelism training of Dare 2 Share at their fingertips free of charge!
7 Ways to Protect Family
So, how do we protect our relationship with our children, even when we serve in such a demanding profession as the ministry?
Changing The Way We Think About Sports...
If your ministry is hurting because your athletes won’t or can’t come to you, figure out how to go to them
Help Students Reach Their Lost Friends
Core teams are built to come around Christian students as a coach and help them learn to listen to what God would have them do to reach their friends
No More Adolescent Daycare
Youth ministry in the nation should be an innovation space for the local church. All we have to do is give them space to fail and have a willingness to get messy with them.
The Porn Myth
I can assure you that even some of the most mature, God-centered female students are struggling with looking at porn
Raising Teenagers is Nothing Like...
And I wonder why? Why is this not easier? Why am I not more effective? Well, here’s what I’m learning.
What It Looks Like To REALLY Partner...
Without parents your influence on a teen’s faith formation is limited
5 Instant Steps to Ask Better Discussion...
One of the most engaging and life-giving methods youth workers can use is discussion
Dear Youth Pastor, It’s Worth The...
…just maybe, you can refocus that program on its original purpose, and bring it back to life
Flashback: Today’s Lazy Youth Pastor
Remember why you’re doing what you’re doing… or stop doing it
Ministering to Millennials About Sex
Barna Group: Q&A with Tim Chaddick
5 Ways to Connect with Millennials
Barna Group: In order to maximize your efforts to spiritually engage them
4 Things You Do That Tick Off Your...
Here are four things to avoid to help make the youth worker—elder board relationship thrive
Andrew Root’s New Book: Bonhoeffer...
A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together
Flashback: My Empire vs. God’s...
Three ways to avoid personal empire building in your own ministry
How To Engage Youth In Conversation&...
But what about new adult leaders? Will they persist through the awkwardness of a conversation in order to get to the good…
7 In 10 Americans Think Role Of Religion...
But an increased number of Americans think that religion should play a larger role
DO I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUTH...
DO I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUTH CULTURE?
By Walt Mueller
I think I’m your average looking fifty-six year old man. That might…
Accepting Students Where They Are
Different students show up at different points in their spiritual journey, which makes it challenging to plan and program
4 Ways To Avoid Damaging Students
Watch your life and doctrine closely Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
3 Surprising Things I Do To Prepare To...
“he (Bohoeffer)often said that if one couldn’t communicate the most profound ideas about God and the Bible to child something was amiss
3 Reasons You MUST See “Boyhood”
“Boyhood” Filmed over 12 consecutive years… I would encourage every person who cares about children, students and families to see the movie…
5 Things Church Leadership Should Expect...
As leaders in Ministry, we are typically focused on our department. But, there’s a bigger picture that we work within
Four Things A Youth Leader Should SayTo...
As I move into a new phase of ministry life, I am in reflective mood. I have been thinking about when it has actually made a difference . .the things I have said
Sometimes Empathy Is A Can Of Paint
We often think empathy is complicated. It is not. All it takes is caring about what people we care about, care about
Ministry is difficult…at least no...
What a soldier on a plane taught me about perspective
“You Have To Eat It Before You Tweet...
We can forget the weight that our words and actions have, toss anything out and see where it lands regardless of the ripple effect it has on people
28 Ways to Ask Your Teens ‘How Was...
Without Asking Them ‘How Was School Today?’
How To Remember The Names Of Students
If you remember their name it speaks volumes. To be effective youth workers we must remember the names of our students.
The Dangers of Messaging Students
Dangers?!? What possible dangers are there in messaging students?
Criticism In Youth Ministry
Want to thrive in youth minitry…find a way to take the information that the critic wants to express and use it to…
Is Pop Culture Too Juvenile? Throwing...
.. and chasing after – childish things
How To Be An Ineffective Young Life...
This could be good for any youth leader
Flashback: Your Past, Your Kids and The...
How to talk with your teens about your past openly and honestly.
Book: Distortion
How the New Christian Left is Twisting the Gospel and Damaging the Faith
Families Marinated In Media
limit technology so that it doesn’t sabotage family communication and connection
How Are You Making Your Youth Ministry...
As Youth Pastors, we must be intentional in fostering community and a group identity
The Value of Academic Preparation in...
A Low Entry Point is Not a License to Skip Education
10 Reasons Why Parents Should Be...
Youth ministry is no longer about attracting and entertaining teenagers
“I Can’t Do this Anymore” –...
A lot. Those of us in Western affluent culture have been conditioned to have a comfortable life. Suffering is an under-discussed topic in society today
How Coaches Teach Students About Life
Jim, star of the film When the Game Stands Tall. The significance of coaches in the lives of teenagers
From My Heart To My Hands: Lay Me Down 2
Casey Palicki is a senior and serves as co-leader of the New Vision WAVE Team. She has been involved with Vision 2…
InterVarsity “Derecognized”...
Ed Stetzer: Will students with actual beliefs be allowed to have organizations on campus?
Teenagers: “Sin Is Always, In Some...
God’s Beauty for the Bored, Busy, and Depressed
College Doesn’t Change Your Heart, It...
What do you do with a broken heart?
Dear Kids: Why Wait till Marriage
What No One Tells You & What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Did My Time As A Youth Pastor
“Teenagers are a valuable part of our churches” and that is why it takes a calling from God to do his work in the role of a youth pastor
Helping Parents Lead Their Family in...
We need to help parents realize that just waiting until arriving at church to worship isn’t enough, for themselves and for their kids
3 Ideas to Get Your Next Gen Ministries...
Understanding, promoting and cheering for one another’s ministry is a sign of health, maturity and holistic mentality
How Do Professionals Perceive Youth...
…without diplomacy and tact only causes us to get burned-out, worn out, or thrown out.
About All the Leaked Photos
More importantly, though, we need to be discussing these things with our kids
Sticky Faith Hangout and Q&A with...
A snapshot of the 5-hour Intensive on “Sticky Faith: How to Help Teens Maintain Their Faith Long-Term.”
The Best Free Online Training…From...
Youth workers take advantage Jonathan McKee’s FREE resource, it is the best I have seen in a long time
Memory Verses Made Simple
Here is a tip or memory trick for your students
12 Tips for Stopping a Ministry or Event
#1.Connect the change to the overall mission and vision…
15-Year-Old Girl Sabotaged a Bookstore...
When she saw a display recommending books to read after the soft-pornographic book “After Fifty Shades of Grey.”
4 Constant Reminders for Every Leader
Over and over I have to embrace these humbling ideas as I try to lead the people around me. Here they are……
7 Steps To Deliver Top Notch Messages
If you do not know how to deliver a message to teenagers you’ll have a hard time influencing and impacting them
5 Roles Youth Workers Play In The Lives...
There are roles a youth worker plays in the life of our teenagers that can be essential to our students spiritual development
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