Tag Archive for youth ministry
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
Seeking To Reach Gen Z In The Current...
Are students interested in what’s being offered at church anymore?
Rescue A Generation…Book &...
Every person in youth ministry needs to know how to do it effectively and remain healthy through the process so that you…
Book: A Conservative Evangelical...
“I am convinced that the church is on the precipice of a far greater controversy that took place with the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy…
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
If You Miss Youth, You Miss The Movement...
Youth leaders don’t just entertain teens, train them! Equip them to grow deep in their faith and go wide with the Gospel
Growing A Gospel Culture In Youth...
If we proclaim the gospel but demand perfection and excellence from one another, then the way we’re treating people contradicts the “imperfect…
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…
Four Reasons People Are Not Volunteering...
Many people simply feel overwhelmed as the rush of normal life returns on top of the lingering pandemic stress levels
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.”
Programming From Street To Seat In Your...
Where do you start when putting youth services together?
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
College Students Incredible Dorm Room...
One student even going as far as to hire an interior designer
Use Your Gifts To Serve And Make A...
Use Your Gifts to Serve and Make a Difference By the time you begin thinking about finishing well, you have finally become…
Helping Students Transition From...
Create some systems that help students know they belong in youth ministry. Consider a “welcome home” night
Christian Men And Their Godly Moms
Timothy was a man of the Word because he had been raised by a woman of the Word.
Book: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
It’s Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
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
Modesty: Helping Parents Reclaim Beauty
One day I read an article about the marketing trends in the world of teenage clothing and undergarments. I began to think…
A FREE PAUL TRIPP CONFERENCE FOR PARENTS...
Update And Re-release Of A Parenting...
Paul David Tripp’s Book: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens
Post Covid Mental Health In Teenagers
Since Covid, teenagers are profoundly disappointed and scared to hope, and we can minister to them most profoundly when we teach them…
Family Meals: Big Benefits For Big Kids
Here are three tips for family meals with big kids:
Addressing Church Stereotypes With...
These statements are a microcosm of how the greater society perceives the church, as an institution that society must marginalize or eradicate
Ahhh. . . I Wonder What The Poor People...
Walt Muller…Jesus said, “Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:45)
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…
Book: Race Marxism: The Truth About...
Lindsay explains what critical race theory is, what it believes, where it comes from, how it operates, and what we can do…
Social Sanity Book Club Chapter 2:...
Who are you? Who are you on social media?
R.I.P: Unschooler, Entrepreneur, Prodigy...
“Don’t Tell Me I Can’t” by Kevin Cooper (aka Cole Summers) deserves a place in the alternative education canon
Book: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t:...
Kevin’s book is an argument for letting kids drive their own education and for letting them tackle life head-on in any arena…
Transformation Of A Transgender Teen
“Mom and Dad, I need to tell you I’m not actually a girl,” she read. “My pronouns are they/them.”
Training leaders In Your Youthministry
How Do You Train and Empower Lay Leaders in Your Youth Ministry? Part Two
Great Article From A Former ‘Trans Kid...
California Weighs Gender-Transition Bill for Youths Beyond Its Borders
4 Practical Ideas For VBS Follow-Up
Your follow-up plan needs to be intentional. It all begins with your VBS “why.” Your first step in VBS planning is establishing…
How To Recruit For A Successful Ministry
Top 6 Secrets for Successful Ministry Recruitment
What is The Church And Why Connecting...
Student pastors must be diligent in connecting students to a new local church where they are moving
Black Fatherless Homes…Grooming...
Late 1960s, 80% of black children were born into 2-parent families. Today, 80% of black children are born into fatherless homes
Bad Dad Obituary
“A dad to none” and “incapable of love.” Damaging his adult children, and leaving them broken
In The Darkness Of Death, Where Do We...
What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul,…
Parent Prayer Cards
Using these cards, you can pray that God will develop His own characteristics within you and your family to change the world…
The Dangers Of Gender-Affirmative Care
American doctors are unnecessarily harming children
Resources For Navigating LGBTQ Issues...
We’ve included a number of books that may also help you think through these issues before you talk with your teenagers.
Don’t Be Afraid Of The Teen Years With...
And be on the lookout for the release of an updated edition of The Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting…
Christian Hedonism, Student Ministry And...
It’s important to examine how Christian hedonism presses into the real world, especially for youth ministers and parents of teenagers
Book by Jim Burns: Finding Joy In The...
Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life
4 Tips To Avoid Drama
You need to know how to work through drama when you encounter it. Otherwise, you’re headed toward a vicious cycle that will…
Video: How To Raise Successful Kids...
I think this Ted talk is worth watching. I like the term “over-parenting.” I think some parents are doing that and it’s…
Helping Young People To Lament
Helping young people process anger and grief through lament
How To Lead A Kid Who’s An...
Over the years, I’ve spotted kids who are underdogs. They are outsiders. late bloomers. But somehow, they step up.
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…
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
Walt Mueller On this, The last Day Of...
I’ve become more and more convinced that being on the right side of God’s Word, will, and way will oftentimes mean that…
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?
The Catastrophe Of 12 Million Fatherless...
The decline of marriage and the rise of fatherlessness in America remain at the center of some of the biggest problems facing…
Book.Battle 4The American Mind:...
America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom….
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…
Words Matter: Talking About Parents To...
4 Tips to bridge the gap between students and parents, because our words matter
Supreme Court Rules For Public School...
Former coach Joseph Kennedy argued that the Bremerton School District in Washington state violated his religious freedom by telling him he couldn’t…
Transgender-Identifying Youth Nearly...
More conservative-leaning states tend to have lower numbers of persons associating with the transgender identity, whereas more left-leaning states have higher percentages
Kids & BSA Watched Fully Nude...
Children younger than ten watched fully nude bikers at the Seattle Pride Parade, which was kicked off by the Boy Scouts of…
3 Ways to Reach Busy Students This...
Youth ministry is shifting and changing. It is morphing into something it has never been before, and I am not sure…
Lessons I’ve Learned Over My 30 Years...
Greg Stier: The 5 Most Important Lessons…
Teaching God’s Design For Sex and...
Walt Mueller: 10 truths on sex and gender in God’s Word we must continually teach our children and teens
Belief In God In U.S. Dips To 81%, A New...
81% believe in God, down from 87% in 2017
Doing Life With Your Adult Children
Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What’s the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my…
Help Me With… Administration
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
100 Examples: Trans-Males Who Have...
How many victims do you deem acceptable collateral damage for prioritising male feelings over women’s safety?
When States Legalize Pot, More Teens...
Pot use among U.S. minors increases when states legalize recreational cannabis for adults, according to a new study
LGBTQ & School Lunch Agenda Holds...
This administration believes children belong to them, not parents, and wants to ensure the next generation is confused about its gender
Film Trailer: What Is A Woman…
The Left claims that traditional cultures have fluid notions of gender. That’s… not exactly what I found
Trust God With Your Kids
“Never give up on praying for your kids’ spiritual development, regardless of how fruitful or unfruitful they appear right now. Pray diligently,…
Southern Baptist Convention Releases...
The list includes hundreds of entries from alleged cases spanning mainly from 2000 to 2019
Creating Boundaries In Our Youth...
In light of the revelations from the SBC investigation this week, we wanted to share some of the content we have developed…
Bible Messages For Youth That Make A...
Rachel Blom: What Bible messages are you impressing upon your teens to reaffirm them?
Families Cancel Vacations, Summer Camp...
“75% of parents say they are concerned about the rising cost of everyday purchases like food or gas.”
Video: Sr. Pastor Busted For Sex W/...
‘I Was Just 16 When You Took My Virginity On Your Office Floor. (They prayed for the pastor but not the victim)
“Like A Creepy Neighbor”...
The auto insurance company State Farm is encouraging its agents in Florida to donate books promoting transgenderism to 5-year-olds to their local…
Ways To Care For Teenagers With…....
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34
Ways To Care For Teenagers Who Are...
In 2020, it was estimated that 4.1 million adolescents between 12-17 had at least one major depressive episode
Ways To Care For Teenagers Who Are...
In 2021, the CDC officially declared a National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Popular Kids In School More Likely To Be...
Popular means that everyone knows you, but they may not necessarily consider you a buddy
Mental Health Should Kids Have...
Many kids have a smartphone by age 12, and some even younger.
Church Is A Place To Be Equipped For...
What is the church? What is its purpose? Why should we go to church? What is the church for?
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