What Are You Doing With Them? Basic steps in giving your ministers purpose
What would you do if 10 adults walked up to you tomorrow and said, “I want to start serving in the student ministry this weekend?” It’s almost like...
MYM Blog
Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
MOST RECENT POST:
Summer Vacation Chaos: How to get more margin in the summer months
Remember as a kid looking forward to summer vacation? It was like this world of free time, no limits and most importantly no school. For some reason...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 13, 2011
The Other Guys: Are you jealous of them?
Last night a parent asked me, “Do you all do something social on Fridays for your teens like so and so’s church?” 6 years ago that question would...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 10, 2011
The Business Of Ministry: How To Avoid Ministry Bankruptcy
If your student ministry was a business, how successful would t be right now? Basically, Jesus is your product, the students are your customers,...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 9, 2011
Why People Have No Interest In Your Ministry
I asked this teen after church one day if he wanted to come to our high school worship on Thursdays, he hesitantly replied, “I guess.” That’s when...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 8, 2011
Working The Crowd: Why it’s important for your ministry.
It’s a good thing I’m married because I’ve totally lost my touch for breaking the ice. Yesterday was a day where I found myself with the margin...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 7, 2011
Easily Distracted? Read this or…ooh a bird
Ever catch yourself writing something on your laptop, while talking on the phone and the television is on in the background? Yeah, that’s been me a...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 6, 2011
How Not To Recruit Potential Minsiters
I need about 10 more ministers until I can take over the world…or maybe it’s 50…or maybe I don’t know that number, because as soon as I hit a number,…
Christopher Wesley
Feb 3, 2011
Who Would You Choose? Deciding who deserves the majority of your attention
A youth minister walks into a restaurant and sitting at three different tables are three different groups of people. Teenagers, parents and...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 2, 2011
How To Get Them To Do What You Want Them To Do
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be picky about who serves in your ministry? It would wouldn’t it because then you would guarantee yourself a team of...
Christopher Wesley
Feb 1, 2011
Atypical Ministers: Why You Need Them
I never saw picking up crushed ping pong balls off the floor in my job description, but it’s okay. One of the biggest hits of our 5th/6th grade...
Christopher Wesley
Jan 31, 2011
This Is Your Most Important Ministry As A Youth Minister
I’ve been stepping in and helping out in the children’s programming while our Director of Children’s Ministry on maternity leave. Yesterday I...
Christopher Wesley
Jan 30, 2011