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GUEST POST: Tis The Season To Keep Us Going
If you were to try to explain to a youth leader that Advent is…
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Is Guilt Preventing You From Building Your Ministry Team?
In front of me was a parent searching for something to do; however, her time was limited. She couldn’t serve at our programs or in the evenings; the...
Christopher Wesley
Dec 17, 2019
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GUEST POST: Can You Have A Great Ministry Without A Good Diet?
“Put your oxygen mask on before helping others”. We all know you can’t help…
Christopher Wesley
Dec 12, 2019
Does Your Ministry Need More Humor?
I forget to laugh and smile. That can be dangerous for a youth minister because let’s face it; you need to have a sense of humor to survive....
Christopher Wesley
Dec 10, 2019
Do Your Environments Help Teens Encounter Christ?
It happens every year. No matter how many times I test the lights, there is always one tiny bulb that gets dislodged as I hang them on the roof of…
Christopher Wesley
Dec 5, 2019
What Does Success In Your Ministry Look Like?
What does deep-rooted, feel-good success for your ministry look like to you? For many of us, the answer is simply survival. We don’t think about...
Christopher Wesley
Dec 3, 2019
You Invest In Teens, But Who Is Investing In You?
The bus ride home was long, but everyone was filled with the Spirit. It’s hard to believe it took me so long to attend my first National Catholic...
Christopher Wesley
Nov 26, 2019
What It Takes To Delegate Your Ministry
Ordering pizza brings me anxiety. I know that’s something you don’t expect to hear from a seasoned youth minister but it’s the truth. For some reason...
Christopher Wesley
Nov 21, 2019
Why Therapy Is A Part Of My Formation
As I sat in the waiting room, I wondered how I got to this point. Therapy wasn’t a foreign concept for me; it was something that I had gone to…
Christopher Wesley
Nov 19, 2019
GUEST POST: Are You Slowing Your Ministry Down?
It can be unhealthy to be a youth minister. Between aggravating teens, health-less eating,…
Christopher Wesley
Nov 14, 2019
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Why A One Dimensional Ministry Hurts Your Parish
I used to function under the belief that if I created a dynamic program for teenagers, they would come. That meant incredible music, off the chart...
Christopher Wesley
Nov 12, 2019
Guest Post: The Catholic High School Challenge
Who are our teens? That is a question I’ve been asked to answer at…
Christopher Wesley
Nov 7, 2019