Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
I remember a few years ago sitting down with my diocesan director and telling him that I wanted to create an innovative youth ministry. He said that...
I had a team of people who wanted to work with me, I just wasn’t utilizing them. Every week they’d tell me, “Chris, is there something you want us to…
At a recent parish meeting, an older parishioner walked up to me and asked, “How can we get more young people to attend this church?” I smiled and...
It would be nice if youth ministry was like golf where if you messed up at the beginning you could get a do-over. I can’t tell you how many times…
In the first couple of years my ministry I was great at recruiting volunteers, but really struggled with expanding my capacity as a leader. I would...
As Labor Day approaches I’ll be starting my second full year of youth ministry at my current church. Starting over is an interesting process, it’s...
On top of helping youth ministers develop stronger youth ministries, Marathon Youth Ministry also assists churches to find the right people to lead...
I’m still not sure how I truly feel. When the news broke I was shocked and feeling anger in many different areas. So, I did what most of us do…
When it comes to a team of volunteers I know that I never have enough of them. In fact I know I could always use more. The question is:
It was a couple of minutes before our parent workshop and I began to panic. We had some great speakers to come in to talk about online safety, their...
As a small group leader of a high school and middle school guys group I’ve seen life change. It’s been moving as an adult to see a teen open up…
I couldn’t sleep. I had way too much going on in my mind and it was keeping me up. I was worried about the week ahead because I didn’t know…
