Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
We’re a couple of weeks into the program and I already want to make changes. It’s not that the program is a disaster, I just see things that need to…
As I walked up to the door I saw a student hanging outside. I asked him if he was okay and he responded, “I’m fine, I’m just not sure if…
The weeks leading up to kickoff I’m a mess. It’s always been that way. The stress of making sure volunteers have materials, knowing that the pizza...
As I got into my car smelly and sweaty I let out a huge sigh of relief. After a year of planning and prepping my parish just launched a brand…
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…
