attributes

The Makeup Of A Small Group Leader

I’m not a great small group leader. I like small group leading, it’s just that I have the makeup for a quality small group leader. I’m a better...

Cultivate Your Creativity

My wife will tell you one of the reasons she fell in love with me is because of my cooking.  No joke.  One of our first dates was to cook…

alignment

Is Your Event A Success?

Our church used to host a Friday night event for middle school students once a month. It was in partnership with one of the local schools and it was...

Maintain Strength During Busy Seasons

Last week after Thanksgiving my body just crashed. I’m not one that usually gets sick. I think my body was just done from all the craziness of the...

Bring In New Teens

Our high school ministry had dwindled from sixty students down to nine. I know that numbers are relative; however, we had seen a significant drop. It...

accountability

Your Own Worst Enemy

I was frustrated and it was showing. I told my high school leaders that I needed them to step up. After months of trying nothing was happening and...

adapt

How To Outsource And Adapt

As someone who enjoys cooking I love creating my own recipes. Creating new flavors and dishes is an art; however, it’s not like I picked up a few...

cleanliness

Basic Steps For Awesome Youth Space

When I first started out in middle school youth ministry our meeting areas was the church sanctuary after the Sunday 5:30pm Mass. While it was a...

Communication

Spread Vision Throughout Your Ministry

I’ve been asked, “How do you know if teens are continuing in their faith after high school?” For a long time I didn’t know they answer. I did not...

Communication

Grind It Out Together

It starts around Halloween. Right behind the candy and costume aisle at Target you see a few Christmas lights and decorations. Then out of nowhere...

Steps For Confident Volunteers

It was twenty minutes before showtime and I was a nervous wreck. We had just gotten news that the student who was to play Sir Lancelot in the school...

application

Application Versus Information

Freshman year of high school I was consistently getting D’s in geometry. I knew my shapes I just didn’t understand this tool called Proofs and how...