Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
As much as I enjoy working with young people, I love it when I get to mentor and accompany individuals who are charged with leading the next...
We took on three interns this past summer in our formation ministry department. All our interns are in high school, and because we could not pay...
Student leadership is something I’ve struggled with for most of my career. There were countless attempts of building peer ministry groups and...
Too many of us believe leadership is lonely at the top. I used to make that an excuse to isolate myself and pin the world against me. But, it is…
It happens every year. We’re two weeks away from the Confirmation Retreat, and I get a phone call or email from a parent asking me, “Is it okay if my…
When I started youth ministry, I was intimidated by the parents of teens in my church. The idea that I had to give people, who were close to my...
One evening an advisor in our Confirmation program called me. He said, “Chris, the dad of one of my candidates, called me in a panic; he said his son...
Every week she would show up to make sure our teens had pizza. It was great not to have to worry about feeding the middle school students, but I...
If you have ever run a Vacation Bible School at your parish, you know how much work it takes. Any camp that goes five days a week requires plenty of…
With schools letting out, it’s tempting to shut things down in the summer, plan a few camps, and rest before the fall season roars into our lives....
The Sunday morning catechists weren’t showing up. The Director of Faith Formation told me, “I don’t understand. I email them every week and have all...
The day I left my last parish, I was nervous and excited. There was unfinished business, things I still wanted to do; however, my time was done, and...
