Is Your Ministry Phase Friendly?
Things are opening up again, right? At least in some places, but not precisely in the way that we hope. Quarantine and social distancing are still in...
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Communication
Why Your Communication Needs To Be More Intentional
There are certain seasons throughout the year when interacting with parents and teens is easy. They would reach out to me when there was a need or a...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 30, 2020
Are You Missing Your Teens?
As everyone signed off the virtual youth night, the silence hit me. It’s a silence I have heard before, it is one that emerges after a night of...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 28, 2020
GUEST POST: Are You On Parent Patrol?
I’m a relatively new parent. Both of my sons are under the age of 3. Even though neither are in school or religious education, I am blessed with an...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 23, 2020
accompaniment
Connecting With Teens Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated
While we’re in a situation, unlike any other, it isn’t the first time your community has had a crisis. The communities that I’ve served have faced an...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 21, 2020
GUEST POST: We Just Repeated Youth Ministry History at Warp Speed
If you’re like me, the coronavirus pandemic took you by total surprise. Sure, I’d watch a documentary here and there, but I never thought about how...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 16, 2020
Why You Shouldn’t Punish Yourself For Trying
As I drove home Tuesday night, my head was swimming? What went wrong? Why hadn’t anything worked? We were trying to live stream an evening of prayer...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 14, 2020
GUEST POST: Discovering The Silver Linings
If I was told that at the beginning of this pastoral year, that by mid-March: All public celebrations of the mass would cease. All public gatherings...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 9, 2020
How To Get Ahead Of The Change In Store For Your Ministry
Wednesday nights roll around and it’s time to start up our new virtual youth nights. As teens log on I’m happy to see them but I can’t help but...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 7, 2020
Caring For Your Team Of Volunteers
One of my first steps of action was to call my leadership team together to discuss how we were going to tackle the COVID-19 quarantine. Everyone was...
Christopher Wesley
Apr 2, 2020
How To Slow Down And Be Productive During A Pandemic
My eyes started to burn. When I looked at my watch, I couldn’t believe how late it was. Eleven o’clock on a Saturday night, and I was putting on the…
Christopher Wesley
Mar 31, 2020
GUEST POST: Tips On How To Be Productive From Home
I used to work in a corporate office and would long for the days when I could work from home. It seemed like the perfect setting for me to feel…
Christopher Wesley
Mar 26, 2020