Does Your Team Of Volunteers Have Community And Culture?
The pressure kept mounting. I thought to myself, “I just need to get through Sunday. After Sunday, this will all go away.” While kicking off the year...
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How Are You Facing The Social Dilemma
Reading my email has an emotional impact on me. Every day, waiting in my inbox is a message that will either distract me or disrupt my day. If I...
Christopher Wesley
Sep 22, 2020
accountability
It Takes A Village: The YM Transfer Podcast Episode 21 w/ Brenda Noriega
Who’s in your village? Who are the people that are helping you grow to know Christ? When we surround ourselves with men and women who love God and...
Christopher Wesley
Sep 17, 2020
GUEST POST: What You Should Know About Spiritual Direction
When I was young, everything in my life was so emotional, so dramatic, so…
Christopher Wesley
Sep 15, 2020
What It Takes To Be A Leader: The YM Transfer Podcast Episode 20 w/ Katherine Angulo V.
Unfortunately, many of us believe the lie that it’s lonely at the top. When you become a leader it’s easy to feel alone, the burden of our decisions...
Christopher Wesley
Sep 10, 2020
What To Do If Enrollment For Faith Formation Are Down
Numbers for enrollment are down, way down. Part of me hopes it rebounds once schools are back in full swing; however, I know deep down inside that...
Christopher Wesley
Sep 8, 2020
Are You Holding Your Volunteers Back?
I could see her frustration. Here I was, complaining about doing everything to keep the ministry flowing, when she interrupted me and said, “You...
Christopher Wesley
Sep 3, 2020
Do You Value Your Own Development?
After years of going back and forth, I finally enrolled in grad school. The reason it took me so long to make a simple decision is that I was too…
Christopher Wesley
Sep 1, 2020
More Than Words: The YM Transfer Podcast Episode 19 w/ Lindsay Schlegel
Every word we use matters. Whether you use them to cast vision, encourage a friend, or identify yourself, what you write or say makes a difference....
Christopher Wesley
Aug 27, 2020
Your First 10 Years In Youth Ministry
Doug Fields’ excellent book Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry is a great road map to the often-bumpy territory of a novice youth minister’s...
Rena Black
Aug 25, 2020
Christina Lamas
I’m Managing and I’m Blessed: The YM Transfer Podcast Episode 18 w/ Christina Lamas
How are you doing? It’s a loaded question that we often respond with a simple answer, but deep down inside, there is a more profound feeling, and...
Christopher Wesley
Aug 20, 2020
Why Your Ministry Needs To Be Mobile
As I headed up the driveway, I could see the whole family emerge from the house. It was a weird experience to be greeted by the family, but when you…
Christopher Wesley
Aug 18, 2020