Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
Who doesn’t like tacos? I knew even if the night didn’t go well, people would walk away thinking, “At least they had tacos.” I was nervous, it was...
When you walk into a middle school youth ministry program the first thing you experience is a wave of noise, and faint hint of Axe body spray. For...
When I ask people what their biggest challenge is, they always reply, not enough help, teens aren’t committing, parents are disengaged, and various...
My heart was hurting. I had just finished an angry email from a parent that made me feel frustrated, helpless and hopeless. I immediately began to...
As I drove to the church my stomach began to churn. It wasn’t nerves, it was something else, something deeper. It had been a rough week, after being...
I’m a fixer and that can cause problems. As a youth minister it can get especially messy. A teen will come to me with a problem and immediately I...
My small group leader seemed overwhelmed. She said, “Chris, I don’t have the time to do all these things you want me to do in addition to showing up...
After small groups one night a volunteer came up to me with a lot of enthusiasm. She said, “Chris, I had a connection with one of the quieter teens...
I sometimes wonder what my sons’ teachers think of me. I wonder, “Am I THAT parent that confuses, frustrates or scares them?” If that’s an odd...
This time was going to be different. I was going to be able to reach my goals and hit results in a more efficient and effective way. There was no…
It feels like it should work. Hire a youth minister, start a regular gathering and teens will just show up, right? Might have been the case 10, 15,...
I had a thousand things on my plate, so I hemmed and hawed about whether or not I should go to the diocesan training for youth ministers. On top of…
