Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
We were running out of space. Teens were coming every week and engaged with the program. When you walked in there was an energy; yet, I didn’t feel...
I had just finished praying, I sat back against the pew, ready for Mass with my family when I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to find…
I hopped into the car exhausted. We had kicked off the program, lots of teens had shown up and I already felt overwhelmed. I was excited by the...
“I don’t want to leave.” I could tell she was surprised by the time she was having at the retreat and was second thinking about leaving early. I told...
Are you a SLASHER? No, not some creepy dude from a horror flick? A slasher is someone who does youth ministry and another job like:
I didn’t ask him to mentor me, it just kind of ended up like that. Father B, a Jesuit at Xavier University was making the time to sit with me…
Halloween fell on a Sunday. It was my first year in youth ministry and many years since I had last gone Trick or Treating, so I had no clue what…
It was as if every small noise in the room was getting on my nerves. My small group of boys were restless and I was losing my patience. Finally, one…
I’ve worked for some pretty great men who have fueled my ministry and allowed me to build the platform I have today. I am grateful for all that...
I’m constantly wondering, “How am I doing?” but I’m also afraid to know the answer. It means opening myself up to criticism, so I tend to hold back....
Volunteers are just as much at risk of burning out as anyone else who is paid. For them stepping away from your ministry is harder than just saying,...
What if the best thing for your ministry was for you to shut it down for a month or even two? Instead of doing ministry you would take the time…
