Is Your Ministry Financially Responsible?
If someone were to give you $10,000 for your ministry would you know how to use it? What would you spend it on and how would it improve your...
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How To Help Teens Share Their Faith
For a long time, I would struggle to get any new teens to come to my ministry. Anyone who was new was just coming up through the ranks but hardly…
Christopher Wesley
Jul 12, 2017
What A Youth Ministry With Involved Parents Should Look Like
Youth ministry would be easier if we didn’t have to deal with parents, right? Then again there wouldn’t be youth ministry without them. While you can...
Christopher Wesley
Jul 10, 2017
burnout
Why Your Youth Minister Won’t Last Two Years
We have all seen it happen, a youth minister who goes into their job excited only to leave a couple of years later completely burnt out. When the...
Christopher Wesley
Jul 5, 2017
Why All Youth Ministers Should Love VBS
Last week our parish hosted its annual Vacation Bible School, where 100’s of kids experienced God’s love. I’ve always had mixed feelings regarding...
Christopher Wesley
Jul 3, 2017
Why You Can’t Seem To Get Anything Done
A new day begins, you’ve got expectations, you blink, the day is over and you wonder, “What did I accomplish?” We all have days like that, but what...
Christopher Wesley
Jun 28, 2017
book keeper
Are You Confident With Your Budget?
How satisfied are you with your budget for the upcoming fiscal year? If you are like me it’s one of the more stressful tasks you take on as a youth…
Christopher Wesley
Jun 26, 2017
Communication
How To Boost Your Ministry Numbers
How many teens attend your ministry? It’s a question we love to ask and hate to answer. It’s a comparison trap that can create insecurity and...
Christopher Wesley
Jun 21, 2017
Why You Aren’t The Only One Who Feels Lonely
Loneliness is one of the biggest challenges I see my clients battle. It’s a feeling of isolation that they describe as, “It just seems like no one...
Christopher Wesley
Jun 19, 2017
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How To Deal With Difficult Volunteers
We’ve all hit those moments of desperation where we’ll take anyone willing to give their time to serve in the ministry. Sadly this approach rarely...
Christopher Wesley
Jun 14, 2017
Why You Shouldn’t Ignore The Details
One night as I was preparing for a night of ministry as teenagers began to arrive. As one teen approached he went to a door that I had not unlocked….
Christopher Wesley
Jun 12, 2017
How To Manage Your Time This Summer
I don’t know about you but I often fool myself into thinking summer is a time when I get a break. In fact, I often believed that lie my first couple...
Christopher Wesley
Jun 7, 2017