Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
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…
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...
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...
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...
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….
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...
Summer brings different opportunities to your youth ministry. You can plan more trips and events. While people travel there is a little bit more...
You ever see that sign? You know the one that maybe isn’t directed at you, but it implies that you don’t know the obvious like, “Keep things clean”...
Memorial Day isn’t just a day we remember those who died for our country. It’s a day where we can reflect on the wonderful blessings that sacrifice...
Events, trips, and outreach opportunities will attract teens to your ministry. But, they’ll stay and return only if they form authentic and real...
We could always use more help. Volunteers are great but they have full-time lives. Then there is hiring more employees, but the budget doesn’t always...
I once had to pick up a friend on the way to an event we were both going to attend. When I got to his house, I knocked on the…
