Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
Nothing is more frustrating then spending copious amounts of time planning an event only having no one attend. It’s a moments where we ask, “Is this...
REI recently launched their #Optout campaign. According to USA Today: REI is taking direct aim at the frenzied consumerism that dominates the...
I’m a part of unCuffed Ministries, an organization that serves youth charged as adults in the criminal justice system. Each week I go into the...
My first encounter with an angry parent was a phone call on my second day of youth ministry. The parent called to complain that her son was not in...
Anytime you do something different you are guaranteed feedback. When we started an offertory at our high school worship program the feedback we got...
Do you love the church that employs you? It might seem like an odd question; however, it’s an important one to answer. It’s a question that rarely...
A fellow youth worker once said to me, “Chris, it’s easy to get volunteers when your church is thriving but how can you do that when it’s dying?”...
Last week Church of the Nativity hosted the Matter Conference. In my breakout Commissioning the Next Generation I was asked, “What do you do to...
Early on I thought leadership was simply being in charge of a group of individuals. Tell people what to do and they’ll do it because you are in...
There was a point in my ministry when I had plenty of volunteers; however, the ministry wasn’t growing. The problem was a lack of leadership. People...
One of the hardest things for me to learn in youth ministry was how to set a schedule. Busy seasons would turn into the norm and instead of feeling...
Youth ministry can feel like an island. Even after 10 years of youth ministry their are moments where I feel alone, and abandoned by the rest of the...
