Aligning Expectations With Reality
I was getting nervous. No one had signed up for the middle school work camp that I had worked so hard putting together. With only a few weeks before...
Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
I was getting nervous. No one had signed up for the middle school work camp that I had worked so hard putting together. With only a few weeks before...
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,...
Every youth minister wants to engage the next generation. One of the best ways to do that is through the way you communicate. However, mastering the...
Branding works. When you see golden arches you think about McDonalds. You see a swoosh and it’s Nike. But, when someone thinks about your ministry...
There is nothing more frustrating than delivering a message to a group of disengaged teenagers. We wonder, “What’s the secret to getting teenagers to...
You can spend most of your week writing and researching your message. It can be full of facts, and stories that can move hearts. The problem is your...
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of buying the next big curriculum package. Promises of better content with incredible quality tell us,...
One of the biggest mistakes we make in youth ministry is assuming every teen that walks in the door is on the same page. We assume our audience has...