Communication

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...

audience

Is Your Methodology Of Ministry Still Relevant?

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,...

Communication

Master How You Communicate To Teenagers

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...

Communication

Do You Need To Brand Your Ministry?

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...

audience

4 Secrets To Delivering A Dynamic Message

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...

body language

6 Factors That Affect Your Message Delivery

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...

audience

What Should Impact Your Content

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,...

Communication

How To Hit Your Target Audience

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...