Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
I feel like summer flies by too quickly. Once August shows itself I immediately buckle down and look at what needs to be done before youth ministry...
This past Tuesday I was a part of a panel through ReBuild My Church to discuss youth ministry marketing (Click here to check it out). It’s a topic...
One way I have grown as a leader and youth ministry is by surrounding myself with as much experiential wisdom as possible. Some of the wisdom comes...
I used to hate Tuesdays. It was one of those days where staff sat in one room for a meeting that lasted for hours. It had been a useful meeting…
One of the largest frustrations I had early on in ministry was when people didn’t know what I did or who I was. I felt like the invisible man leading…
When I started out in ministry I outsourced a lot of my messages. What that meant is that I would purchase message series and adapt them for my...
I used to feel guilty when it came to asking people to serve in youth ministry. It was like I was inviting them to take on a huge burden. I…
Early on in ministry I had parents ask me,“Why don’t you have anything for teens at this church?” I just wanted to beat my head against the wall and...
I graduated from college with a Bachelors in Communications. My main focus was Electronic Media which at the time meant radio, television and film. I...
I thought our high school ministry was dead. A year after taking over our attendance dropped significantly and consistently we had twice as many...
Yesterday we had our Family Ministry Retreat. A volunteer at our parish opened up his river house allowing for those of us in Children’s and Student...
Communication is key. I learned this early on in my ministry when I couldn’t figure out why people weren’t responding to my messages, emails, etc. I...
