Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
There are certain seasons throughout the year when interacting with parents and teens is easy. They would reach out to me when there was a need or a...
We were stuck in our house for a full week. At first, the ability to binge-watch Netflix was a treat, but there is only so much television until you...
It wasn’t what I had expected; however, it was working out perfectly. A young adult had approached our table during the parish ministry fair to learn...
ACCOMPANIMENT. It’s the hottest new word out there. If you can drop it into a paragraph at least five times, you sound like a ministry wizard....
Writing messages for teens is feast or famine. Sometimes you’re cooking with gas, dishing…
The email caught me by surprise. It wasn’t one I was used to reading, and it was from a parent thanking me for her daughter’s small group leader. The...
While my youth were packing shoeboxes for the homeless, I snapped a well-angled photo. When I heard our Keynote say something brilliant, I tweeted...
Ten hours in a car with five teenagers might sound like someone’s nightmare, but for me, it’s worth the investment. Every year I’m looking for ways...
I had to go back to work, and I could tell my son didn’t understand because, in his mind, I had been at work all day while he was at…
I forgot to set up my away message on my email. At first, I didn’t think it was a big deal, but I could see that to one parent in…
“I can’t believe this is happening” I heard this muttered by one of our…
The wait was killing me, I had to move into action. I started setting up tables and chairs, even though I had eager helpers on their way. I convinced...
