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Trending Links: Posts on Social Justice, Highly Creative People, and stuff...
Whether you’re a parent or a leader, what do you want kids to know about Lent? - READ MORE Inside The BrothelsNew York Times reporter, Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof), has collected seven unforgettable...
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What You Don’t Know Will Kill You
If you don't know your priorities, other people will control your schedule.If you don’t know your boundaries, people will take everything they can get.If you don’t know your limits, you’ll burn...
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What do I say when a student asks a tough question?
You know the one.The question that catches you off guard in the hallway just as you’re stepping into youth group. The one that comes by text around 11PM just as you’re shutting down your phone to...
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Trending Links: Criticism, 7 Trends in Missions, Pranking, and Barna Group...
In this week's trending links, we highlight posts on how to be successful running the marathon of youth ministry. We cover how to deal with criticism, 7 macro trends in missions, pranking in youth...
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4 Fun Saint Patrick’s Day Game Ideas for Your Youth Ministry
With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, we thought you might be in the need for some fun activities and games for your youth ministry to get in the St. Patty's Day spirit. Friend of ours, Wes...
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3 Lies Youth Workers Tell Themselves
From time to time I’ve caught myself in a terrible lie. I start to believe something that couldn’t be further from the truth – but at the time it actually feels like the truth itself!Here are three...
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Trending Links: 3 Lies, A Dying Church, School Starts Late, 300 Words, and Fame
This week at YouthSpecialties.com, Josh Griffin shares his thoughts on 3 lies that youth workers continue to tell themselves on a daily basis. Help yourself out this week and take a quick read on...
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3 Things I Wish I Knew When I started YM
I just crossed 20 years in youth ministry … so I suppose there’s now some grace for me to reminisce about way back when I started in youth ministry? I spent some time reflecting with a friend the other...
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YS Idea Lab: Terry Linhart - Ideas to Spark Youth Ministry Leadership
What are some strategies and habits that youth ministry leaders can practice to grow as a leader and build into their ministries? Terry Linhart gives four ideas to help youth workers be intentional...
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Trending Links: Divergent, Selfies, How to be the best teacher, and the...
Movie Review: Divergent What did your teens see in the theatre's this past weekend? Divergent was the king at the box office this past weekend, claiming the top spot with an estimated $56 million....
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YS Idea Lab - Tim Eldred: Student Ownership of Ministry
What would it look like for students to own their own youth ministry? Tim Eldred offers some inspiring and challenging thoughts on the implications, risks, and rewards of seeking out students' gifts...
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Trending Links: More On Selfies, Don’t Mock The Megachurch, Chasing Elvis, Noah
In this week's trending links, are talking more about the selfie pandemic, why we shouldn't mock the megachurch, chasing Elvis, looking at the new movie Noah, and letting you know about a new iPhone...
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6 Pointers To Get Your Ministry Promotion Week Right
A well thought-out transition plan for students from children’s or junior high ministry into junior high or high school ministry is crucial for your program’s health. The time for that transition can...
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YS Idea Lab - Charles Lee: Creating Innovative Cultures and Idea-Making
What is it that holds us back the most from turning our ideas into reality? Join Charles Lee as he talks through useful habits, practices, and tips for doing the hard work of seeing our wild ideas come...
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Trending Links: The Walking Dead, Social Media and Easter, The Top 300...
This week in Trending Links, we focus your attention to a website called, The Walking Dead Gospel. We also point out a blog post from an attendee of YS Team Training, take a look at church social media...
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Your Job Is To Care, Not Fix
When I was in high school, my Mom was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. In a matter of hours after the diagnosis, our family life plunged into a whirlwind of hospital visits and church prayer sessions. I...
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Change It Up
We all get stuck in a rut from time to time, whether it’s in our personal lives or our ministry lives. When you’re feeling like you’re stuck, check out these suggestions to change it up and get back on...
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Let It Go
Photo by Tatiana Bulyonkova My students are still going crazy for Disney’s “Frozen.” It’s been out of theaters forever now and on Blu-Ray for more than a month. We even did an after-service event last...
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mismatched
Whenever I host a dinner party, there's about 10 minutes right before guests arrive where I have nothing to do. Everything is clean. The table is set. The food needs to stay in the oven just a couple...
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This Week’s Trending Links
Here are some of our favorite trending links from across the web this week. We look at some incredible Holy Week videos as well as links to articles on 7 dangerous apps, the truth about teens...
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