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Mismatched
Original pic from Sharon Drummond 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...
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Loud
Original photo by Lotus Carroll Let’s say you’re standing in the hallway outside the youth room. Which would bring you back into the room faster: loud noise or complete silence? Probably silence. Why?...
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Trending This Week (April 25)
Every Friday we send out our favorite trending links from the past week. This week includes some amazing blog posts, inspiring hashtags to review from live event tweets, books to be aware of, and some...
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SURVEY: Youth Ministry & Sexual Identity
Original photo by Tal BrightSURVEY: Youth Ministry & Sexual IdentityTopics relating to the LGBTQ community are becoming more and more prevalent within youth ministry. The conversations surrounding...
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How Angela Ahrendts Is Leading Me In Youth Ministry Part 1
Brooklyn Lindsey is a long time youth worker and friend of YS. So we're excited to share her post with you. We've broken it into 2 parts with the second half coming in 2 weeks, but for now, dig in and...
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Trending This Week (May 2)
Every Friday we send out our favorite trending links from the past week. This week includes some amazing blog posts, inspiring hashtags to review from live event tweets, books to be aware of, and some...
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“Yeah…But He’s An 80 Year Old White Man.” - Part 1
#YSRealTalk is a series of interviews by Fred Oduyoye that tackle difficult cultural issues. This week, Fred and James White discuss the bigger systemic issues behind Donald Sterling's remarks and...
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“Yeah… But He’s An 80 Year Old White Man.” - Part 2
#YSRealTalk is a series of interviews by Fred Oduyoye that tackle difficult cultural issues. The following interview is Part 2 of Fred's conversation with James White discussing the bigger systemic...
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Big Changes To The YS Store!
Big Changes to the YS Store!We’ve been hard at work making some big changes to the YS Store so that we can provide a better experience while you’re looking for youth ministry resources. Here’s a quick...
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Trending This Week (May 9)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week we tackled a difficult discussion on racism, we look at 20 FREE fantastic resource from FYI, list an overview of great...
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How Angela Ahrendts Is Leading Me In Youth Ministry Part 2
Our good friend Brooklyn Lindsey continues her two-part post about what Apple's Angela Ahrendts has taught her about youth ministry. You can view PART 1 HERE.How Angela Ahrendts Is Leading Me In Youth...
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Which Listener Are You?
Our longtime friend Jonathan McKee shared this great post with us. You can check him out this year at NYWC.Original photo by Melvin Gaal.Which Listener Are You?Two teenagers each sit down in front of...
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Trending This Week (May 16)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week we looked at how students respond to 2 different types of listeners, a shocking infographic about youth ministry burnout,...
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Contemplative Prayer: Marginalizing Urban Youth?
Pablo Otaola (@PabloOtaola) is a new friend to YS but has a long history working with urban youth. We're excited to share his thoughts on contemplative prayer and how it translates to students in an...
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Introducing Brian Aaby
Introducing Brian AabyWe are so excited to introduce you to our newest YS team member, Brian Aaby! He’s a youth ministry veteran hailing from Seattle who will lead the way on two new YS initiatives—YS...
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Trending This Week (May 23)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week we looked how contemplative prayer might unintentionally marginalize urban youth, Perry Noble shares "5 Thigns Every...
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Brainstorm: An Interview with Dr. Dan Siegel - Part 1
Mark Matlock sits down with Dr. Dan Siegel to discuss his latest book, "Brainstorm: The Power & Purpose of the Teenage Brain." In Part 1 of the interview (posted below), Dr. Siegel shares his...
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Introducing YS Search!
This post is written by Brian Aaby, our newest YS team member that we announced last week.Introducing YS Search!At YS, nothing gets us more excited than new opportunities to partner with churches in...
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Death, Be Not Proud: An interview with Audrey Assad about her latest EP
An interview with Audrey AssadI have been a long time fan of Audrey’s records and have always appreciated her honesty dealing with matters of faith in the midst of life’s questions. All of us at YS are...
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Introducing YS Coaching!
Last week we introduced you to our newest YS team member, Brian Aaby. We’re so excited for him to be spearheading YS Search (which we talked about on Tuesday) and YS Coaching, two brand new YS...
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