The Truth Shall Make You Odd
The following is a repost of an article pulled out of the YS Vault and was previously published here. What characterizes Christianity in the modern world is its odd-ness. Christianity is home for...
View ArticleTrending This Week (Nov 14)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week's trending links include thoughts on media messages, steps to improve the environment of your youth ministry, helping...
View ArticleTheological Understanding for Youth Ministry
The following is a linked post from our good friends at YouthWorker.com. We're proud to call Youth Worker Journal the official magazine of YS!Original photo provided by Marc Wathieu.Prior to...
View ArticleWhy Spiritual Direction?
We are excited to share this post from Beth Slevcove, who is one of our NYWC spiritual directors and we're thrilled to have her guiding more prayer experiences at NYWC Atlanta! Original photo from Tau...
View Article1Q interview: Your Favorite Advent Ideas
1Q interviews are when we ask multiple youth pastors the same question and share their response. This particular 1Q interview is all about teaching students about Advent.Original photo provided by...
View ArticleTrending This Week (Nov 21)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week's trending links include a reminder to have real-life conversations with students, embracing our students' brokenness,...
View ArticleStuff to Help You Catch Up
Original photo by Ginny. We had a BLAST with you at NYWC in Atlanta last week! Since you took the time to hang out with us, we asked our good friends at Download Youth Ministry if they had some...
View ArticleThank You Youth Leaders
There couldn't have been a better way for us to start Thanksgiving week than with our NYWC family in Atlanta. It was such an incredible time connecting with each other, catching up on life, and finding...
View ArticleNYWC Atlanta Recap
We are so thankful to have spent a weekend with our incredible family of youth workers at NYWC Atlanta! When I think back over that time, there were tons of ideas but 3 seemed to stick out to...
View ArticleInvolving Students in the Advent Experience
We are fortunate to know so many incredible youth workers that are far wiser than we are and Matt Larkin is one of them. We're excited to share this guest post from Matt. Original photo by Mario...
View ArticleUtilizing Youth Ministry’s Number One Treasure
We are fortunate to know so many incredible youth workers that are far wiser than we are and Stephen Ingram is one of them. We're excited to share this guest post from Stephen.Original photo by Barbara...
View ArticleTrending This Week (Dec 5)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week's trending links include prayer station ideas for advent, ideas for how you can care for volunteers that you inherit, a...
View ArticleMentoring
The following is a post that Brooklyn originally shared on her own blog here.Original photo by Collin Key.Let’s think about MENTORING.What does it mean for us to champion and mentor each other in...
View ArticleAll The Single Ladies
We are fortunate to know so many incredible youth workers that are far wiser than we are and Kelly Sayle is one of them. We're excited to share this guest post from her.Original photo from Eddy Van...
View ArticleGrab a NYWC 2015 registration for only $239!
Register for NYWC 2015 for just $239!Make the most out of your end of the year budget by registering before December 31st and snagging a HUGE discount on NYWC 2015! This discount is so good we can only...
View ArticleYS 12 Days of Christmas
We're getting in the Christmas spirit with our own YS 12 Days of Christmas! For the next 12 days, we're unwrapping a new gift just for you to enjoy. But before we get to the gifts, we've got 3 special...
View ArticleTrending This Week (Dec 13)
Better late than never! This week's TRENDING post is just a day later than usual but it's still full of some fantastic stuff. You'll find some encouragement from advent's family tree, advice on how to...
View ArticleReclaiming Your Christmas Focus
We are fortunate to know so many incredible youth workers that are far wiser than we are and Matt Larkin is one of them. We're excited to share this guest post from him. Original photo from Jeff...
View ArticleHelping Teenagers with Racial Tension
The following is a post that Brooklyn originally shared on her own blog here.Original photo by The All-Nite Images.If you’re a youth leader or parent of teenagers, you probably have had a few...
View ArticleTrending This Week (Dec 19)
Every Friday we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week's trending links include two qualities every youth worker needs, a challenge for modeling expectant waiting to our...
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