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Trending This Week (Feb 27)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include 3 ways to add creativity to your ministry, a litmus test for the health of youth ministry, student...
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Ministering to Teenagers with Disabilities – Part 1
Search the literature of youth ministry for information on ministry to students with physical and mental disabilities and you will find…not much. The subject is huge, and this author is significantly...
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Welcome to the new YS site!
Our team has been working hard to bring you a new online experience for all things youth ministry and we couldn’t be more excited! There is a ton of stuff to check out. Take a look at the conversations...
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When Our Souls Stand On Tiptoe
What happens when people like you and me no longer believe in God? When the reality of God is not reality in our everyday lives? When the decisions I make are not affected by the presence of God? Does...
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Trending This Week (March 6)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include keys to welcoming volunteers, signs you should invest in your youth pastor, a new student ministry...
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Ministering To Teenagers With Disabilities – Part 2
Be sure to check out PART 1 before diving into these practical ideas. Some Things To Keep In Mind While not an exhaustive list, here are some things to consider when you have students with disabilities...
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How to Transition Students Effectively
We’re just two months away from the end of the school year, where students enter and leave youth ministry. If you haven’t started thinking about the transitions your students are about to make, it may...
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Evangelism Series: Toppling the Idol of Evangelism
We’re excited to share this Evangelism Series on the YS Blog! Over the next few weeks, Maina Mwaura and Sabrena Klausman will dig into how youth ministries approach evangelism and start some great...
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Trending This Week (March 13)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include raising children to counter culture, showing a faith worth caring about, a great discussion about...
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Creative Ministry on an Ice Cream Cone Budget
Having started out in youth ministry in a very small church with a very small budget, I had the opportunity (yes, I said opportunity) to learn about doing ministry inexpensively. My first youth budget...
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The App Addicted Teen [infographic]
Teenagers are more connected today than at any point in human history. We find ourselves in an interesting spot. How can we lead students to spiritually grow in a world where their digital devices are...
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Evangelism Series: Breaking The Mold
What Does Assume Spell? In grammar school, we learn to categorize people. The trouble starts when we continue this activity as adults. We’ve all done it before: That dark-skinned man with dreadlocks...
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Trending This Week (March 20)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include the importance of relationships in ministry, 3 ways not to describe student leadership, navigating...
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The Blog Post Senior Pastors Won’t Read
Is it even possible to have a youth pastor or associate pastor in the pulpit on Easter Sunday? Memorial Day weekend, Labor Day weekend and the Sunday between Christmas and New Year could all be labeled...
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Depression and the Teens You Love
Seemingly every teenager on the planet rides a roller coaster of emotion that has twists and turns almost hourly. While some teens might find themselves battling forms of clinical depression that...
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Mimicking The Church Down The Street
I remember it like it was yesterday. I loaded up my green Honda Civic, and headed to Atlanta. I had just graduated from seminary and was on my way to a mid-size church in suburban Atlanta. To be...
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Trending This Week (March 27)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include a look at the app Burnbook, 2015 research on the state of atheism, 5 ways to invest in leaders, and...
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Your Cup: A Prayer Tool For Holy Week
Too often the week before Easter, the last week of Lent, known as Holy Week is just another week of work. The significance gets lost in the shuffle of meetings, extra services, soccer practices,...
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The Risen Christ and Joy in the Ministry
In John 20:19-23 we’re given two pictures of the disciples, remarkable by contrast. In the first, we see a roomful of broken people, huddled together, sullen perhaps, speaking in hushed tones in a...
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The Be-Attitudes of Evangelism
I could smell the marijuana a mile away when Sean walked into the student center. Sean had been attending our church for a few months. Up until now, he hadn’t caused a lot of problems. As he got...
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