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Trending This Week (6.26)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include ministering to changing families, guarding your church from financial mishaps, 7 ways to find small...
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Rethinking Evangelism: YS Idea Lab with Greg Stier
In this YS Idea Lab, Greg Stier shares some key ways he’s been rethinking evangelism and how he transitioned from just “making converts” to making disciples. Here are 3 key ideas that I took away from...
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5 Tips to Pull Off a Great Retreat
After youth group a few weeks ago, I went to see Pitch Perfect 2 with a few of my youth-ministry volunteers. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll remember the plot: The Barden Bellas lose their groove, and...
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Jay Higham’s Youth Ministry Story
Pastor and long-time youth worker Jay Higham took the time to share his youth ministry story. There are a lot of great details from Jay’s journey in ministry, but these stood out to me: Discipleship...
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Trending This Week (7.3)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include ministering to youth on the autism spectrum, reasons to include volunteers in your ministry...
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Surviving the Summertime Lows
There are a lot of great things about summer: Camp can be awesome. Opportunities for vacation with your family are great. But when you’re a youth worker in a local church, summer can be kind of a...
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Things That Bug Me Most About Youth Ministry
Let me start by saying God is at work and there is much to celebrate in student ministry, however, in 20+ years in youth ministry there are some things that have gotten under my skin… the good news,...
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Trending This Week (7.10)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include a little help for your students returning home from mission trips, how comparison killed the youth...
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Leaving Well
It seemed like yesterday I had arrived at my first church in the Atlanta area. After four years it was coming to an end—I could still remember all of the hope and passion I had for the church when I...
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Communicating With Parents When You’re Not One
Communicating with parents is essential for a successful youth ministry—it’s also one of the hardest things we do. I took my first youth pastorate when I was eighteen years old. You read that right—I...
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Laurie Polich Short’s Youth Ministry Story
I had the privilege of chatting with youth worker and author Laurie Pollich Short about the incredible importance of soul care for youth workers. Laurie is most known for long history of speaking...
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Trending This Week (7.17)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include 4 ways to maximize a mission trip after it’s over, a look at different types of parents, what...
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Lessons From Middle School Ministry: YS Idea Lab with Scott Rubin
Scott Rubin is a long-time veteran of middle school ministry. In this YS Idea Lab from NYWC 2014, Scott shared about his journey into ministry and some lessons he’s learned along the way. Here are 4...
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Dealing With a Lack of Parent Support
A mom was leaning anxiously against our youth room door as she sent her son over to me. Her tall, redheaded teen walked over and asked, “Do we have a student leadership meeting today after service?” I...
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Trending This Week (7.24)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include back to school prep, #TheLiesWeTellKids, 4 things to spice up your fall planning meetings, and...
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#GETBEYOND: “Faith is not intellectual”
Well, if we are being honest… it is not intellectual. At least it is not entirely intellectual. When we try to make faith any one thing we put it into a box that both limits its abilities as well as...
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But You’re JUST the Youth Pastor…
A lot of us have probably been through this . . . We’re sitting in a church board or elders meeting. We make a suggestion or weigh in on a major policy issue that’s before the church leadership. Then...
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Trending This Week (7.31)
Every week we pull our favorite links from across the inter-webs. This week’s trending links include understanding your middle schooler, 3 things to look for in a youth minister, the evangelism...
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5 Principles for Recruiting Volunteers
I have the privilege of speaking and working with youth ministers all across the county. There are a lot of fabulous people out there who are loving teens and helping teens love Jesus. There’s some...
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#GETBEYOND: Entertainment VS Gimmicks in Youth Ministry
There’s a difference between a gimmick and entertainment. Entertainment is a part of what we do in ministry. After all, it’s YOUTH ministry. If you know me, you know that I place as much value on the...
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