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#Metoo Movement + Youth Ministry
The #Metoo Movement is at the forefront of news coverage. You read about it in newspapers, see it in your Facebook feed, and maybe you’ve had some conversations about it with your coworkers or family....
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5 Games That Are a Hit With Our Students
Games have the potential to create a culture of fun in youth ministry. A culture that can build relational trust among the students and leaders. Laughter, competitiveness, and silliness help students...
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3 Ways to Build Relational Equity
Ministry at its core is about relationships. Jesus Himself modeled this in His own ministry, spending time with people wherever He went, regardless of how tired He was. He spent time with those He...
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How I Choose To Be Healthy With Social Media
Social media is pervasive and unavoidable in our culture today. You are likely on it. Your friends are on it. The young couples in your church are on it. Your elders may be on it. Your students are...
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When to Move on From a Curriculum
Curriculum is helpful in keeping a ministry focused on what they want to teach their students over a year or even years of ministry. A good curriculum provides tools and ideas to make scripture stick...
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Elections, Politics, and Youth Ministry
It’s getting to be that time of year again, and no I’m not talking about Christmas, but rather it’s election season. How do I know that it’s election season? I can’t turn on the tv, radio in my car, or...
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Fuller Youth Institute | Five Questions About Teens and Digital Media
My husband, Dave, and I have three kids, in 12th, 10th, and 7th grade. Many times we’ve laughed over the fact that every week we face a new question on parenting in the face of our teens’ use of...
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Alone | A Word That Halts Your Ministry
In 1968, the group Three Dog Night released the song, “One is the Loneliest Number.” You know the familiar lyrics – “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do, two can be as bad as one, it’s the...
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Beauty in the Brokenness | Prayer Station Resource
Like many people, I am a visual learner. Seeing something helps me understand and gain perspective on things in a way hearing or reading about it doesn’t. That’s one of the reasons I enjoy interactive...
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4 Ways Sharing Your Story Can Transform Your Ministry
Stories bring flavor. Stories paint a picture. Stories give depth. I am a stories person, and so I take notice of how storytelling is interwoven into our DNA. What I mean by that is simple and not...
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How to Best Use Video Games with Students
The video game world has had its ups and downs. From the crash of 1983 to the rise of casual and mobile gaming, we have seen tremendous changes in the last 30 to 40 years. With the popularity of...
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How I Moved Beyond The Glamour of Numbers
You hear it all the time, “How big is your youth ministry?” “How many showed up to your fall kick off?” “How many small groups do you have?” The list of questions can go on and on. When I started in...
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Gamification – Integrating game mechanics into your teaching
Have you earned Gold status using the Starbucks app? Are you one of the 100 million monthly active users on Waze? Do you have a Fitbit or work towards closing your rings on your Apple Watch? Have you...
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Youth Ministry Tales From A Dad
After 13 years of youth ministry in my current church, I made a shift to a young adult discipleship position. I still have a vested interest in the success of our youth ministry because… …I believe it...
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4 Digital Resources To Level Up Your Youth Ministry
Have you ever wondered how youth ministry thrived before Walmart and social media? How did youth pastors get the word out about the 100 cans of shaving cream they purchased for the “Messy War” after...
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Boldly Seeking To Be One
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in...
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5 Ways To Teach on Race, Sex, and Other Tough Topics
There comes a point in every youth ministry where you are required to discuss a topic or two that you would rather not. Whether pushed by an actual need in your ministry or current world event, youth...
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NYWC 2018 Recap | Welcome Back
It’s hard to believe it’s all over. You wait for it all year, then it’s here and gone and all you have left are the memories and the wait for next year. I just got home from my week in St. Louis,...
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Curriculum Review | Orange
We have been using Orange Curriculum at our church for about four years and we have several reasons why this has been such a valuable resource for our staff, volunteers, parents, and kids/students....
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5 Ways Youth Ministry Has Changed Since 1995
I started in youth ministry in 1995… Back when Lebron was in middle school, Bieber was in diapers, and the Stranger Things’ boys hadn’t even been born yet. Back when cell phones were only used for...
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