When it comes to your ministry, few things are as practically important than your communication with the parents you serve. More frustration, disappointment, and conflict comes from poor communication than any other given thing in your ministry. Here are a five practical thoughts on communication and what your biggest problem in communicating likely is:

There are many things that fight for your time in Youth Ministry.  Some of those things yield results sooner than others.  A lot of those things seem to take a lot of time. We want to have a ministry of influence and we can never seem to find enough time to get it “all” finished….

Student Ministry can be a messy and difficult job. This is true whether you are a Youth Pastor or a volunteer Youth Worker.  There are some things that come your way that feel beyond your capacity. These events come along and quickly remind you of the deep importance of what you do. These times remind…

In my first post I shared some of the emotions that I was feeling when I was laid off. I hope by being honest and sharing my struggles it will help to encourage those of us who want to stay but can’t. I am not saying that this is the 3 or 5 step plan you need…

January 10th 2010 is a date that has marked my life probably more than my birthday, anniversary, and birth of children combined. It was the day my pastor was going to reveal to us staff members (one by one) the vision and plan to turn a corner in the recent struggling history of the church. I…