Be Influential
Does your Youth Ministry have these key relationships? Life is built on relationships. Influential ministry even more so. Because we counsel, guide, walk alongside, pour into, invest in, love on, teach, encourage and partner with students, parents and families (whew! We do a lot!) in Youth Ministry on an ongoing basis we will at some point…
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So…How was your summer? Summer in Youth Ministry can be a busy time. I love summers in Youth Ministry, but it always seems to me that it is gone almost as soon as it gets here. We pack it full of camps, mission trips, youth events, youth trips, etc. We always see God do some…
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What do you do when a Youth Leader needs a break? Every Youth Ministry needs a great team. I’ve written previously on how to recruit and how to build a great team. However, even with the best teams and with the best leaders, there will come a time when some of your leaders will need…
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Okay, confession: I read A LOT. Okay, second confession: I do not like to read at all. I do however, like to learn. I also want to be continually growing as a believer and as a Youth Pastor. So…I read. I get asked often, what books I would recommend. While there are many books I…
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Are you making dangerous assumptions when you are teaching? When it comes to preaching and teaching the truths of the Bible we can all be guilty of making assumptions. I have been reminded of this often this year in my own teaching a preaching. In particular, there are two words we often use than can…
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One of the most heartbreaking things you deal with in Youth Ministry is watching a student in your ministry make really dumb decisions. They begin to fade from the church and from the Youth ministry. You start seeing posts on social media of them doing all kinds of things they should not be doing, and…
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