Youth Ministry Tip #12: If you draw students to your ministry because of Pizza they stay b/c of Pizza. What are you drawing students with? I know it is tempting in your ministry to do whatever it takes to get a kid to come to your event or program. Just be very careful you don’t [...]
Youth Ministry Tip #7: Instead of asking your students what they learned, ask them what questions they have about what you taught.
How many times have you stood before teenagers and ask them what they learned last week or what they remember? Probably more than you should have. Usually you get the [...]
Ok, I will have to give props to our Worship Pastor Aaron Leeds for this one. We had a game where we wanted people to come up front and try and answer some cool trivia questions about Christmas. We thought of having them raise hands and see who did it the quickest then [...]
Youth Ministry Tip #5: Don’t do ministry tasks that you can get leaders/volunteer’s to do. Invest your time in growing your volunteers. So many times in ministry we think it is not only easier but more effective if we do tasks ourselves. We know it takes time to teach someone to do something [...]
Why is it that when our husband/wife doesn’t do something the way we want, when we want we feel angry and frustrated? Why is it when someone forgot to take out the trash that instead of thinking, “I know they must of just forgot, if I ask them nicely I am sure they will [...]
You definitely want to have some time for messy, crazy games. Of course when you have a messy game you will need to make sure you have the proper cleaning supplies ready. The proper cleaning supplies include: plastic for the floor, large trash cans, paper towels, and a sham wow. [...]
Youth Ministry Tip #2: Get to Know Jesus, who He is, why He did what He did, and why He had to die on a cross to forgive our sins. The more you know Jesus the more your students will.
The heart, vision, and purpose of youth ministry is to enable our students to Get to [...]
I hope you have a great Thanksgiving. I love this time of year because of the 5 F’s! Family, Friends, Food, Fun, & Football! I also, love Thanksgiving because it is a time of year that we are driven to have a heart of Thankfulness. Life is so much better [...]
Youth Ministry tip #1: Pray Like Crazy! I mean really pray for your students, your leaders, your family, your church, your staff!
Prayer is something that we all know we need to do! We know that it is vital for our ministries to see God do mighty things in the lives of our students, leaders [...]
We want a discussion about what creative ways you are teaching the Christmas message but still remaining biblically faithful. It is so hard for youth pastors to stay fresh for students yet make sure we don’t water down the significance of the Christmas message. Please leave your thoughts and ideas on what you [...]
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Youth Ministry Tip #12: Draw Kids to Church with More than Pizza!
Youth Ministry Tip #11: Care about Apathy!
Youth Ministry Tip #10: Invest in interns for your ministry.
Youth Ministry Tip # 9: Eating Gross Stuff!
American Idol, Tasha Layton and Worship Pastors
Youth Ministry Tip #8: Have New Year’s Revolutions in your life instead of Resolutions!
