Recently, The Resurgence, wrote a great post about how to map out a setting up a preaching schedule.  It was a home run and identifies many important pieces of the puzzle that need[...]

While I am sure that most of us want our students to become followers of Christ and to put their unique gifts and talents to work in the expansion of His Kingdom, what we end up va[...]

Last night we had our Manly Mecca kick off!  The Manly Mecca is like the men’s ministry to our youth group.  It is a gathering of high school guys that meets once a month on a Frid[...]

I don’t know how it is in your house, but ours is completely captivated by the XXX Summer Olympics.   Every night our entire family gathers around our tv and watches the dram[...]

  Every week before youth group we have a half hour leader’s meeting for our volunteer youth staff. This is, by far, the most important meeting of my week. It is an oppo[...]

  I was recently asked why the youth program at our church was so amazing. Between you and me, our youth ministry really isn’t amazing. Numerically we are right there in the [...]

What Are Your Summer Bathing Suit Rules? Now that summer is here it is time for pool parties, lake barbeques, and beach activities. As a youth ministry professional there is always[...]

This Isn’t How it is Supposed To Be: One of the worst feelings I’ve ever had in youth ministry is the feeling of going at it alone, feeling like I was the only one who [...]

It was finally here! It was the day I had been looking forward to ever since I started looking to be on a church staff as a paid youth worker. It was my first day on the job, and t[...]

There are two compeating truths that are attempting to live together in the youth ministry world. Truth 1) The process of adolescence is lengthening. In the 1950’s, most sociologis[...]