There is a lot of noise out there that distracts from the message we are trying to send our students, be that the promotional messages about the events we have coming up or the spiritual messages we are trying to relay from the stage. While the latter is the most Read more…
In high school and college. Yes, for a while it was some of the addictions that you may be thinking about. But that is a redemption story for another today. The addiction I am talking about now is the often overlooked addiction of video games. I played all the time. Read more…
Your youth ministry is struggling to grow. Your students are not inviting their friends. You finally make the decision to challenge them and ask them, “Why not?” Then they give you an answer that seems reasonable. “All my friends are Christians,” or, “All my friends go to church already.” You Read more…
Used to purchasing youth ministry curriculum was straight forward. You counted up your leaders, estimated your number of students, and then either went down to the bookstore or got out the catalogue. But in recent years there have been an explosion of curriculum companies and options. Beyond brands and categories Read more…
Depending on when you are reading this you find yourself in 1 of three situations: Your ministry is still forced to meet online due to state and local restrictions or choosing to out of a sense of social responsibility. You are like us and due to changing numbers in the Read more…
I can’t believe I have to say this(pun intended), but if you are going to truly share the Gospel with someone you are going to have eventually speak the truth of sin and God’s love and sacrifice for our sin with someone who is lost. Many Christians have forgotten this. Read more…
Okay, that is an arrogant statement. But we have seen a lot of people talking online about how they changed youth ministry or are preparing to and promising you something different, but nothing really changes. For years we(Jamie and I) have been deeply invested in youth ministry just like you Read more…
Lately we have been finding ourselves logging a lot more screen time. Who knew that was possible? Youth ministry has definitely not been immune to this. The explosion of screen time has not been all bad. Often times it has meant we are staying connected, albeit virtually, and often even Read more…
Less than 50% of Christians ever share the Gospel. Now, studies show we are on track for 4% of this generation to follow Christ(We did the math on our community. The studies are extremely accurate). These trends clearly show we need an increase of Christians sharing how Jesus changed their Read more…
Whether you love technology, or have just recently become adequate at it because you had to, we can all agree that when you find the right tool at the right time, technology can have great benefits to our work on a daily basis. Recently though it seems like Zoom is Read more…