If you’re a youth worker you can’t escape it, you will be criticized. Criticism is aimed at leaders because everyone is imperfect and hurting and hurting people end up hurting others. When I first started leading a ministry, I found …
If you’re anything like me, you are go, go, go when it comes to planning and thinking big-picture. Even when I am at the event happening in the moment, I’m already thinking about how it could have been better or …
I don’t think I have ever heard someone working at a church say, “We have enough volunteers.”
We are always on the hunt for victims, I mean people who want to pastor teenagers. You have put in the groundwork, you …
Guest Post By Ronald Long
“What do you do all day?”
My favorite Christmas movie of all time is The Christmas Story. I’ve seen this movie every year for the past 20 years! Every time I watch it, I notice new nuances that extend my love for the story.…
Most people think the most important skill and gift for leading a small group are teaching and being able to speak.
I say, nope. I really think two of the most important aspects of small group leadership are learning to …
We know there are tons of questions that are being asked in a small group on any given night. There are questions where the students know that the answer is “Jesus.” There are questions about something that happened in the …
We spend months hyping our summer camp experience and trying to get students to sign up. There are countless hours put into planning and executing the best experience possible. Then… we often drop the ball on followup. Here are some …
GUEST POST BY RONALD LONG
I am not athletic by choice.
The only reason I got into running was that there was this really cute girl on the college cross-country team I wanted to spend time with.
I was not
Every student will eventually graduate. In fact, if you have a senior, you only have 52 weeks with them.
This reality brings about questions for our leadership: what’s being done to prepare teenagers when they no longer have youth programs …