This is the second article in a series of blog posts titled The Emotionally Healthy Youth Worker by veteran youth worker and therapist Jason Wilkinson. You can find the link the first blog post here.
Let’s be honest, youth …
My husband Alex and I made a hard decision this year. We decided to leave the Bay Area and head to his home state of Idaho. When we were praying through all of this and felt this was the right …
This is a part of my ongoing series on complaints Youth Pastor’s often hear.
The first post was about why we play games in Youth Ministry. You can read it here.
The second complaint comes from parents who will …
Ministry is draining. So often we can walk away from a small group, service, or event feeling tired, rejected, or like a failure. I know of the anxiety that comes with not feeling “good enough.” I have gone into the …
Ministry is full of amazing moments where we get to participate in God’s kingdom work. As leaders, we experience many great things as we proclaim and live out the Gospel. Is it always easy? Nope. However, we have …
“I didn’t sign up for this.” Have you said those words during the last three months? Have they taken up residence in your heart? Well, the truth of the matter is, you didn’t sign up for any of this. You …
We recently sent a survey to all of our parents asking about reopening and the COVID-19 season.
While we did get some really great feedback, there were a couple complaints that every youth pastor has heard at least once.
In …
Two weeks…Two weeks of no students. With things changing so quickly, I wasn’t surprised when our church needed to shut down for 2 weeks due to positive COVID-19 cases. The decision was made late on a Thursday night and announced …
I know some youth ministries promote their students at the beginning of the summer and that’s awesome for you all. Well done.
For the rest of us, we promote with the school year. Except for this year, when school is …
Like many of you, during this pandemic I found myself working more hours than ever before. I felt the need to stay connected on many fronts because I was afraid of losing the relationships I had with our students. Because …