With COVID shutdowns at the end of the year, many of us are quickly finding ourselves needing to do our Christmas Party programming online. A few amazing youth workers (Isaac Leimeister, Samantha McEnhimer, Angel Myers, Rob Monroe, Jason Rysdyk, Richard …
The holidays are a crazy time in the church. If we are not careful, we will find ourselves hating the Christmas season because we get burnt out and our tanks go empty. We all have special events, Christmas parties, special …
There’s absolutely no denying that 2020 has been a strange year for all of us. This year has flipped all of our lives around in the most unexpected, surprising, and unanticipated way. For me personally, 2020 will be the year …
In a season where the world shut down and went indoors, churches were forced to go online.
For many, this was a challenge; but for someone who grew up playing video games, being online came naturally.
In July 2019, I …
This is part 5 of a 5 part series
We have come to the end of my regrets as a youth pastor. I have shared my regrets with bathing suit policies, empowering women leaders, parent ministry and not sharing the …
I often say, “I came to Download Youth Ministry for the resources. I stayed for the community.”
When I jumped into DYM as a member and author, I was immediately aware of the dynamic duo of Timothy Miller and Andrew …
This is part 4 of a 5 part series
In the past three posts I have discussed my regrets with bathing suit policies, empowering women leaders, and parent ministry. Today’s I look at my own ego and share how I …
This is part 3 of a 5 part series.
In the first blog post, I wrote about how I regret making bathing suit policies. In the last one, I wrote about how I wished I empowered women more in my …
Building a Student Ministry that Raises Up Giants
During the holidays I look forward to sipping my pumpkin spice latte on a brisk autumn day. I look forward to the peppermint milkshake at Chick-fil-A. It is without question unmatched among …