Sermons that nourish require slow cooking.
– Kent Anderson
You may be the person who plans an entire year’s worth of talks without blinking an eye (by purchasing them on DYM!). Or you may be pretty sure what you’re going …
This is not a quick fix thing or something you do tomorrow and everything will change type thing. This is something we started in the fall fo 2019 and has taken a year to catch and we have seen it …
Like most mid-thirties guys, I’m thinking about being healthy.
One of the way I try to do my part to be eating pizza and drinking coke until I’m 70 and the grandfather of the youth group is by working out. …
I have been chatting with our team about the 1st Wednesday events that we have been doing since last year. In short, the 1st Wednesday of the month we do what a “typical” youth group would do: Welcome, announcements, worship, …
If you’ve given up on Zoom in your ministry, hang in there! There’s still hope. Don’t get me wrong; if you’ve figured out face-to-face gatherings that please parents and keep students safe, keep crushing it! But for those who remain …
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 …
(From a black youth pastor)
I’m a black youth pastor at Restore Community Church, in Kansas City MO. The month of May 2020 has been especially tragic for the African American community. Beginning with Ahmaud Arbery’s killing at the hand …
Maybe you are like me, but it feels like I have worked harder in the last two weeks than I have in a long time. I don’t know if that has to say more about me or the season that …
When I started my ministry journey, like most, I was excited and eager to begin. I was hired part-time right after my college graduation as the Youth Director and Nursery Coordinator at the church where I currently serve. For the …
This video is one we have made because we did a big ol’ incentive campaign for our first ever Youth Winter Conference. The idea came because since we have never done this event before and we had no pictures, no …