A couple of weeks back, 50ish of us gathered for the DYM Michiana Meet Up. It was the brainchild of Derry Prenkert, John Keim, and Jeff Selph. Those guys did an incredible job organizing, advertising, and structuring the day. …
We’re excited to announce Youth Pastor Diet 2018!
You’ve always been a little bit bigger, but back in high school the weight was blamed on football. Then you became a youth worker and the persona of humor-filled youth pastor …
Happy Thanksgiving from Doug Fields, Josh Griffin and friends!…
Another winner from Jon Crist, the Monday Morning Church Press Conference!…
This is not meant to knock anyone, maybe because I’m 31 and it means I am officially getting old but when people over 25 use words like “let’s get hyped” “shook” or “its going to be 100” and things our …
Last week we had a our summer camp reunion service. Basically, we come back from summer camp and do all the things we did at camp and do them in our service. We sing the camp songs, play camp games, …
As a youth pastor, as much as you might like to be the one who’s in charge of your church, you’re not. Whether it’s another person in the youth ministry or an associate or senior / lead pastor, you’ve got …
After three years without an associate pastor, my church finally hired a new one. He’s a former intern from my congregation that I genuinely respect and enjoy working with. He’s also young, cute, and far cooler than I am (or …
This Sunday we said goodbye to a Sunday program that for the longest time served a great purpose and was a needed thing at one time, but as we gear for the future this program was not going to be …
I was talking with our worship leader and he said, “It’s like we have a whole new group of people and values than we did 2 years ago.” It’s true. The atmosphere is way different now, intentionally so, and it’s …