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Jun 2015
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Jun 2015
Youth Workers are in Perpetual Middle Management
Youth workers are in a perpetual state of middle management – you will never “arrive.” In fact, I’d say that if you can’t be a good #2, you wouldn’t be a good youth worker. We have to live in that constant tension of strong leadership and absolute humility. Here are a few thoughts about leading from beneath I’m feeling in my church right now:
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Jun 2015
VIDEO: Welcome the Youth Ministry Summer Interns
Took some time to have some fun introducing a couple of our summer interns in High School Ministry. Love these guys – it is going to be a great summer. So fun!
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Jun 2015
POLL: Taking An Offering at Youth Group
Do you take an offering at youth group? Right now we don’t, but offer some HABITS banks to help students save for giving and also have some offering barrels in the back of the youth room. Am considering changing it up for a greater giving emphasis – thought a poll was in order to see what you do in your ministry?
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Jun 2015
How Many? Youth Group Game + Video
We did this fun game last week at youth group that combined a question with live voting (via polleverywhere.com) and then an answer video. The questions were:
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Jun 2015
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Jun 2015
QUESTION: How do I get students to bring their friends to youth group?
For years, youth workers have been asking this very question. Welcome to the club! There are a ton of things that we have tried to see a difference in this, but if you had to focus on two main things it would be evangelism and program.
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Jun 2015
Pushing Back on Pushback
Anytime you do something new or make a change you will face pushback. The pushback will come from parents, teens, volunteers and even your own self-doubt. Instead of allowing it to consume you it’s important to learn how to pushback.
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Jun 2015
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May 2015
3 Things To Build Trust With Your People
In order to move forward in firing on all cylinders in your ministry, with your team and with your volunteers you need to have trust. Trust is the rope that keeps everything together while you are moving. Your people need to trust you and you need to have trust for your people. Without it, it’s going to be a hard thing to move forward in.