May 18, 2012

In my short time doing ministry I have found that my own personal growth and time with Jesus gets attacked quite easily. Whether it be because our busyness of schedule or just lack of discipline or whatever the case may be, it happens. I am not naive enough to believe this is specific to youth pastors or ministers in general, but God’s call on those who do...

May 17, 2012

Do you have a facebook page or website for your youth ministry?  That is the dilemma we face today.  How do you communicate to a culture that has grown up digital.  How do you communicate in a world where one generation has grown up online, and another has had to adapt and learn what it means to be online?  The quick answer is that you need both a facebook...

May 16, 2012

Odds are you have heard it said that it takes a village to raise a child. My wife and I have not entered the phase of life where we have children, but I know this statement to be true. I know it to be true because as a youth pastor, the same principle applies, whether we take advantage of it or not. For several years, I worked as a youth pastor in small...

May 14, 2012

  Need a mission trip shirt design or summer youth ministry t-shirt? All files are compatible with current Photoshop/Elements programs. All files are editable. With a basic understanding of Photoshop, all colors, text, and location can be changed. Once you customize the file to your liking, give the file to a local printer and you’re set! I suggest...

May 14, 2012

It’s far too easy to just go with the flow in Ministry. God is always advancing us towards his kingdom, so why aren’t we advancing our ministry towards him? ____________________________________________________ We all get to a point, in our jobs or our relationships where we are tempted to put it on autopilot and coast a little bit.  I’ve seen...

May 12, 2012

The end of the school year is upon us. If you are proactive with your ministry, you are looking back on your year to see what went well, what could use improving, and what just needs to not be done again in 2012-2013. There are several different ways that we can do this, including talking with the teens at youth group on the last day as well as your supervising...

May 10, 2012

My Neighbor and I were talking recently about how sad it is when people base their theology off of their philosophy, as opposed to going to the word of God and aligning their views with it. So when I saw this quote it struck me as a great one for a Wallpaper. 1920 x 1200 Desktop 1600 x 1000 Desktop 1280 x 960 Desktop 1024 x 768 Desktop The New iPad (retina...

May 9, 2012

Vision. Think about it; a blind leader has no idea where he’s going, and we’ve all been there… banging our heads on our desk, begging God to deliver some kind of supernatural revelation.  The Bible said it best in Proverbs 29:18:  “Where there is no vision, people perish.”  That word ‘perish’ is scary, because what...

May 8, 2012

  I have a question for any of our Youth Ministry readers…pick one of the following situations (all of which are hypothetical but fairly common in our time of ministry), and let me know how you would approach the situation, if at all!  As a young student pastor, it’s an issue I’m constantly faced with, but not sure what to do!  For all...

May 8, 2012

Recently I have found myself in a lot of meetings with the topic of one thing : Who are we and what is our vision. These types of meetings are great because you are able to gather around with those on your team and discuss what you want to be as a ministry, and, sometimes as a church. I have found myself wanting to answer that specifically for my ministry...

May 7, 2012

We did an evaluation of our student ministry year with our Middle School Students last week, but one or two Sr. Highers happened to be there as well. Anyways, I was blown away by the reality of a drawing one of the students left me. Every once in a while its easy to get into the rut of preaching down to where Students are at. This serves as an amazing...