Programs vs. Relationships
An Unlikely Portrait Of An Authentically Effective Youth Group By Eric Gargus • First Baptist Sweetwater • Longwood, Florida What does a portrait of an authentically effective youth group look like? Does it include...
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Discipline vs. Fun in Youth Ministry By Daniel Johnson | First Baptist Church | Dover, Arkansas “Youth Pastor” and “disciplinarian” seem to be two mutually exclusive terms. The general mental image of a youth...
The Balancing Act
By Rick Bundschuh • Kauai Christian Fellowship • Koloa, Hawaii Early in my youth ministry career, I used to get a little guilty as I drove off for a couple hours of surfing in the...
Back to School – Literally
By Troy Norling • Legacy Church • San Diego, California Now that school’s back in session for most of the country, a good youth leader’s mind begins to look for ways to reach out to...
Surviving Middle School – Youth Leader Edition
By Dave Weiss • AMOK Arts • Mohrsville, Pennsylvania I was in my first year as the volunteer youth leader of a small church youth group. We had ten to fifteen kids – mostly...
7 Ways To Connect With Students
By Mandy Kyes • RPM Youth • Galt, California Now that school is starting back up in many parts of the country, we thought these ideas are especially useful. Thanks, Mandy, for putting into words...
25 Ways To Create A Crisis
By the late EG von Trutzschler | Spectrum Ministries | San Diego, California Building a successful youth ministry isn’t easy. Success requires working hard and using your head. There is no sense in compounding...
Suicide Symptoms and Signs
By Steve Gerali, Sanctuary Coffee, Claremont, California Teenagers who commit suicide usually believe that their present lives are hopelessly painful and filled with the darkest despair, and that their futures won’t bring any relief,...
Crisis: I’m In One Right Now
One of our key YLO members volunteered to share the current crisis situation. We’ve kept this anonymous for obvious reasons. When was the last time you or your ministry was in a crisis? I’m...
Avengers: Endgame – A Youthworker’s Review
By Todd Pearage • New Hanover UMC • Gilbertsville, PA Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language. Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans,...
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