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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

By Sean McDowell • SeanMcDowell.org My family went to see Endgame on opening night. Although it was not my favorite Marvel film, it was truly an epic ending to (arguably) the greatest movie franchise...

By Mike Calhoun • 3rd Cord Ministries • Durham, NC • MikeCalhoun.org Okay, let’s just say it…teaching Middle School students can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. They are not intentionally trying to...

ConGRADulations! is the grad gift of choice of 25,000 youthworkers with 1.3 million grads receiving it over the past 2 decades. Tobymac, For KING & COUNTRY, Lecrae, NF, Lauren Daigle offer their songs and messages to help...

By Elias Dummer • Worship Leader/Artist • The City Harmonic • Nashville, Tennessee There I was at the age of 19, on the phone with a mentor of mine, and he had a fantastic...