Over on my Youtube channel I had someone leave this comment, “I enjoy your podcast and store as well. I have a small youth group and been praying for wisdom how to grow Question I have and I don’t mean any disrespect at all. Why do you have a small youth group? Blessings!” I take…
I was always taught Summer Jump not Summer Slump. This means that while other churches shut down/wind down for summer, our church was going to grow. I just had to figure out how to make that happen. For the past ten year and two churches I have used the TRIBES outreach program. The 10 week…
I was reading a post from YM360 called Are You Drawing a Crowd? Ask Yourself Why. The last phrase of Andy’s blog sparked something, “Do you have an audience? If your answer is “yes,” today would be a GREAT time to think about your message and why you’re drawing an audience” I like the term…
I heard this quote from Gary Vaynerchuk and it made me think, and I paraphrase, “If you don’t want to deliver to your audience and you’d rather watch Netflix, take time off, not make content, your audience will adjust.” This, among other things, keeps me bringing you content every week on my blog, on my…
Welcome to part two of my four part series on Rebuilding Your Declining Youth Ministry. If you missed part one, where I talk about Re-Imagining Your Youth Ministry, click here to catch up Youth Pastors who want to focus on re-branding before re-imaging, eventually, fall into the same pit as before. To avoid this, let’s…
A friend asked me a question: How do you rebuild after a significant decline in program attendance. The question is, what is significant. I would estimate that losing 80% of your youth is significant if you have 100 students. If you lose 50% of your students, and you only had 10 students, that’s pretty significant.…
Who doesn’t want to add people to their youth ministry? Who doesn’t want to add more people to kingdom of heaven? No youth pastor worth their salt, that’s who. When does this process begin? It begins with the first smile, the first welcome, the first high five and, I would add, the first meal. Follow…
This is part two in the series 9 Dynamic Ways To Revive Your Youth Ministry, you can start here to catch up In the aftermath of the Parkland, Fl. shooting, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are making their voices heard. They’re planning on marching on Washington and are making powerful speeches to powerful people. Regardless…
If you are planning on on being at your church for only a year, then doubling it should be easy, but you have to hurry. Throw lot’s of party’s and events. Games, more games, and game nights. Keep your messages to ten minutes tops. Do not challenge anyone to serve or lead. Give away lots…
Seth Godin’s post give 7 questions anyone should follow if they are interested in reaching the people in their neighborhood. Some people want to reach people in their neighborhood with a product, a promotion, an event, or a service. I and my youth ministry want to reach kids in our neighborhood with the gospel…
