Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Quotes – Perseverance Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. – John Quincy Adams In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. It’s Holy Week, a week of reflection. This morning I was reflecting on John 13:21-33, 36-38, the last supper. Jesus was talking and announced that one of the disciples would betray them. The…
One of your main jobs is building community, which is tough to do in this season. Social Media was the extra stuff you did to connect, now it’s the only thing you use to connect. If you’re an IRL people person, all these video screens may have you stressing and I want to encourage you…
Hello, if you’re reading this in the future, it’s 2020 and we are quarantined due to the Corona Virus or Covid-19. Life is crazy. People are crazy, buying lots of toilet paper for no reason. If you’re in the present, you’re probably meeting with your Youth Groups online most likely on a platform called Zoom.…
Did you watch church from home this past Sunday? Are your Sunday service and youth group meetings cancelled for the next few weeks? We are in interesting times aren’t we? As in all things, we must find the blessing. Many have said, and it is true, you can’t quarantine the gospel. Many years ago, I…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Let me start today with a quote, “Maybe that’s why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn’t able to do what it was meant to do — Maybe…
One of my favorite scenes in Pirates of the Caribean: At World’s End, is the sword fight scene during the maelstrom where boats are getting sucked in and destroyed. Sadly, many youth ministry team meetings feel this way. There’s lots of fighting and a sinking feeling. Another name for a maelstrom is whirlpool, and by…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. As I write this, it is day four or five of Lent. I choose to do Lent over beginning of the year fasts because it’s more meaningful to me. This year I have…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Good morning awesome people, I love milestones, they tell me if I’m making progress. The next YMRU will be #50! This weeks marks the milestone of writing newsletters to youth workers for 10…
I was scrolling through Instagram and I stopped on video of a youth pastor making a big announcement. What he said made me cringe and it is the very thing you should never say to your youth group. “we built this for you” The youth pastor was announcing a new youth room for their students.…
