Every great gathering has a food component to it. Festivals, the fair, block parties, wedding and even funerals all have food components to them. Food played a major role in Jesus’ ministry. Jesus fed the 5,000 Jesus had dinner with sinners Jesus declared his new covenant over a meal Jesus had a hard conversation with…
When you’re asking your students to bring a friend to youth group, you are asking them to invite someone into your community. If you treat your guests like someone who’s just there to fill a chair and feed your ego, they may attend your meeting(s) but they’ll never join your community. You owe your guests…
Every youth meeting where you’ve invited guests, you have the chance to add one, or more, of them as a part of your tribe. Yes, you want them to know and receive Christ on night one of their visit, but it may take a guest time to know, understand and respond to the Holy Spirit.…
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Sean Buono, author of Youth Empowered. We walk through the process, and it is a process, of empowering students in your youth ministry to serve. Purchase Youth Empowered (I am an Amazon Affiliate, any purchase helps support the ministry) Here’s the abbreviated transcript of our conversation. Tell me a…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Quotes Your intellect didn’t bring you to God, His kindness did – @JackieHillPerry I had to learn a long time ago, if I wanted to stay in this business, I was responsible for…
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That day is coming, if it has not come already, where you will open your youth room doors and students will come in for the first meeting after the pandemic, but what kind of students will be returning? Will they be the same students you had before or have their values shifted? This is your…
Welcome! If you’re new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Welcome to another edition of the Youth Ministry Round Up! I hope you are whole and healthy doing this time. If there are resources you need for the upcoming fall season, please check…
Whether you’re in your first year as a youth pastor or your 20th, your communication skills can always improve. I’ve lived by these nine principles of communication through every camp I’ve spoken at, every youth meeting I’ve preached in and every devotion I’ve shared and I believe they will help you become a better communicator…
