7 Elements Every Youth Ministry Curriculum Should Include

7 Elements Every Youth Ministry Curriculum Should Include

I recently purchased a series of lessons and I was less than thrilled with not only how the material was formatted but the content as well. Now, before you think I’m too judgy, I write my own curriculum and sell it youth workers so I have a good idea of what...
18 Things I’m Not Stressing About In 2018

18 Things I’m Not Stressing About In 2018

The size of our youth ministry. I’ll love whosever comes. What others say. Words. Just words. The future. God’s already there. New technology. It’s continues to evolve and I can jump in any time. Social Media. It will serve me. I will not serve it....
Youth Ministry Leaders or Chaperones?

Youth Ministry Leaders or Chaperones?

I can remember going to school dances where chaperones were in attendance. Their job was to make sure there was no kissing, dirty dancing, or smoking in the parking lot. The goal was the  make sure something didn’t happen. Sadly, this is role many youth...
17 Things I Learned In 2017

17 Things I Learned In 2017

I decided to do some reflecting on the past year, on a personal level, and this is a list of a few things I learned. 1. Dreams do come true, as I spoke at the National Youth Workers Conference. 2. My romanticism, about certain things, runs deeper than I thought. 3....
Improvisational Youth Ministry

Improvisational Youth Ministry

I played a part in a dinner theater where I played a lawyer. I had a script to follow. A script lets the actors know when they are to speak their lines. I say a line, you say a line. But, I am terrible at memorizing scripts. Case in point, for this dinner theater, I...