When I first started youth pastoring in 1995, youth ministry resources were just hitting their stride. The local Christian Book store was where I’d go to see what was new. As a new youth pastor, I was in the weeds and I found myself jumping from this curriculum to this How To book, not having…
I’ve been involved on camp ministry since I was 13 years old. I’ve held every job from camp dish washer to camp pastor. I know mistakes when I see one because I’ve made plenty of them as well as witnessing many others. If you’re new to youth ministry, and you are heading out for your…
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Remember when, as the youth pastor, you could have a discussion with your youth ministry around hot topics and have the majority of the group agree with you or echo similar sentiments? Yep, those days are long gone to the point where many youth workers don’t want to have these conversations for fear of being…
I did’t like the last meeting I was in charge of. I didn’t like my disposition during the meeting and I did not like my response to certain aspects of our discussion time. I could have, and initially did, blame other factors for my shortcomings. Blame is not a good strategy for life change. In…
When I was a younger youth pastor, I believed sports was the enemy of youth ministry. Sports took athletic students away from my youth meetings, outreaches, retreats, etc. Didn’t those coaches know I needed the numbers!? It’s easy to blame our youth ministry’s sagging momentum and low numbers on sports. Judgement usually followed, “If these…
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If you’re not a subscriber of the Youth Ministry Round Up, you can sign up here and get relevant articles, videos and more twice a month. Sign up here Watch this 30 second clip before reading on. A former student of mine. Mitchell, has a podcast called The Wrestling Diaries where he interviews people with…
I posted this youth ministry experience the other day, see if you can relate, Youth Ministry is…attending a dance recital where you watch 29 other dance routines before the one your student is in. and it got over 100 likes and over 70 comments. I asked others to share what youth ministry is to them.…
