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Sunday School was a part of my teen life for forever. I wasn’t committed because of the ugly room we met in, the bad snacks or the hard chairs; I was committed because I thought that is what I was supposed to do, so I did it. Classrooms have, generally, gotten better but the structure…
I know getting students signed up for anything is a chore, but is there anything you can do about it? Start with why Why does this event exist? Why did it make it on to your calendar? It’s much easier to get students signed up if you know, and they know, why an event exists.…
Youth Ministry chaos is a lot of fun when it’s game time or even hangout time, but chaos is not fun when applied to organizing your youth ministry. There are two extremes in youth ministry calendars. One looks like this, This is calendar is too busy and busy is not better. Busy means you may…
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I am going to guess that you have not reached point where you do not care about expectation. You do not have the clout or the cash to say, “I don’t care what you think”. Which means you’re middle management. You care about what the people above you think, what the people below you think…
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Singer Carolyn Arends has a great song called New Year’s Day, where she commits to this idea, This will be my resolutionEvery day is New Year’s DayThis will be my resolutionEvery day is New Year’s Day Many people think there is something magical about the first day of the year and I understand that. It’s…
You keep calling that one student who used to be very active to come back to youth, but every time you call they tell you they’ve been busy. Yes, they’re busy, they’re busy in another youth group that values them. To the other group they’re not just a number, they’re part of a bigger picture…
