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Youth Ministry Round Up #36
Welcome! If you're new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Stranger Things seasons three is a wrap and wow! Loved it. Now I can get on with other important things like serving all of...
The Two Fundamentals of Youth Ministry You Should Be Doubling Down On
Bernadette Jiwa is a story telling marketer. She helps businesses tell the right story so they can see more customers, make more money and be sustainable. In some recent advice to a restaurant owner, she makes some excellent points I'd like to...
7 Sticky Situations Your Youth Ministry Is Going To Need A Policy For
*if you enjoyed the episode, I'd love if you stopped by itunes and left a few stars and a review. Someone asked me about a situation concerning A PDA issue in their youth ministry and thought I'd expand on that with some other youth ministry policy...
Youth Ministry Round Up #35
Welcome! If you're new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. To all of you who are subscribers, thank you for your attention. Let's get to the good stuff. It's almost the end of June and...
Free Youth Ministry Lesson: How To Start Again
It's currently summer time and thousands of teenagers will make commitments to Christ at camp and drop their commitment as fast as a bag of dirty laundry when they get home. We can change this. It's my belief that it takes multiple commitments to...
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How Do I Know When It’s Time To Quit?
Before Reading On: If you're thinking about quitting, don't let this article be the deciding factor. These are reasons based on my experiences, some I acted on and some I did not. Most of my decisions to stay or leave a church were bathed in prayer...
Youth Ministry Round Up #34
Welcome! If you're new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Good Day Youth Workers! I hope your summer is off to a great start! I'm kicking off my summer with a few things you might be...
3 Reasons Part Time Youth Pastors Should Reconsider Going Full Time
I was recently talking to a young man who desperately would like to be a full time youth pastor, and I told him, "You might want to rethink that." Here are a few of the reasons I gave him for pursuing the full time opportunity. If it would diminish...
One Year After Quitting My Job, Was It Worth It?
First, big thanks to Amy Landino for this simple tweet that pushed me to finally write this post, If it’s worth it, it‘s hard.— Amy Landino (@Schmittastic) May 21, 2019 That's the question isn't it? We'll never know until we try. I left my youth...
Taming The Monster Of Depression
I put together a newsletter every few weeks for my subscribers called The Youth Ministry Round Up. I fill this youth ministry newsletter with articles, videos, quotes, etc. and in the last Youth Ministry Round Up I featured a video called The New...
9 Best Practices For Ministering On Campus From A Substitute Teacher
In my first job as a youth pastor, I thought I thought I “had the right” to have lunch with my students on campus. This wasn’t true, but trying telling my 22 year old self that. Regardless, I cared more about my rights than doing real ministry for...
Why Won’t My Students Listen To Me?
Do you ever wonder why students don't listen to your advice? I do. I have had several encounters with students as a substitute teacher and I ask, "Why won't they just listen to me? Don't they know I'm trying help?" Every parent, youth pastor,...
Youth Ministry Round Up #33
Welcome! If you're new here and are not a subscriber, subscribe here and get the Youth Ministry Round Up in your inbox. Good day everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and a fantastic Mothers Day and you're excited for the week ahead. I know you...
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