Welcome youth workers! I’ve put together a few resources you might find helpful for Easter and Lent such as videos, games, and lessons. If you’re interested in getting resources like this every couple of weeks in your e-mail, be sure to sign up for The Youth Ministry Round Up Easter Videos Lent Videos 40 Songs…
This is the fourth reflection on the book by Growing With by Kara Powell and Steve Argue. If you want to start from the beginning, start here. You might think I’m writing these posts for you, and I am, sorta. Really, I’m writing these posts for me, as a reminder of the parent I still…
This is my third reflection on the Growing With book by Kara Powell and Steve Argue. You can catch up on my journey here. I’m going chapter by chapter, fleshing out my Withing skills. I have three kids between the ages of 19 and 26 so this book has caught me at the perfect time.…
Fear of the unknown can create panic attacks, but I’d rather have trust than knowledge. We’d all like to know what God will do and how he will do it. To have such knowledge would diminish our trust in God or even make trusting God irrelevant. I’m glad I can’t make God do what I…
This is my second post in a series on the book Growing With by Kara Powell and Steve Argue and covers my thoughts from chapter two. You can read the first post here. I appreciate Kara and Steve’s honesty. They are clear though-out the book that they have made their mistakes as parents. As…
“I’m tired of her looking down on me. I’m going to tell her the truth even if she doesn’t want to hear it.” So goes the recent conversation I had with my 24 year old son in regards to a flare up between him and his sister (26) at a family get together. They’re two…
Who are we in Christ? That’s the question I wanted to answer for a bunch of middle school and high school students during a weekend retreat at Life For Youth Camp in Vero Beach, Fl. The answer I came up with: Supermodels. After thinking and praying about what the text would be for the weekend…
I’m an area rep for an organization called First Priority. First Priority equips students, youth workers and teach sponsors with resources and training to share the gospel through Bible clubs on their school campus. I get the honor of visiting a different school each week to see how the clubs are doing and offer any…
Love is in the air and so is the BO of your middle school students. Hard to tell them apart some times. Here’s your special edition YMRU V-Day edition and it’s packed with games, articles, and lessons. In additions to what’s below, why not start a #loverevolution after your teaching series. It’s packed with graphics…
