Is Your Youth Group Lame? It Depends.

  I had a great conversation with a parent yesterday because we were on the same page (I know, shocking!), but she shared how her daughter and another came to them after a recent service and said that youth group that night was lame. A little back story. This...
Four Building Blocks of Outreach

Four Building Blocks of Outreach

I recently did a session for our kids ministry about the building blocks of outreach. Each principle builds upon another. Feel free to use this session with your leaders Outreach Building Blocks 1. Passion drives everything. Key Questions Why did you get involved with...
Helping Guys Keep Their Spiritual Aim: An 8 Week Bible Study

Helping Guys Keep Their Spiritual Aim: An 8 Week Bible Study

  If you are not familiar with the History Channel show Top Shot, it is a show about guys in a multi-week shooting competition to become the seasons Top Shot. I took this simple premise and let the Bible do the rest. You get to shoot things and study the Bible? This...

When Your Youth Ministry Is Too Weak To Lead

  If you have read though many of my posts, you know I am a big proponent of student-led ministry. This is good in theory, but it requires, if they are new to the concept, hard work to retrain their mindset and the mindset of the church who might have certain...

Idealism Or The Idea? Your Choice Means Misery or Success

  If you blow up the picture above, Captain America is waxing eloquently about how America should be. He ends with the phrase “no, you move.”  Idealism works for Cap, he’s a comic book character, he does not live in the real world, we do....