Before You Put It On The Calendar, Ask These 6 Questions Part 3

If you’re new around here, first of all, welcome. And I bet you’re observant enough to see that there are 2 previous posts to this topic so here is Part 1 and Part 2 for your reading pleasure. Now, we come to part 3 in this 6 part series and these are the...

Before You Put It On The Calendar, Ask These 6 Questions Part 2

This is part 2 of my series Before You Put It On The Calendar, you can read part 1 here. In this post I want to talk about the second question you should ask before you put that event on the youth calendar… Does This Event Conflict with Other Church Ministries?...

Before You Put It On The Calendar, Ask These 6 Questions Part 1

If you are in ministry you live and die by the calendar and, depending on the size of your church, you “death by calendar” could be imminent if you are not careful. So, stop clacking those keys and put the pencil down until you’ve asked these 6...
Tips To Re-Launching Your Youth Ministry

Tips To Re-Launching Your Youth Ministry

Re-launching is a big deal and how you go about it matters because, as they say, you can put a diamond ring in a pig’s snout but it’s still a pig. Don’t re-dress the pig, better to smoke it and eat it. At least this way you’re being honest, a...

Pull, Don’t Push, Students To Your Next Event

In a world overflowing with information, our attention spans are shrinking faster than ever. Our students are overwhelmed with emails, social media posts, texts and advertisements – all vying for a sliver of their precious time. This begs the question: how do we get...