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…
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…
If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. Setting goals is critical to developing any business, organization and yes, any youth ministry. Week to week survival is not a goal. Having a plan, developing a plan and executing a plan, based on your goals, is a big piece of developing a successful youth…
Planning local service projects for your ministry? These tips will help you get started. Local service projects for your teenagers can be a chance to embrace the “mission” without the “trip”. It’s using your own backyard as the setting for an intersection of discipleship and service, in a way that can build long-term relationships between…
Does your youth ministry seem cluttered, like you don’t have room to think or make a decision? Do your youth meetings feel like a whirlwind with =out purpose? I have three areas you can begin to de-clutter your youth ministry and find the freedom and clarity you desire. Think of your youth ministry like tool…
“Implementation of promises is as important as making them.” – Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Every company and brand makes you a promise about their product. If you buy our stuff you will, feel better lose weight gain confidence Consider some of the more familiar promises you’ve heard Geico: “15 minutes or less can save you…
This is part four in my series on building an infrastructure to support your youth ministry. You can read through from the beginning starting here. Every youth pastor’s calendar is different, based on the size and model of church, but what drives me crazy is a calendar that is random. Why did you put that…
This is part three in my series on how to keep your youth ministry from collapsing. You can start from the beginning here. I sat in the Pastor’s office after an incident where our outreach bus was pulled over by the cops because of a fight on the bus. It’s not party (or youth ministry)…
This is part one in my seven part series on pillars of youth ministry infrastructure. Stay up to date on future posts. Tents need poles. Houses need frames. Bodies need bones. Like all of the things above, youth ministry needs an infrastructure to keep from being just a pile of programs lying on the floor.…
podcast notes I am opening another night of coaching, Tuesday Sept. 10 – November 19th. Six one hour sessions to talk about how to make your youth grow, improving your leadership skills, how to handle church politics, whatever area you want to grow in, we’ll talk about. I’ll put the link in the show notes,…
