My friend Ben Birdsong recently volunteered to review my new planning resource for youth workers called My Youth Ministry Playbook. He bought the resource and I had no idea what he was going to write. Planning, strategy, and communication are all essential elements of...
When I was a full time youth pastor, I loved me some calendars and planners. Wall calendars were my favorite because I could see the next three months at a glance and make notes. One year, I was literally putting information on four calendars every time I came up with...
Be SMART with how you set and accomplish your goals. pic.twitter.com/iUKPQSnp90— Larry Kim (@larrykim) April 2, 2018 We all have goals, but we don’t all reach them the same way. I should have titled this Are SMART Goals A Dumb Idea For Certain Kinds of...
One of my biggest headaches in youth ministry, was the sign up system for events. It is an exercise in futility. Names on sheets of paper feels archaic. At this point in history, it feels like you’re asking students to churn butter. How do you fix that?...
I was looking at my calendar for next year. It’s packed. The question is: What’s the point? Do I want every weekend of my life packed? Does a packed schedule = success or just business. It is a question of timing. When is the right time to do an event or...
