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Date:June 25, 2019Posted By:Paul TurnerCategory:Planning, programming, Youth Worker Training

7 Sticky Situations Your Youth Ministry Is Going To Need A Policy For

*if you enjoyed the episode, I’d love if you stopped by itunes and left a few stars and a review. Someone asked me about a situation concerning A PDA issue in their youth ministry and thought I’d expand on that with some other youth ministry policy issues you should think through. Let me make a…

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Date:January 23, 2019Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:2 CommentsCategory:Discipleship, programming, student leadership

8 Qualities Students Want In Their Youth Pastor Part 4

“You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.” ― Eric Liddell, The Disciplines Of The Christian Life I’m fond of saying, “It’s not what you believe, it’s what you practice.” That is not to say that beliefs are not important, but without…

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Date:January 4, 2018Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:1 CommentCategory:programming, Youth Worker Training

7 Elements Every Youth Ministry Curriculum Should Include

I recently purchased a series of lessons and I was less than thrilled with not only how the material was formatted but the content as well. Now, before you think I’m too judgy, I write my own curriculum and sell it youth workers so I have a good idea of what youth workers are looking…

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Date:August 7, 2017Posted By:Paul TurnerCategory:Communication, Parent Ministry, programming

My 7 Back To School Rules For Youth Ministry

Close your summer out right Have a bonfire, testimony night, or a slide show of all your summer activities. Maybe have a special worship night or a night where everyone affirms one another and points out where they shined this summer. I share a few ideas here Plan with the end in mind Get your…

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Date:May 8, 2017Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:1 CommentCategory:Planning, Productivity, programming

Are SMART Goals A Dumb Idea For Youth Pastors?

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 Youth Pastors, but that was too long . Certainly,…

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Date:November 7, 2016Posted By:Paul TurnerCategory:programming, Youth Ministry Branding

How To Choose The Right Theme For Your Youth Ministry

It’s a brand new year or a new season and you want to kick it off right, right? Part of the process might be to choose a theme. A theme is nothing more than a track for your ministry to run on. Your theme can be your vision. Your theme can last a month to…

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Date:June 5, 2014Posted By:Paul TurnerCategory:Leadership, programming

Turning Youth Ministry Outsiders Into Insiders

We recently had a young lady join our youth ministry. She is as sweet as could be, a little shy, but I also sense an inner stength brought on by trial. This past week we kicked off our summer TRIBES and one of our tribe leaders bough shirts for the kids for like $1 a…

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Date:May 5, 2014Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:1 CommentCategory:Communication, Leadership, programming

Off Road Preaching: How To Keep Your Message From Bogging Down

When I prepare a message, most of the time, I usually know where I’m going with it and I have an outline in my head. There are times though when I leave the prepared path and go muddin’ (as they say in the south). In preacher talk we call them rabbit trails. Talking and preaching…

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Date:September 4, 2011Posted By:Paul TurnerCategory:Productivity, programming, Youth Worker Training

Youth Ministry Diagnostics

Oil change places have a great selling point, they will check X amount of things on your car for one price. It sounds invasive. It sounds like they’ll take the whole thing apart and put it back together. We feel pretty safe because they will check x amount of things. The rub is, when they check…

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Date:December 13, 2010Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:6 CommentsCategory:Planning, programming, Youth Ministry Marketing

Youth Ministry Event Sign Up Secrets

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? Let’s face it, It doesn’t matter how many…

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