One of my favorite scenes in Pirates of the Caribean: At World’s End, is the sword fight scene during the maelstrom where boats are getting sucked in and destroyed. Sadly, many youth ministry team meetings feel this way. There’s lots of fighting and a...
If you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know they did not get there by themselves. So it is with all of us. Any success you are experiencing right now, is because someone, no matter how small, helped get you there. In Romans 16, the Apostle Paul mentions 26...
I can remember going to school dances where chaperones were in attendance. Their job was to make sure there was no kissing, dirty dancing, or smoking in the parking lot. The goal was the make sure something didn’t happen. Sadly, this is role many youth...
This is the fifth and final post in my series on re-evaluating your youth ministry volunteers, and it may be the most important. Often times a person will hide their health (all kinds) to keep their job. People want to keep their job so they’ll hide or mask...
My 4th question in this series for re-evaluating volunteers is, “Can you tell me a story?”. Every youth ministry has a narrative. We are a collection of stories but we tend to focus on numbers, activity, and logistics. Stories matter....
