Youth Ministry – Page 4 – Helping Youth Workers Build Successful Youth Ministries

Date:April 28, 2024Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:10 CommentsCategory:College and Career, Youth Ministry, Youth Worker Training

Six Questions To Get Your Seniors Spiritually Ready For The World

In the previous posts I shared how the different ways students could graduate. Now, the gate has been narrowed. Most states offer some sort of exit exam. What is the point of an exit exam?

“to make sure no students graduate or move on to other courses without proving they have mastered what they have studied.”

This begs the question “Have our students mastered what they have studied?” Never mind mastering what have studies, but what have they studied? How do we know if a student is ready to leave our youth ministry?

Date:April 16, 2024Posted By:projectadminCategory:Planning, Productivity, programming, Youth Ministry

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 students to notice our events and care about what we have…

Date:April 16, 2024Posted By:projectadminCategory:Culture Thoughts, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Resource

15 Christian Songs for Graduation 2024

It’s that time of year and I know youth pastor and parents are looking for the perfect graduation song to send their students off into the world. Here are 15 thoughtful, fun and rocking song suggestions to create a graduation soundtrack for that slide show or video. If you’re a youth worker I have labelled…

Date:April 2, 2024Posted By:projectadminCategory:Inspire Me, Leadership, Productivity, Youth Ministry

10 Habits of Highly Effective Youth Pastors

10 key habits that contribute to success in youth ministry, drawing inspiration from principles identified by Napoleon Hill for millionaires. Listen to the episode for context and suggestions on how to achieve each of these habits. Have a Definitive Purpose: Know why you exist as a youth pastor. What is your mission within the church…

Date:February 14, 2024Posted By:projectadminCategory:Youth Ministry

12 Questions New Youth Pastors Should Ask If They Want To Build A Successful Youth Ministry

If you are a new youth pastor, there’s a lot to learn about youth, you church, programming, parents, relationships and more. These 12 question will get you started to not only understanding your role as a youth pastor but will help you make better choices when it comes to programming for success. I’ve broken down…

Date:February 8, 2024Posted By:projectadminCategory:New Resource, Youth Group Lesson, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Resource

Christian Rapper Manafest’s EP: No Stranger To The Pain Review

I’ve been a fan of Manafest’s work back to Glory. Manafest has evolved over the years and TFK’s Trevor McNevon has been a big part of the that evolution. Manafest’s latest offering, “No Stranger to the Pain,” delivers a powerful blend of hip-hop beats, introspective lyrics, and unwavering faith. The EP delves into personal struggles,…

Date:January 8, 2024Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:7 CommentsCategory:Inspire Me, Youth Ministry

Real Youth Pastors Don’t Starve

About a week ago I was asked by author Jeff Goins if I wanted to be on his book launch team ; I said sure. I was familiar with Jeff through some videos and his book The Art of Work so I was excited to jump on board, and I am glad I did, Jeff’s new book,…

Date:July 23, 2023Posted By:projectadminCategory:Podcast, small groups, Youth Ministry

Four Ways To Keep Students From Falling Through The Cracks

Elisa started youth group in middle school and had been a part our group for a while now. As a freshman, she was involved in the band. Slowly, I started to see her blend into the background. She said she had a lot of homework and was thinking about getting a part time job. I…

Date:April 17, 2023Posted By:projectadminCategory:Communication, programming, Youth Ministry

How To Plan A Powerful Graduation Sunday For Your Church

This article (expanded), as well as graduation forms graduation gift ideas graduation service sample and graduation song suggestions (over 40) Are a part of Launching Well: Graduating Your Senior Class In Style resource. If you are not subscribed to the Youth Ministry Round Up newsletter, subscribe now and receive all these graduation resources. Most of your pastors don’t want…

Date:December 12, 2022Posted By:projectadminCategory:Inspire Me, soul care, Youth Ministry

Your Audience Will Adjust

I heard this quote from Gary Vaynerchuk and it made me think, and I paraphrase, “If you don’t want to deliver to your audience and you’d rather watch Netflix, take time off, not make content, your audience will adjust.” This, among other things, keeps me bringing you content every week on my blog, on my…