If I took away your band (if you have one), how would you invite your students to worship God? Can you worship God without a band? Blasphemy to think such a thing, but many of our students don’t think so because youth workers, like us, say, “Its time to worship” and then the band comes…
Every parent and youth worker are asking this question. If you are youth worker, we’ve all been down that path where we are looking for that something special and wind up giving out graduating seniors a bible and card. There’s nothing wrong with that but I think you have way more to offer your seniors.…
In my last post I talked about what I hated about 13 Reasons Why. The series was not devoid of meaning or purpose, the message was loud and clear: kids are killing themselves and it’s preventable. There are no new revelations as far as youth culture goes. Stereotypes, acting out, drinking, smoking, sex, have all…
Five minutes into the Netflix series 13 Reasons, I was hating it. If you’re not familiar with the show, 13 Reasons is based on the book of the same title, written by Jay Asher. The 13 episodic series tells the story of Hannah Baker’s suicide, why it happened, and who she thought was responsible. Hannah…
Re-Brandng a ministry sounds daunting, and it is, if you don’t know where to start. In this episode of the Youth Ministry In Motion podcast, I share how I started the rebranding process with just three questions. Don’t forget to subscribe the Fresh Impact newsletter to receive the notes to this podcast and, as a…
What do you do when a kid (or kids) from a fellow youth workers youth group comes to your youth ministry? If you’re in a small town, like mine, you’re going to have kids church hop. Kids will make the rounds from youth group to youth group. You know those kids, they come for a…
Making life-long followers of Jesus. It’s kind of the point of my blog here. Every idea, video, etc, is meant to encourage you to think long term. To change something about yourself, your program, or even your theology when it some to making disciples. I want you to become life-long disciple makers, not just more…
Just had a conversation with a friend of mine. Her and her husband wanted counseling to work on their marriage. As many of us, who wanted help I our marriage, we’d look outside of our church because we might think the people in our church were too close to the situation. She told me she…
I heard the phrase “Fix the well, not the sink” the other day on The GaryVee show. I thought the phrase was worth exploring. We all have a well, a depth of heart and spirit where everything we think and say draws from. I don’t know how many times I’ve said, “Why did I say…
In fact, I did not gain a degree from any college. I am one class (Math) shy of an AA from my local community college. So, what’s a guy with no college degree in youth ministry busy doing creating his own courses on youth ministry? Before I answer this question, let me give you a…
