Youth Pastor Round Table: The Power of Planning
My Co-Author, Ryan Latham and myself, sit down and talk about some of the principle of our upcoming book Prepared For Impact. Enjoy.
Does Your Youth Room Need A Makeover?
If you are new here, welcome. If you’ve been around a while you know I do videos as well as blog and one of my shows is called More Than A Youth Room where I talk about the changes I make in my youth room to better facilitate fun, discipleship, and family. You can…
We Need To Relax, Shut Up, Or Change
I saw a post on FB this morning and it was about issues I’ve heard about for years in church. We, youth pastors, care about these issues because our bosses really care about these issues. If Senior Pastors did not place such a high value on numbers and attendance youth workers would find other…
Keeping Momentum When Your Youth Pastor Leaves
A young man, whose taken on the role of the youth leader in his church, asked a really good question It happens. Your youth pastor leaves and you don’t have any viable candidates for the job; you don’t even have someone in your church that likes teenagers. When your youth pastor or…
Becoming The Youth Pastor Your Kids Deserve
Do we want to stand in the line of the friendliest or fastest cashier? Do we want the most knowledgeable or the best dressed waiter? Of course we want both, but it usually does not happen that way. We decide what we want and then we get what we get. Our students show up or…
Life For Youth Camp Scripture and Media List Week 5
Hey Campers, I want to thank you again for an amazing week. God did so much in such a short amount of time. My hope is that you will discern good from evil and and pursue the good and flee the evil. Sunday Night [bctt tweet=”Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with…
8 Simple Ways To Simplify Youth Discipleship
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy…
What If You Didn’t Show Up?
I had the joy of not showing up to an event, until later, for our youth group last night. Why the joy of being not showing up? Because I wasn’t in charge of the event, one of my leaders and a few students were. At the end of May we tossed around a few ideas…
10 Songs For Your Post Mission Trip Slide Show
I love making slideshows because the music I use is meant to have an impact. The soundtrack to our trip has multiple purposes. It tells the story of our adventure. It creates energy. It make kids reflect on all they accomplished. It sends a message that we can make a difference. It inspires the audience…
12 Principles To Creating Extreme Ownership In Your Youth Ministry
Former Navy Seal, Jocko Willink, shares thoughts on ownership in the military world but it’s easily translatable to the ministry world. Here are the top 12 things he said that should matter to you if you want to create real ownership in your youth ministry. You can watch the video HERE with an option to…