Is it worth knowing and understanding your kids social media habits? Considering our students pretty much live there I thin it is. This teen wrote about social from the teen perspective, back in January, and breaks each medium down into whether it is relevant or not to teens. I think using social, for youth ministry…
“I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know…
One of best feelings in the world is when your boss hands you an assignment because he trusts you. In my case, this trust is expressed when I am asked to preach when my Pastor is out of town. I have always regarded preaching in place of my pastors as sacred ground but I’ve made…
Summer is about gone and school is almost started (this week around here). Before I say goodbye to summer there are a few things I have to get done. Here’s my short list of things to do before our summer comes to an end Create a slide show with pics from your events (camp, missions,…
I’m creating space for our ministry to grow. That’s why I’m letting all of our volunteers go. I can hear it now, Are you crazy? You have volunteers and you just dismissed them?! I’d kill for great volunteers! Send them to me! Cool your jets. I only let them go for three weeks.…
I love mission trips; but they can be so hard and so draining that I’m temped to put them in the rear view mirror and move on to something easier. I resist this temptation by understanding that our mission trip is not over when we pull into the church parking lot. There’s still work to…
Seth Godin’s post give 7 questions anyone should follow if they are interested in reaching the people in their neighborhood. Some people want to reach people in their neighborhood with a product, a promotion, an event, or a service. I and my youth ministry want to reach kids in our neighborhood with the gospel…
I happen to see this ad for a youth pastor and I don’t like it. The first half of the ad went through the entire history of the church, the progress of the city it was founded in Zzzzzzzzzzzz, Hey! Wake up, I’m writing here. See what I mean. I don’t know who they are…
Picture source Summer is a great time to gain momentum. It’s also a great time to lose it too. In my recent Mentor Me Monday video shared five small ways to shift momentum in your youth ministry. Take a look and, if you’d like to get videos like this in your inbox, go ahead and…
Sounds morbid doesn’t it? You have a “dead” youth ministry and you want to know what or who killed it. Mostly, we want to know if we were the “killer”. In the midst of a suspicious death you have to look for clues and evidence to see if this death was accidental or if…
