Help! No One Is Showing Up To My Events

  Guest post today from my friend and blogger Ryan Latham. I hate when kids don’t show up for stuff. it makes me feel bad but it also makes me think “What could I have donee better?” That is where Ryan comes from today. We can all make our events a...
5 Intangibles Every Youth Pastor Should Bring To The Planning Table

5 Intangibles Every Youth Pastor Should Bring To The Planning Table

If you’re a rookie youth pastor and you’re looking up the word “intangibles”, that’s o.k..,  I‘ll wait. I don’t think I knew what intangibles were either during my first few years of being the lead planner. I knew what curriculum were. I knew what calendars were. I...

3 Tips For Visiting Youth Group Guests

I told my son the other day I was making a house visit to one of our guests. He gave me the impression that personal visits were passe’ in our digital age. His only response was “Why?”. Thus this post. If you are making in person visits, keep these 3...

Summer School For Youth Workers: Equipping Parents To Lead

Class Notes Good morning class. Yesterday  we covered the topic Teens in Crisis and I hope you did your homework, well, at least George Lynch did. Thanks George, you get a gold star. The rest of you: I’ll see you after class. Today’s topic comes from Craig...