When I first took a role in youth ministry, I really did think everything was my job. To often I worked beyond my job description to meet some unmet need. I stepped over lines and assumed roles that were never mine to take. I had no boundaries. If the youth ministry was going to be…
This just in, I am a mental case. I some how overlooked an article I asked the wonderful Heather Lea Campbell to write as part my mentoring series. So, today I bring you Heather’s thoughts on what she looks for in a mentor. You can catch with her on Twitter at @heatherlea17 and you can…
Pic Credit I don’t know the last time (if ever) anyone told you that it’s o.k. to be happy with your youth group numbers, but it’s o.k.. I’m happy with the number of kids in our youth ministry, right now, because that is who God has given us. They are fantastic kids on a…
I have had a worship band, of some kind, in every youth ministry I have served. I did not say they were all good worship bands, but they were bands. Some were better than others. None were worse, or more fun, than the band I led at a small church in Panama City. I…
Let me begin by saying, I am totaling ripping off the title to one of my favorite business podcasts of late called Fizzle. I must warn you though, if you listen, it will have some salty language sprinkled through-out. That being said, the podcast rocked my world in two ways. 1. It made me think…
Whenever we have a kurfuffle like “What should we do with a believer behaving badly?” we have some choices: 1. Ignore it. The problem with choice is that a chunk of our students are not ignoring it and they are looking how we respond to it. So, I don’t think ignoring it is…
Pic Source I played some games with my almost 14 year old son this weekend. The game we played was called Summoner Wars and it’s a fun strategy card and dice game. It is a new game, to us, and so we played three times over the weekend, I lost every time. So, I…
Some people will not appreciate this post because they think I am reducing youth ministry or ministry to a game. That is not my intent but rather to make similarities between ministry and games or gaming. As pastors, (and all Christians) we ought to take the gospel and our calling very seriously, but that…
I’m passionate about following up after kids make spiritual commitments. If a kid is inwardly compelled to go to an altar and commit his or her life to Christ, then I must be inwardly compelled to follow up after them to help them in their journey. I understand that parents play the key role with…
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