Why does your youth ministry exist? For a longer and fully developed book on the subject, we highly recommend Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry by our friend Doug Fields. Today we want to offer up a few key thoughts as you put yours together, or evaluate the one you inherited from the previous youth worker.…
Editor’s Note: Jeff Wallace is an anomaly. He’s a longtime African-American youth ministry innovator in the urban world who feels just as comfortable in the outer-space of the white suburban world. He’s a respected strategist in the urban ministry context, but has used ideas he co-opted from the suburban world to invigorate his approach.…
Part-time youth ministry seems so easy. Just work 15-20 hours and you’re done with youth ministry for the week. Those who are, or have been, part-time youth ministers know that’s definitely not the case! That’s doubly so if you have family, another job, or school.…
Blog by Dave Sippel Apparently a student in Melbourne, Australia tested the 10-second rule. You know…you drop a morsel of food on the floor. If you pick it up within 10-seconds it’s still okay to eat. Well, we now know that this is simply not true.…
How many times have you planned your lesson on a Saturday night while also trying to watch SNL? How often do you pray for red lights on the way to mid-week so the Holy Spirit can “lead you” to come up with something to talk about once you get there (as if the Holy Spirit can’t lead you a few days ahead of time!)?…
Aurora, Colo.—Chaos erupted Friday during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, when a heavily armed gunman opened fire in a packed theater. Witnesses said the gunman entered an emergency door, threw tear gas, and started shooting at the terrified audience.…
By Marv Penner Kaylee’s urgent text message shouldn’t have surprised me: “We need to talk marv, not doin good. can we plz get together soon.” I set down my phone and that nagging inner voice jabbed at me—“You really should’ve pursued her first.”…
Seriously, just click the link below and you will download a zip file containing a LIVE Curriculum lesson from each of our 6 LIVE Curriculum lines! Enjoy! If you have any questions please contact Matty McCage. MMcCage@SimplyYouthMinistry.com 615.349.7111…
So my wife and I were trying to get a little ahead of the curve and get our oldest daughter a couple of presents for her birthday earlier this year. I was sitting in my living room and looking for some headphones online.…
