Letting Go…
I remember it like it was yesterday. I reflected on the past five years in youth ministry. How much time, energy, money have I put in, how many sacrifices have I made to be there every Friday night with a new program?…
Student Leadership: To help heal, or not to help heal
I love the change in seasons—though Winter is one of the changes I don’t enjoy so much. With this recent change in season, our student ministry has seen many changes as well. One of the biggest is our recent introduction to Life Hurts, God Heals (www.lifehurtsgodheals.com).…
Adult Youth Leader Application Packet
This is the Adult Youth Leader Application Packet we give to prospective leaders. It includes an overview of our ministry, resources, and application materials. Feel free to adapt it to meet your ministry context. Enjoy!…
Picking Leaders
From crane games to duck-duck goose, we were born to choose. Often these choices are based on what we find appealing, attractive, or intriguing. This becomes an interesting dilemma when we begin building a team of leaders to serve alongside us in youth ministry.…
Leadership Reflections – TOM
Leadership Reflections –Tom Lately it seems that I’ve been doing a lot of travelling in my car. Over the last few weeks I’ve been in cities and towns from New Hampshire down to North Carolina. I’ve become very good at spotting the gas stations and fast food places that are right off the exit so I don’t have to venture too far off the beaten path.…
Things Are Still Lookin’ Pretty Good!
Okay, I’m going to admit something: I sorta like the fact that we are in a recession and that times are tough. Now, I’m sure part of the reason for my “upbeat” attitude is due to the fact that I haven’t faced any real financial hardship during this period…I still have my job, my home isn’t in jeopardy and I still drink way too much sweet tea from Chick-Fil-A.…
Conflict Happens
If I were a hermit, the only conflict I would ever have would be with, well, no one. If you saw the movie Castaway with Tom Hanks, he created a friend out of a volleyball. Tom was all alone and needed a friend.…
Puppy Love
I received the following email last week: Subject: new youth pastors and puppy 🙂 We just wanted to say we thought it was wonderful the new youth pastors were introduced to the entire congregation last Sunday. And we absolutely loved the puppy!!…
Mentoring Your Team
You’ve chosen the right team and you have told them everything they need to know about leadership, but they are missing something special, something intangible, something that would make them stellar. You realize that you need to mentor them to take them to the next level.…