In youth ministry, few things take more time and energy than planning and creating your weekly lessons. From small group outlines, to front-of-the-room messages, there is a lot that goes into the process, and at times it can seem overwhelming. We recognize the grind that can go into weekly lessons, but also believe there’s a few key ideas that will help you thrive rather than just survive.
What You’ll Find
The Lesson’s and Resources section provides ideas and inspiration for creating, planning and delivering your weekly youth group lessons. From tips on how to make your lessons stick to free ideas to try, we’ll help you create the messages that guide the process of changing your teenagers from the inside out.
I’m an evangelist at heart. I like planting seeds. And while I’m not the guy who is eagerly looking for an opportunity to share the Romans Road with my barista or hang out at the skate parking looking for the chance to drop a spiritual law or two on unsuspecting hoodlums, I do have an innate desire to expose as many teenagers as possible to the good news of Jesus.…
We have to do better than this. We can do better than this! These two sentences formed in my mind and pulled at my heart as I watched students come in the door confused and ready to turn around and walk right back out the door.…
Every year Christmas rolls around and we are always thinking about what we should do. And what normally comes to mind is the same formula most churches in America takes. Christmas songs and a Christmas message. Of course, we have to throw a Christmas themed game in the mix.…
The teens we work with are are tempted just like us to make money to spend money (ON THEMSELVES). Spending habits start early. According to staticbrain.com, the average teen spending in a year for and by American teens amounts to 258.7 billion dollars.…
How Fruitcake Can Help Your Spouse Survive Your Christmas Ministry Schedule Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be the busiest. Helping your spouse survive your ministry schedule can keep the season bright while also keeping you off the naughty list.…
December is here which means Christmas lessons and Christmas parties of some sort are probably in your youth group’s immediate future. A common youth ministry temptation is to mistakenly lump our entire youth group together; to assume they like the same things, come from similar backgrounds, socioeconomic situations, etc.…
Easter is right around the corner with a whirlwind of candy, plastic eggs, and fake grass. As one of the “big two” times of year people think about church, it’s natural for it to also be a time of outreach. Some ministries will go to extremes to launch their Easter egg hunt out of a helicopter, while others will go to lengths to ensure that Sunday is one of the most inviting of the year.…
I love stats, I am not a huge sports fan but my ears perk up when I hear a conversation about who has the most homeruns, or the longest winning streak, a hole -in-one, and so on. I am not a basketball fan, but I loved watching Michael Jordan.…
These videos offer some Christmas fun in themselves… but can also be the ingredients for a great youth group lesson. http://youtu.be/KeaehxEdpgo (Here’s a fun non-Christmas option) What if you show these to your students, get some general reactions, and then probe around with them on a few takeaways?…
The Christmas season is one we associate with celebration, laughter and joy. Hands down when I ask students their favorite holiday, this is the one that bubbles to the top of the list most times. Yet, the other day I was given a great reminder.…
