What are the top cultural forces that our teenagers must contend with today? And how can we be sure we’re “majoring on the majors” with them? I’ve put together a list of the most important influences in their life—the seven realities that are important for us to know as we pastor students living in a challenging culture.…
Being a small group leader is great and scary at the same time. I took a group of guys from freshmen year to senior year. It was great, but there were some things I had to learn to be ok with throughout the four years that I wish i knew at the beginning.…
This is a topic that freaked me out my first year in youth ministry. As a young parent myself, it’s not easy telling grown ups how to deal with their children. So it took me a while to really get to a place where I was comfortable with talking to parents.…
I’ve learned that relating to students is more about what you do than who you are. I wrote a post a while ago called “The B’s to being a great youth leader” and it was about clearing up the misconceptions of what a youth leader has to be in order to relate to students.…
Kurt and I deviate from our usual structure (the good, bad and #smh) and we give you our TOP four tips on speaking to students. We know that for some speaking my come easy, and for others speaking can be a challenge. …
I’m trying a new format with team meetings and I wanted to walk through it on my blog hoping there was something insightful for you to grab the next time you connect with your paid staff, volunteers or student leaders. And please share what is working in your team meetings!…
