May 20, 2018 "Here" Youth Sunday

How Christian Camps can Help Troubled Youths

We live in a world full of turmoil and immorality; it seems that everywhere you look, sin abounds. This is especially tragic for teenagers, who are bombarded and pressured by the culture on every side as they try to determine what they will do for the rest of their lives. It’s no wonder that so [...]

How to Make Your Youth Ministry More Relational

You can’t make changes to make your youth ministry more relational if you don’t know what needs to change.

Why Youth Pastors Need to Multiply Leadership

Exhausted, alone and too many people are coming at you for too much stuff? Youth pastor, you need to multiply leadership.

All Shapes and Sizes: What Does Youth Ministry Look Like?

We can sometimes get stuck by limiting our ideas of what youth ministry does and doesn’t look like. Instead of limiting our understanding, I invite us to expand our understanding of youth ministry.

What Is Required to Finish Strong in Youth Ministry?

Finishing strong is the leadership skill to do what it takes, no matter the cost, in order to accomplish the goal.

What Is the Achilles Heel of Youth Ministry?

How could we see our ministries embrace hope instead of fear?

Why You Should Care About Creativity in Youth Ministry

Creativity matters because it’s deeply personal and inherently authentic.

What To Do When Students Don't Show Up

Attendance is one of the most frustrating parts of youth ministry.

6 Things Kids Learn When You Skip Mass On Sundays

Children absorb everything we do and even what we don't do. What do your kids learn when you skip Mass? Find out 10 things and let us know what to add.

How to Start Measuring Youth Ministry Growth

Are you afraid the numbers will expose you as a failure?

Is it wrong to use entertainment in youth ministry?

You can either use entertainment to reach teenagers or be used by it.

Is religion driving conservatism among youth?

Faith and religion have a strong influence on how millennials think about social issues such as premarital sex, homosexuality, and alcohol consumption

10 Things Youth Ministry Needs More Of

Some things that ought to be encouraged in student ministry.

Why we still need a synod on youth

A room full of bishops talking about themselves and what they need to do to govern effectively is not the right move at this time.

6 Practices for Youth Ministry on a School Campus

How can you begin to be good news to the high school campus near you?

11 Keys to Building a Youth Ministry Network

I'm confident that we can strategically plan meetings that will be of interest and will have a greater impact on youth workers and ultimately students.

What Happens when Parents and Kids see Youth Group as Simply an Elective?

For the past few years, it has been obvious that the culture in which we do ministry has fundamentally changed. I know that pop culture continues to devolve into twerkfests on MTV, but that is nothing new. What I am seeing that is new, is that the Christian adults within this culture have a totally …

Even Small Towns in the Bible Belt Are Learning to Accept Transgender Youth

Youth Ministry When You Just Don’t Feel Like It

What do you do when you’re just not feeling it? Mike Rollins shares how you lead when your heart isn’t necessarily in it.

Finding Home as a Homeless, Transgender Youth

Be at home in your own skin -- then it won't matter where you go<br>This is a bit of wisdom that I've picked up in my times of uncertainty, from the first time I was kicked out to the singular moment when I truly felt as if I had no home. Despite the tumultuous living situation and stunted employment opportunities after I came out as transgender, and no matter that it made all those things all the more difficult, I have never…