Youth ministry is one of the most rewarding, challenging, and crucial roles in the Church today. You’re shaping the next generation of leaders, believers, and world-changers. But here’s a hard truth: many youth pastors don’t make it past the 18-24-month mark.
Signs of Confusion: Screen Game is a hilarious and confusing game of funny road signs from around the world. Basic Explanation Players must correctly guess the instructions, directions, or warnings is of the signs Game Play Options: • Small Groups/Partners: Give each group/partnership a pen and paper. Reveal all challenge slides, pausing to give groups […]
Middle schoolers are curious, energetic, and unpredictable—so your lessons should be too. Here are five quick tips to make your teaching more effective and memorable:
In every church, there’s a platform. But what that platform represents—and how it’s used—can reveal a lot about the heart of the church. Is it an altar or a stage?
Young: I Timothy 4:12 One Night is a “done-for-you” resource for one complete night of youth ministry based on I Timothy 4:12. KEY OBJECTIVES Students will see that their young age doesn’t limit how God can use them. KEY VERSE “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example […]
We’ve TOO often hear metaphors about the church being a hospital for the hurting or a museum of sacred traditions. BUT… what if we imagined the church as a gym—a space for spiritual fitness, training, and growth?
Famously Twinning (Twin Day Game), Because Twinning is Winning…At Least in the Case of This Fun Game! Celebrate National Twin Day (April 20th), This Week With This Fun Game! It is a Celebrity Challenge Game, as Students Have to Guess Who is the Famous Celebrity Twin! Who Are the Famous Hidden Famous with Their […]
MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP MISTAKES AND MISSES, For 10-15 years, I chose to run my own camps for my groups and/or decided to run missions trips in place of summer camp. In my last two churches, we have rented out camps, hired outside speakers and musicians, and ran most of the programming and activities ourselves. In […]
Ten Youth Group Bus Games for your upcoming summer trips and other amazing moments you are stuck in a bus trying to kill time, beyond everyone on the phone or sleeping. The first set of ten FREE youth group favorites of my students from over the years. These are simple, low, or no-prep games that […]
Speaking to the Rock: New Ministry Methods for a New Generation. Are we listening to God or still doing what “use to work” the way “we have always done it”?
