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12
Aug
August 12, 2025August 11, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Hints

Better Lesson Openers

The first 2 minutes of your lesson set the tone for everything that follows. Want to hook middle schoolers from the start? Try these strategies: 1. Lead with CuriosityAsk a surprising question, show a weird object, or share a “Wait—what?” fact. Curiosity pulls students in before they know they’re learning. 2. Use a StoryA short, […]

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Moving Boxes: Ministry Transition
07
Aug
August 7, 2025August 15, 2025 By MYMRadmin
Youth Ministry Thoughts

Moving Boxes: Ministry Family Transitions

MOVING BOXES, MINISTRY FAMILIES TRANSITION…Transition is all too familiar to me.  We are landing at our 9th church in over 25 years of marriage and ministry. When packing and unpacking the physical boxes, you also pack and unpack your heart, emotions, and mind. Over the years, we have done the transitions before we had kids. The […]

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06
Aug
August 6, 2025July 1, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Games

3-Degrees of Emojis Game

3-Degrees of Emojis is a fun and silly screen game challenge to see how well your students really know their Bible Stories.  Each challenge will present them with 3 emojis as clues to see if they can figure out which popular Bible story is presented. A perfect start to a lesson about the “Bible” or […]

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01
Aug
August 1, 2025July 21, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Lessons

Brain Storm-7 Minute Sunday Lesson

Brain Storm-7 Minute Sunday Lesson: a lesson about your thinking and decision making for teenage students from Youth Min Hub.

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31
Jul
July 31, 2025July 28, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Thoughts

More Than Father & Mother

More than father or mother, the life of ministry is being called beyond comfort.  Moving often physically away from the familiarity of family & friends to follow in full faith and faithfulness. “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more […]

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CeleBeauty
30
Jul
July 30, 2025July 1, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
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Game of the Week: “Cele-Beauty: Famous Faces”

Cele-Beauty, Famous Faces! Download this screen game for your next event! This game will test your students’ or groups’ ability to identify celebrities who are pictured without make-up. Great lead in to a lesson on “I Sam. 16:7” A 10 Question Challenge Game, with 1 Bonus Tiebreaker. Includes: – 2 Powerpoint Presentations (editable and flat […]

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29
Jul
July 29, 2025July 11, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Hints

Creating Better Discussion Questions

Great discussions don’t start with great answers—they start with great questions. Here’s how to craft questions that actually get middle and high schoolers talking:

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28
Jul
July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Humor

Odd Reasons For Being a Volunteer?

Odd Reasons For Being a Volunteer- ten real reasons for people wanting to be a volunteer in student ministry.

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digital evangelism
24
Jul
July 24, 2025July 11, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Thoughts

Digital Evangelism: Feeding the Spiritually Hungry

In a world scrolling for meaning, spiritual hunger is more real than ever, Are we ready to feed the spiritually hungry of this generation in a Digital World? 

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23
Jul
July 23, 2025July 1, 2025 By Dan Istvanik
Youth Ministry Games

New Icebreaker: Emoji Attitude

Emoji Attitude is a Super Fun and Super Silly, Less Active All-Ages Game to Get Everyone Moving  Laughing and Ready for a  Lesson on Attitude and Emotions.  

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