27
Jul
Jul
Learned From Being Homeless- ten things I learned from being homeless and how good god is in the middle of our struggles
13
Jul
Jul
Youth Ministry Hints, Youth Ministry Lessons, Youth Ministry Resources, Youth Ministry Thoughts
The Seven Minute Rule
Want to keep your students engaged and listening to your lesson? Consider the “7 Minute Rule” when it comes to planning your next lesson: I know traditionally, youth ministry lessons resemble a sermon/lecture (“Auditory Learning”) more than other kinds of presentations. The church is a setting for 20-minute-plus sermons, which might work for the adults, but it […]
06
Jul
Jul
Caught NOT Taught? “What are you teaching this week?” It is the question that students, parents, and others often ask us. We study, plan, and prepare for that moment when we stand up in front of our students and begin to speak. We are paid to communicate the greatest truths imaginable. We have the privilege and the responsibility […]
29
Jun
Jun
Running The Race Together, why my wife is involved in my youth ministry as a youth pastor working in a church with teenagers. By Dan Istvanik
12
Jun
Jun
Silver Bullets of Youth Ministry Success. We all want to know the “silver bullet”… the “secret sauce”… to youth ministry!
04
May
May
BORED WITH THE BIBLE? “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.- I Timothy 4:12 (NIV) I hear a few things quite often as a youth pastor, but two make me most sad. I hear […]
24
Apr
Apr
Youth Ministry Hints, Youth Ministry Resources, Youth Ministry Thoughts
Favorite Youth Ministry Podcasts
Favorite Youth Ministry Podcasts, there are quite a few youth ministry podcasts. Some you may have heard of and some you may not have heard of…yet! Unfortunately, there are even some of my favorites from over the years that are no longer around. I don’t have a podcast of my own, partly because there are […]
13
Apr
Apr
We all know the time-honored phrase and what accompanies it, “Why are you hitting yourself?” It is repeated by older siblings, classmates, and others as they grab our hand, overpower us, and beat us silly.
While it may not happen physically to us, as we get older and stronger, it still does sometimes happens in adulthood, even in ministry settings. It continues through micromanagement and controlling leadership that beat us up emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
06
Apr
Apr
Building Blocks of Constructive Teaching, as we face a continued conversation about the deconstruction of faith. Maybe it is time we, in youth ministry, reclaim our place in the conversation and actually claim our place pre-deconstruction. Is it possible that the seeming flood of well-known Christian voices grew up in an era of youth ministry […]
30
Mar
Mar
Youth Ministry Hints, Youth Ministry Resources, Youth Ministry Thoughts
Talking to Students about School Shootings
Talking to Students about School Shootings. Ministry is about a lot of things, but a growing need in youth ministry in our current era is to help teens process crisis-based tragedies like school shootings. Events like what happened again this week are happening more and more often, and students have questions, anxiety, and concerns about […]