I can see the end in sight, the light at the end of the tunnel. The vaccine has arrived, and ...
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Imposter Syndrome. This is the name that is given to that overwhelming feeling that you are a fake, a fraud ...
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If you’ve listened to your students for any length of time, you might easily feel that you don’t have anything ...
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How will you continue to navigate this season? March 8 was the first Sunday that many churches throughout the world ...
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Right now, spirituality is a struggle for many of us. I’ve recently been following Jon Steingard, former lead singer of ...
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We’ve all done it, right? You put time, effort, and energy into prepping a virtual lesson for the youth group ...
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We have all been there as youth ministers… attempting to discern when and why to change churches. Hopefully, these ideas will help ...
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It’s time to set the annual calendar for the youth ministry. Who do you invite to the meeting- church pastor, ...
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I do not know who needs to hear this but give yourself a break. You are doing the best you ...
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Whether schools are out for summer break, or as we are experiencing in this current situation where a pandemic has ...
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“Losing what we thought our summer would be, just sucks!” I said that to a student a few days ago ...
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In youth ministry, your mission is to promote the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well-being of all youth under your ...
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In part one, Dealing With Grief, we discussed how we can understand grief. As we move into part two of ...
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There is an emotion in the midst of everything I do these days. It is like a cloud, heavy and ...
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It has been several weeks of creating ways to do ministry differently. I imagine by now you have problem-solved some ...
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Whether you are serving in youth ministry, children's ministry, or family ministry, you are now doing ministry differently. The challenges ...
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You are in social distancing, so should ministry stop? Absolutely not! Here are 7 ways to minister in times of ...
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It feels that the Covid-19 situation has rapidly escalated, leaving us in ministry unsure about our roles. To help you ...
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What would our ministry look like if we could truly partner with parents in the way that we would like? ...
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Sometimes it is good to stop doing that - by that, I mean what you have always done or what ...
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It is probably safe to assume that you would like to see your youth ministry grow. No matter who you ...
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You may be your ministry’s worst enemy. A few weeks ago, in part one, we discussed one way you may be ...
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“Can God create a rock so heavy that He can’t move it?” If you’ve ever had a student ask you ...
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Toxic people create toxic groups and quickly derail your mission. As leaders, we need to learn how to overcome a ...
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No one seems able to agree about the exact dates for Generation Z. The youngest members may have been born ...
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You are a rare breed. Not many people would give up their Saturday to spend it with middle school students, ...
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Regardless of how you got into youth ministry, I think there is one thing you and I have in common ...
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You know that you need a team of leaders. To get this team, you will have to recruit people. It ...
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You could possibly be the worst enemy of your youth ministry, volunteer team, and students. As leaders, this is never ...
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