YouTube is a video platform that allows users to upload videos and share them with others, either privately or publicly. After creating and verifying your account, you can simply share the video URL through church communication avenues or by embedding the video on your web page. Most students are familiar... read more
Episode 19: Worship through music! It’s honestly probably one of the harder things to pull off during a worship experience. Especially if you aren’t a musician or don’t have a background in sound or playing an instrument. At the same time it can feel like an expectation to include a... read more
Episode 19: Worship through music! It’s honestly probably one of the harder things to pull off during a worship experience. Especially if you aren’t a musician or don’t have a background in sound or playing an instrument. At the same time it can feel like an expectation to include a... read more
My first year in student ministry I worked with middle schoolers. I was fresh out of Bible College and anxious to grow a youth program and see students experience Jesus. We met weekly on Wednesday nights for a typical youth ministry night full of games, worship and teaching. I quickly... read more
Episode 17: Let’s talk about guests.. visitors.. people who are coming to your program for the first time. Maybe they are there for Easter, coming with a friend, or just moved to town and googled your church and showed up. It is so important that they will have a good... read more
Episode 17: Let’s talk about guests.. visitors.. people who are coming to your program for the first time. Maybe they are there for Easter, coming with a friend, or just moved to town and googled your church and showed up. It is so important that they will have a good... read more
Episode 16: We have all had that “uh-oh” moment. We are in need of a game and we don’t know what to do. Maybe just didn’t get to it in our planning, maybe we forgot to pick up the resources needed or maybe something came up, and you need a game... read more
Episode 16: We have all had that “uh-oh” moment. We are in need of a game and we don’t know what to do. Maybe just didn’t get to it in our planning, maybe we forgot to pick up the resources needed or maybe something came up, and you need a game... read more
Episode 15: If you are in ministry for any length of time, and if you are in student ministry for at least a week, YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES. I like to think of it as “a part of the job.” Besides accepting this, there really are a few practical steps... read more
Episode 15: If you are in ministry for any length of time, and if you are in student ministry for at least a week, YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES. I like to think of it as “a part of the job.” Besides accepting this, there really are a few practical steps... read more
Beacons and trail markers are a traveler’s best friend. Leader’s lean into these as life lines for clear direction and vision. Whether it is ship captains entering nighttime harbors, sherpas guiding large groups up Everest or 747 pilots landing massive planes on runways, the principle remains truer than ever that... read more
Episode 14: As youth pastors we spend our time pouring into students. We desire to see spiritual growth as well as maturity and life skills develop in them. A huge way we can train them is through actually letting them lead. Imagine a ministry for students, led by other students.... read more