Spiritual Gifts. Probably one of the more difficult topics to discuss with anyone in the church, due to the varying interruptions and practices relating to Spiritual Gifts. Bring a tough topic like this to your students, and, well, you never know what you might get. I...
After 20 years of working with students you learn a thing or two. At least I hope I’ve learned a thing or two. After all the message prep, study, writing, rewriting, teaching, preaching, discipling, and praying there are three simple messages that I want...
His Calling, Your Care By Kayla Harker You don’t have to be a pastor’s wife to feel the pressure of ministry, but if you are, you probably know it all too well. As the daughter of a junior high pastor, I struggled for years trying to find a ministry that was a good...
One of the things about student ministry that I truly love is being able to go to our local Jr/Sr High School to cheer on our students as they compete in their various sporting events. For me, this is an area where we can make some of the biggest investments in our...
Summer is coming. Some youth workers read the previous sentence and have a sense of excitement over what the summer months will hold. Others are overwhelmed by anxiety not knowing how to fill extra time with students outside of the normal school year programing. Yet...
Most students know that we should pray. Some joyfully raise their hands when we ask for a volunteer to pray before a youth group meal. Others sit there anxious at the end of a small group hoping they aren’t forced to pray out loud. However, there might still...
