Help! Summer is Coming! Strategically Planning Your Middle School Events
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...
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3 Tips to Recruit More Volunteers
After 12 years of ministry, I haven’t found a person who said they got into ministry because they love volunteer recruitment and management! Sure, some church leaders possess the skills needed to recruit, train, and retain volunteers, but most leaders struggle to find leaders to serve.
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The Most Important Gift You Can Give Your Child or Student
The most important gift you can give this year is to help them notice, appreciate, use, and give the gifts they already have. Here’s how.
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An Immoral Youth Ministry Decision
I may be on the fringe here (and like all things, I reserve the right to be wrong and have my mind changed) but I think one of the most immoral decisions we can make in youth ministry is to prioritize OURSELVES – the staff, the leaders, the adults – over the students.
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