Over the weekend I had the opportunity of going to a youth worker training at a friend’s church. I like going to other company trainings for two reasons: 1. because I volunteer in a youth group and can never have too much training, and 2. because I like to see how other companies are doing [...]

We are all starting out a new year and we want our adult volunteers to have a great experience. We want them to be successful and feel like they are making a difference. We also want them to love what they are doing so they will make the ministry a priority and will want to [...]

For many of us in youth ministry we need adult volunteers to help us. Anyone who is breathing will do. Sure. we want them to love students and have time for them, but to be honest we will take anyone. Lots of us would say this is where we are at: we are in desperate [...]

We all know that there are many benefits to having students in leadership roles inside our youth ministries. But listening to youth workers I understand many of you are frustrated with the possible downsides to student leadership teams:
•    Saying no to some student who wants to be on the team
•    Having students think [...]