So many of us place our volunteers by need. I need a small group leader for 10th grade girls so if you’re a new female volunteer, you get the 10th grade girls. Why? How do you know if this new volunteer is right for that position or even knows how to lead a small group [...]

You’ve chosen the right adult volunteers and you have told them everything they need to know about leading students, but they are missing something special, something intangible , something that would make them stellar.

You want to mentor them, you want them to grow as people.
When I think about mentoring my staff, I think about teaching [...]

I was visiting a youth group’s small group ministry recently and saw a student totally dress in black and reading a book about vampires. No one talked with him, not even the adult volunteers. During his small group, he just read his book because no one asked him to engage. So after the meeting I [...]

Do you ever say to yourself, my team doesn’t get what we are trying to do. It may not be their fault, it may be yours. Understanding the mission of a youth ministry will not happen for volunteers just because you mentioned it once. You have to communicate it often and in many ways. Start [...]