I’m driving over to Mason, OH today to run a youth worker training event called In and Through. It’s an entire day training event designed exclusively to help volunteers in a youth group. I’m always excited when I get to do this training event because adult volunteers are the life blood of any successful youth [...]

A small groups leader’s greatest tool is a partnership with a parent. Parents are the primary faith influencers in the student’s life, so if you want to make a spiritual impact, you better have a partnership with Mom and Dad. Many of you may think the parents don’t care, but that doesn’t change anything in [...]

How we structure our youth ministry program time is actually important. My weekly program always included: small group games, large group game, worship and Bible teaching. When patterns are repeated students gain comfort and confidence in knowing what is going to happen next. Comfort allows them to invite their friends, and confidence gives them the [...]

A few years ago I was in the airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a city whose sole industry is tourism from the States. The vision of the city is clear: if the people who visit Puerto Vallarta have a great time, they will return and if they continue to return, the city will prosper. As [...]