Strategic planning in youth ministry is essential. When we have a clear plan, parents, volunteers and students know where we are going. This gives them clarity and understanding of your goals. When we have a clear mission people feel alive and are willing to sacrifice to see the mission through. So what do you need [...]

Spring is the time of year we start to forget about out adult volunteers. They start missing more youth meetings and soon you can’t get them on the phone and your not sure when they will show up next. So lets turn this around by reaching out to our volunteers. Here are 5 strategies to [...]

Telling jokes about the senior pastor is cool, right? Come on, everyone knows that it’s OK to make light of the fact that the senior pastor isn’t cool or doesn’t know how to use the latest technology. It’s just good clean fun, he probably thinks it’s funny too. Have you ever said things like this [...]

Many of us in youth ministry still don’t get the importance of parents. We think we are doing an important job of helping students grow in their faith and parents should get out of our way. This thinking will not work. We have to be serious about partnering with parents. I know many youth workers [...]