Being a youth worker all boils down to leadership. You can’t get away from it. If you are going to reach your maximum potential you are going to have to focus on leadership. When I think about the different aspects of youth ministry I naturally think about four groups of people who need a leader. [...]

This is a awesome blog post from my friend Phil Bell – I love the questions that he asks in this post and I love this thinking …. Posted on February 8, 2011 by youthworktalk A number of months ago one of our students was tragically killed in a car accident on his way to [...]

Working and serving on a team is satisfying. We get lots down and everyone shares the work load, so why don’t more ministries use teamwork? Most of us say we value teamwork but why don’t we actually use it? I believe we don’t use teamwork because it’s hard work. I know it sounds easy but [...]

Getting your adult volunteers to be on time can sometimes be harder than getting your students to be on time. When adult volunteers don’t see a need to be on time they are communicating a ton to the students and it’s not good. I know they are busy and they are coming as soon as [...]