Ever notice when students return from a mission trip they always talk about how they were impacted more than the people they went to help? We need to pay attention. Students are telling us that mission trips are more about their growth than their service. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying service is [...]

As youth workers, we want to see our students grow as leaders. In order to grow student leaders we think we must have a student leadership team. And in reality what we really want to do is see students start to own the mission of Jesus Christ. We want to see them internalize and live [...]

5 New Freebies I just posted 5 new freebies – Check under the Freebies Tab on www.dougfranklinonline.com We spend a good amount of time creating freebies so we can support youth workers. We know you don’t have tons of money or time to do everything your ministry requires. We want to help, so if you have [...]

The other day a youth pastor stopped me and told me how excited he was about LeaderTreks and the work we were doing to help youth workers develop students leaders. He also told me that his students were getting closer to being ready for leadership development. I asked him, “what would make them ready for [...]