The parent youth ministry relationship seems to have tension. Sometimes parents think youth workers are pushing boundaries and they are not sure whose side they are on. Youth workers want to serve parents but they have a much larger focus on students. Youth workers often think they need to take the students’ side in order [...]

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 [...]

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A great leadership experience allows students to face the consequences of their decisions. This produces a struggle in their mind; one that requires them to count the cost of their actions. Don’t let students off the hook of decision making by rescuing them. The impulse is strong…resist it.