Youth workers always seem worried to me. It may be because they are in a stage of life that changes quickly or they feel like they are never settled because being a youth worker feels like you are always on the hot seat. I don’t know all the reasons but I do know that being [...]

There are many benefits to having a student leadership team, but one you may not have considered is your own leadership growth. When we teach students to be leaders, there’s pressure to live out those leadership principles in our own lives. It’s challenging to have students watch how we live leadership, but it can be [...]

Its the start of a new ministry year. Soon we will have the kick-off meeting with our youth ministry volunteers. When staff care for each other, powerful ministry will happen. When they don’t, people will run for the door. Use this assessment to gauge how your volunteers feel about working on your team. This will [...]

You’ve chosen the right staff for your ministry and you have told them everything they need to know about leading students, but they are missing something special, something intangible – something that would make them stellar. You want to mentor them – you want them to grow as people.  When I think about mentoring my [...]