One of my fellow volunteers, Parker Stetch, put this video together for the relationship series our High School Ministry started last weekend entitled Happily Ever After. Great stuff!

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Today Doug Fields and Matt McGill announced that they’re doing a two week series in their daily newsletter about leaders in crisis. If you don’t get their free daily e-mails, I highly recommend subscribing! Here’s a clip from today’s announcement: If there’s anything we’ve learned as leaders it’s that being a leader isn’t easy. Usually, [...]

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Mark DeVries has done the world of youth ministry a huge favor by writing this book. In this book he is like that one friend you have who tells you what you need to hear, not what you hope to hear. You’ll be a better youth worker (paid or volunteer) because of the time you [...]

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Here’s something the high school ministry staff of my church is doing to help small group leaders nudge their students toward deeper discipleship this year. You can find all of the information and links over at MoreThanDodgeball.com. Here’s a clip of what you’ll see: So when a Life Group leader recognizes an opportunity to challenge [...]

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I loved this post by Matt Lawson over at his blog, Revolution Speaks. It gives some very practical insights and actions steps to keep veteran volunteers on their game and relevant in youth ministry. Here’s a clip. Go there for the rest: 6. INVEST YOURSELF INTO ONE YOUNGER LEADER EACH YEAR Key: The next generation [...]

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I’m very appreciative of ChurchLeader.com for reposting material from VolunteerYouthMinistry.com. The vision of this blog has been to create a forum for volunteers to help each other out through their hands-on experience in youth ministry. I appreciate them for helping get the word out. If you would like to repost anything from this blog, please [...]

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I’ve had some schedule conflicts with my small group students and prospective students for the upcoming year of small groups. Some can only meet on Tuesdays and some can only meet on Wednesdays. Being the problem solver that I am, I signed up to teach both nights. I think I’m going to love it, but [...]

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2011 Simply Youth Ministry Conference Brochure Watch the promo video

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A parent of one our students is trying to deal with some issues with her high schooler. We’re going to talk through some ideas so I’ve been brainstorming on the topic. Here are some principles I’ve come up with. Maybe they’ll be helpful for others. Discipline shouldn’t be: – A tool for venting anger – [...]

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iPhone is one of the sweetest tools I have in youth ministry. (Just justifying putting this post on a youth ministry blog) However, I haven’t been able to sync my Google calendars like I was on earlier versions of iPhone. That all changed today thanks to Michael Hyatt (Twitter, blog) Click here for easy step-by-step [...]

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