Each week we’ll be writing about different ways that we, as leaders, can effectively be examples to our students, and we’ll discuss different topics to talk over with our students. These topics range from relationships to being active in a small group. All of these topics are nuggets every leader can apply to his or [...]

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Each week we’ll be writing about different ways that we, as leaders, can effectively be examples to our students, and we’ll discuss different topics to talk over with our students. These topics range from relationships to being active in a small group. All of these topics are nuggets every leader can apply to his or [...]

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I’ve come across a few situations in life where I’ve had to deeply offend somebody I care about with truth. Even though the truth is shared in love and with a pure heart, the decision to be offended is on the part of the receiver. In youth ministry (and life in general) offending people has [...]

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Caution: Clear this with your youth staff before using this lesson helper This week as part of World AIDS Day, our church gave free AIDS tests and encouraged everybody to get one. I snapped a photo of the questionnaire that we had to fill out before the test. I was shocked by how graphic the [...]

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Each week we’ll be writing about different ways that we, as leaders, can effectively be examples to our students, and we’ll discuss different topics to talk over with our students. These topics range from relationships to being active in a small group. All of these topics are nuggets every leader can apply to his or [...]

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I shot this video of a sweet performance using treadmills in our high school service this weekend.

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Today one of our students went to the hospital with a collapsed lung. I was so proud of students in our ministry for pouring out love to him on Facebook and by visiting him in the hospital. Through this feel-good experience, their hearts are softened and primed for the challenge, “Do you think there are [...]

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