Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter. Here is a free lesson to use for youth ministry in the week of Ash Wednesday.
Most of us understand the importance of engaging with families, but figuring out how to implement a program can be difficult. Aaron Buttery offers three solid steps toward engaging the families in your congregation in healthy ways.
Pool noodles are cheap, plentiful, and loads of fun. Aaron Buttery shares 3 fun pool noodle games you can play at your next youth group event. These games are so low-prep, you will love it!
Of all the social media options our students use, I like Instagram the best! Photos and comments are great, and so is the mass number of students who use it in my area (more than Twitter), but it’s public nature makes it my number one choice. Your student ministry can use Instagram to announce events, play games, or engage in a teaching.
We have all been asked some variation of the question, “Is your student ministry a success?” Our response can be more than, We have so much fun! We have so many great relationships.
I am an awful memorizer. Abysmal. Atrocious. (If there are more “A” adjectives for this I am those as well.) I struggle and fail at memorizing anything.
When it isn’t about me, when it is about what them, how do you ask a volunteer leader to step away? As hard as it is, firing volunteers who are not working with you will pay long-term dividends that far outweigh the difficulty of letting them go.
There are any number of actions I take as a youth leader assuming that my students will respond or at least understand why we are doing it. I have been very intentional in my ministry designs and decisions for many years, but realized that I had not communicated to my students my intentionality.
