Here is a youth ministry idea that you may want to try (it may just happen anyways) on your way to a summer camp with your students.
Try arranging a fake church van or bus breakdown about 1 mile from the camp or retreat you are headed to and have your students walk the rest of the way to camp. It often seems like students talk more about the van breakdown then they do the event or activity sometimes.
Once they get close to camp drive by with the van with a …

This is a lesson that I did with my youth ministry students about some tips on how to grow once they have become Christians. The powerpoint has 3 songs (Blessed Be Your Name, Holy Is The Lord, and Mighty To Save) already included and then the lesson.
Feel free to change what you need to change and share this post with others as needed. If you would like more lessons, please let me know. I think the biggest search I get on my site is for lessons.
If you are wondering how …

This past weekend I took some of my middle schoolers to an event called Believe put on by CIY (Christ In Youth) in Tulsa, OK. I thought that since I went to it – I could do a review for you because it’s a great youth ministry idea for middle school.
The whole event this year was themed around, “The Messiah” and it’s event that definitely catered to middle school aged youth. The first thing I noticed after I checked in our group was the set up of the event. The …

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Wow – it’s only taken me this long to write something up about my time at Scribble Sessions. I originally wrote about their youth ministry conference back in early September.
Other then getting there (because of plane delays and not getting in the hotel until about midnight) it was a good conference for being it’s 1st time!
I plan on sharing each youth ministry idea that each speaker shared so I will do that over the next few weeks, but my overall feel of the conference was good. I liked the small …

I just got back from a youth conference that I will blog about soon and Rick Young (who also MC’d the event) – Middle School Pastor at First Baptist Church Woodstock shared with the youth pastors and leaders about how to last in youth ministry. Rick has been at his church for the past 16 years! Currently the average stay of a youth pastor is anywhere from 18 months to 3 years. We need to change this so here are 1o principles for lasting in youth ministry.

Keep Growing – Key: …

I have decided to create what I’m calling a parent advisory team. Other names might be “board” “committee” or something similar to that. The reason that I’m doing this is to give my youth ministry some parental guidance and for parents to begin to take some responsibility in the youth ministry.
Here are some pros and cons to consider:
Pros:

Gets some parents involved – Many youth leaders or youth workers need more parents involved and one way to get this started is by allowing some parents to meet monthly to help you …

I wanted to update you on some things that I have done, plus give you a glimpse into something that I’m working on coming down the road.
So what have I done?
Well I decided to get more social by adding a Youth Ministry Ideas fan page on facebook and I encourage you to join. Next, I have decided to do a separate twitter account specifically for Youth Ministry Ideas because I thought it would be better for those that are more into twitter that just want youth ministry related updates so …