In my new youth ministry position I’m finding that I can know more about my students simply by using Facebook.
Matter of fact, I’m now using Facebook to connect with adults and students…
Why are youth pastors blamed for every bad thing any young person ever does in church?
And why do some parents put so much pressure on youth pastors to disciple their students, while taking little responsibility for their own kids’ spiritual lives?
These questions will probably continue to haunt us for a [...]
I was searching all over the internet for this because I wanted a way to figure out how to use my blog or other social sites to send out text messages to better stay in touch with people for a cheap price. That’s when I found Chat to Text. It’s up to [...]
88% of children raised in Christian families leave church at the age of 18, never to return. 64% of decisions for Christ are made before the age of 18, and 77% are made before the age of 21. We can’t sit back and watch this generation be stolen out of our own churches and homes. By God’s grace, we must take action, and we must do it now.
Apparently there’s a “greater” debate out there between whether today’s teens are the smartest or the dumbest generation America has ever seen.
I’m not going to lie: There are a lot of things to worry about. To put it plainly, this is the most ADD generation we’ve probably ever seen. Attention spans range from [...]
It’s an interesting question because I had a great conversation today with a friend in Aberdeen, SD (im on vacation) don’t ask why I didn’t go somewhere warm.
But seriously – where do you have youth ministry taking place in the Bible?
There is a good argument that Jesus’s disciples where actually very young making [...]
I was speaking with a Jr. high student this after youth group and he came up with a cool youth ministry idea. He started explaining to me that it would be cool if we could start putting together some modern day parables with video.
I thought – wow- I’m going to post this on my [...]
I saw this intriguing title on Yahoo today: Cold Cash For Good Grades. The program is actually called: Green for Grade$ – they are paying students that get good enough grades.
Yep – $50 for an A, $35 for a B, and $20 for a C
Here’s the video:
It made me [...]
I understand that everyone has their own youth ministry convictions about what to do and not to do for Halloween. With that being said, I wanted to string together some ideas and hopefully there is something that will work for your youth ministry.
Pumpkin Bowling: I love this game. It’s really easy to set up [...]

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