On my sidebar at Youth Ministry Ideas you can now chat with other youth leaders live at any time. If you want to share ideas or post your idea or just chat, feel free to do so at any time.
You will need Facebook in order to participate in the chat but you [...]
I know you are probably thinking: What?
If you are giving a talk and the students seem a little chatty or bored, during your message take off a shoe and throw it down (try not to hit a student as much as you may want to aim it at one sometimes) and yell [...]
Need a good fall youth ministry idea? Try a Drive-By Raking! This is a simple yet powerful idea to get your students both to serve and to build each other up as a team and to have fun too!
What you need to do:
Pick a day to rake (make sure that you [...]
Have you ever asked the question, why do my students come to youth group?
There are two answers, and they’re not always the same: The answer students give if you ask them directly (conscious or perceived motivations), or what really motivates them (true motivations).
To figure out what really attracts students to meetings, you have [...]
Here’s a youth ministry idea that you can try with your students: Online Bible Trivia
If you have a website or facebook page or group (probably works best with the facebook page or group) you can place a bible trivia question of the day or week on there and the first student that can give [...]
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 [...]
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Become a Facebook FAN of Youth Ministry Ideas (you can find this on my site). Scroll down to the bottom of this post [...]
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 [...]
Yeah I was shooting for the rhyme. Well I broke down and joined Twitter this week and want to invite you to follow me to see little updates that I got going on throughout the day and week.
I will now be brain storming on how to use Twitter for a youth ministry game so [...]

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