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How To Get Your Youth Ministry Students To Connect With You

By Steve On October 31, 2011 · 1 Comment

This picture was from a youth ministry where we had a Friday Night connect time called: Chill Time

One of the things that I have come to realize is that of getting your youth ministry students to connect with you as their leader. This is important so that when you move them towards being [...]

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Youth Ministry Wednesday Night Recaps

By Steve On October 27, 2011 · 1 Comment

Last night I decided to ask a simple What did you do? question on Youth Ministry Ideas Facebook last night and below is some of the interaction. You can read more by visiting the Facebook page. So I will do a Wednesday night re-cap session and discussion on Wednesday evenings. I may make [...]

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New Movie Divided asks, “Is Modern Youth Ministry Biblical?”

By elicork2 On September 13, 2011 · 15 Comments

A controversial new film, titled “Divided”, is stirring up youth ministers across the continent. “Divided” seeks to find the solution to the problem within modern youth ministry. In it’s 54 minutes of interviews, it boldly concludes the there isn’t just a problem within modern youth ministry; the problem is modern youth ministry. Personally, [...]

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3 Questions That Will Inspire Discussion

By mikequery On August 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In my time as a youth ministry leader, I’ve lead many Bible discussion groups for high school aged kids in the Bay Area. Most of them have been fun and engaging, but many have been dull, lifeless, and uninspiring. I’ve learned a lot from those not so great sessions, and what I’ve [...]

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Ideas Take Inspiration, Where I Found Mine.

By nheyboer On August 5, 2011 · 3 Comments

We are all inspiration seekers.

In youth ministry we seek to inspire the youth in our communities. We seek to inspire for God. How creative can I be? How long can we walk that culturally relevant tight rope? Can we make cooler logos and use “artsy’er” PowerPoint backgrounds? We seek to inspire.

There [...]

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Do You Compare Yourself With Other Youth Ministry Leaders?

By jeremyknight On May 13, 2011 · 5 Comments

So I just co-hosted a small conference (or a discussion) among the youth pastors of the 100 largest churches in my denomination.

As I am still trying to unpack the conversations we had, the learning we shared I find one pervasive element rising from this week – comparison.

I don’t think I’m the [...]

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Ways To Make Extra Money

By Steve On February 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

I’m writing this now because today I had another youth leader wanting to know how to make some extra money. So I’m going to give you some options. You may agree or disagree or spite me – but I will share with you what I do. This blog that you are reading right now makes [...]

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How to USE a Purpose Statement

By Nathaniel Dame On August 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Did you know that 84% of purpose statements don’t significantly impact a youth group the way they could? And did you know that 95 of statistics are made up on the spot?

Writing a purpose statement is always an exciting time. It’s inspiring to dream and pray about what God could do through the [...]

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Launch of YOUTHMINISTRY.WS

By Steve On January 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I wanted to let you know as a reader of Youth Ministry Ideas about my launch of an online community for youth leaders called YOUTHMINISTRY.WS YouthMinistry.ws is like an online community for youth leaders where you can do anything from get your own youth ministry, post pics, videos,

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