Time Out: Get tough

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)

Football is a contact sport. It's a tough game. There are 15 times as many injuries in football as in bowling or tennis, ten times as many as in gymnastics. Football players get hurt. That's why there is always an injury report for each team …

Youth Leadership 101: Questions to ask a new youth leader

It's a good idea to interview every new youth leader before unleashing them to be a spiritual role model for the teens. If you're the paid youth director, you're the one who stands between a potentially harmful adult and the teens, so be very careful with this process. …

Deep and Wide Youth Ministry with Dare2Share

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Freebie Friday #110: The Purity Code 6-part lesson series

Jim Burns of HomeWord recently published a free 6-part lesson series on sexuality purity called, The Purity Code. Many people have issues with sexual abstinence tools that push teens to sign a pledge card, and the research backs up the fact that signing a card …

Youth Leadership 101: What students need from youth leaders

Changing the world happens one student at a time, not in bulk at big events because students do not connect to programs, they connect to people. The most effective way students are influenced is by significant relationships with key people in their lives. Our goal is to …

Time Out: Be Offensive

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)

It's been said that a good offense wins football games but a good defense wins championships. A solid defense is crucial, but if a team can't score they'll never win even if they hold their opponents to no points. Every team needs a good …

Youth Leadership 101: Boundaries and lifestyle issues for youth leaders

Boundaries are so critical to the health of any youth leader. We could talk about the need to say "no" and protect personal and family time. We could talk about setting emotional boundaries with teens and their personal situations. We could also talk about setting …

Podcast: Deep and Wide Youth Ministry model

Yesterday in our LIVE Youth Ministry Conversation Jason Lamb of Dare 2 Share Ministries lead us in a discussion about the Deep and Wide Ministry model. We ran through a quick overview of what it is and what it isn't, and then talked about ways to implement it in our …

Youth Leadership 101: Expectations of youth leaders

I'm not sure there can ever be a complete list of expectations for adult youth leaders. Every ministry has different expectations for people who play different roles and carry different levels of responsibility. The following list is what I use with the youth workers at …

Freebie Friday #109: Free book download for new believer follow-up

The media is has really latched on to the Online Missions Trip over the past two weeks and given it more publicity than I ever imagined. In fact, last week I did 2-4 radio interviews per day, plus several magazine and written interviews. What started as a 2-week …

Youth Leadership 101: What to look for in a youth leader

Most paid youth workers know they need to put together a team of adult leaders to serve the teens and the ministry, but surprisingly few actually know what they're looking for besides someone who is breathing. It almost feels like anyone qualifies to be a youth leader …