Doing Ministry
Helping Teens Hope and Cope in Hurting Families
All teens struggle with feeling hurt or sad at times, but some teens go through especially traumatic situations such as their parents divorcing, a death in the family, physical abuse, substance abuse, serious illnesses, or a variety of other difficult circumstances. You will be able to help the hurting teen best if you are also helping his or her family.
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Built to Last: Youth Leadership Part 3
Adversity, criticism, and problems sometimes are why we don’t allow students to lead, but those things can also be some of the greatest tools we have to help our youth grow.
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Built to Last: Youth Leadership, Part 2
“It will build character.”
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5 Steps Toward Creating An Outreach Culture in Your Youth Ministry
The good news is that Jesus is still in the business of finding the lost, giving new life to the dead and drawing the sinful and separated into an eternal relationship with Himself. So the question for us is: How can we, in our youth ministry, be used by God in creating a culture where the Gospel can be effectively shared?
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Built to Last: Youth Leadership, Part 1
“Let’s have the youth do it.”
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Our Campus Ministry Journey
One congregation felt called to serve students at the University at Buffalo. This is what they’ve learned along the way.
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Young Adult Research Webinar: Data from the Congregational Study
Data from the Congregational Study We asked congregations to tell us about themselves and about...
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Ministry Team Meeting 6: How our Who Fits our Why
The Gospel never changes; however, we must pay attention to both who we are speaking to and why we are engaging them in relationship in order to be most effective in ministry.
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Ministry Team Meeting 5: Who Do We Want to Attract?
While each ministry area may focus on a different demographic, having a clear picture of who we’re trying to serve and reach clarifies our vision even more.
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Ministry Team Meeting 4: Who Do We Have?
It is easy to get discouraged with low numbers or in not attracting a certain demographic you hope for, but we wouldn’t want to miss the ones who ARE showing up, the ones you do have connections with.
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Devotions and Discussions for Ministry Team Meetings
Meetings can be awesome. Meetings can also be awful. But you should never have a meeting without a specific purpose and a plan. This tool might be able to help with that for your ministry team.
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Ministry Team Meeting 3: So why ARE we here?
You probably won’t just have one “why,” and having a clear picture of that as a ministry team is crucial.
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