Middle School Ministry
Skit and Devotion – Law, Gospel, and What?
Understanding and applying Law and Gospel is a hard balance! While both are completely necessary; we can’t have one without the other. This skit and devotion are designed to help you teach about Law and Gospel in a funny and relatable way.
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Family Ties: Incorporating Parents into Confirmation
Facilitating parental involvement in Confirmation can help it feel less like a graduation and more an avenue for relational development. Here are some ideas for how to incorporate parents in Confirmation in order to encourage long-term participation and spiritual growth.
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Balance of Play in Youth Ministry
Healthy youth ministry should strike a balance between developmentally appropriate activities, time to build relationships, and study of God’s Word, prayer, and other spiritual practices. This article considers some of the important balances a healthy youth ministry needs to strike when it comes to play!
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Parenting Point: Confirmation is Not a Declaration of Independence
This Parenting Point encourages parents to continue to explain the importance of faith and not see confirmation as the culmination.
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Betwixt: Alone? Alienated? Abandoned? Nope!
A lot of us can feel like we’re alone in our jobs, but we have a God who never leaves us.
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Betwixt: Stepping into the Unknown
A young teen just starting high school shares her thoughts and fears.
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Betwixt: Inside the Tween Mind, part two
Cassie shares more thoughts on what’s going on inside the tween mind, and offers some tips on how we can help these young people.
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Betwixt: Inside the Tween Mind
DCE Cassie Moore ventured inside the tween mind to find out what they’re thinking and what they want you, their youth leaders, to know.
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Betwixt: Just How Much Should You Let Them Get Away With?
It’s a question youth workers have to ask themselves often: how much should they let their kids get away with, and when should they step in?
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Betwixt: The Moments that Matter Most
When my former students get together, they love to tease me. Usually their teasing follows a...
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Betwixt: Learning the Kind of Leader You Are
Listen to the counsel of the people around you to determine the kind of leader you are.
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Betwixt: Why You Can Drag Kids Away from their Phones
Kids are gorging on technology and are starting to get sick of it.
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