Kids who grow up in Sunday School are often accustomed to re-visiting the “classic” Bible heroes, which often involves a bit of scattered variety of stories that lend themselves to cute crafts and dramatic puppet shows. This trend works on a short-term basis but our task is to help students see God’s big picture in Scripture and how God continues to use it to impact and influence our lives now.
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Having hard conversations is never easy, but it’s worth the effort. Especially in today’s culture it can be hard to engage well in difficult conversations in youth ministry. Here are six suggestions to help you to start talking about more difficult issues in your youth ministry.
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Now more than ever our children need to develop resiliency skills as they face the after-effects of the pandemic as well as the ongoing repercussions of social and political unrest. In Youth Ministry we can help them to identify their feelings and see where God is with them and working in them to develop endurance, hope and resiliency.
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When in the course of our teaching, admonition, and yes, even counseling of the youth in our care, each passage of God’s Word that we utilize can and should be identified properly as conveying Law and/or Gospel. In this article, we talk about how distinguishing between Law and Gospel can impact our relationships with youth and our ability to share God’s Word with them!
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Our job as youth ministry leaders is to help translate God’s eternal living Word to the constantly changing cultures and people around us. In order to do this well and to stay rooted in God’s Word, we have to lifelong learners who encourage our youth to do the same.
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Cultivating habits of prayer can be a challenging and even confusing. However, there are things we can do to inspire and encourage the students in our care. This article and resources can help promote personal prayer in the lives of our youth.
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Who is doing the work of discipleship, and how can you encourage parents to take on the responsibility for their kids?
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When we are weighed down by the vast amount of evil that we see in this world, we need to know that, spoiler alert, Jesus wins.
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How do we nurture the faith from ‘cradle to grave’?
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Churches can be proactive in helping parents rise to their God-given responsibility for their childrens’ spiritual development.
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a Lutheran understanding of what discipleship is and is not
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Middle school is a great time to teach youth to exercise their servant hearts. This article includes some tips on how to do it well.
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