Doing Ministry
Building a Youth Ministry Team – Building for the Future
Building a youth ministry team can be an ongoing effort for lay and professional practitioners alike. In the final of three parts, we will discuss how you can ask and plan so your team is solid for the future.
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Building a Youth Ministry Team – Starting the Search
Building a youth ministry team can be an ongoing effort for lay and professional practitioners alike. In the second of three parts, we will look at where to start your search to build your team.
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Building a Youth Ministry Team – Getting Started
Building a youth ministry team can be an ongoing effort for lay and professional practitioners alike. In the first of a series, we talk about how to prepare before starting to build your team.
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Raising Up Adults who Champion Teens – Part Two
What do youth champions in your congregation look like? What are practical steps to get there? In this second of two parts, we will look at both easy steps and important outcomes for developing adults who champion young people in your congregation.
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Raising Up Adults who Champion Teens – Part One
It is important for every youth ministry to have adults in your congregation who are champions for your young people. In this first of two articles, think about how you might teach and value championing young people in your congregation.
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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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Let’s Play: The Importance of Engaging in Lighthearted Activities
There are many ways that we can incorporate play in working with youth. Games and structured exercises can help communicate Biblical truths and promote spiritual growth. Kristen helps us to think critically about the value and use of play in your youth ministry.
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The Power of Play
Play connects us to God in a unique way. In an introduction on play that ties to a Bible study to be released later this month, Heidi helps us think about how play can be a way God can draw us closer to Him.
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Fostering Gratefulness to God in the Home
In a season where it can be difficult to be grateful, putting activities and routines in place to foster gratitude can be a huge benefit! It all starts with us setting the example for the next generation. Our families can help to point to all God has given us.
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Developing Empathy Even with Technology
Empathy isn’t often something the digital landscape often offers. As young people spend more and more time on technology, this can be an important space for them to learn to both share the Gospel and show compassion. Here are three ways your Youth Ministry can help develop empathy for others as they share the love of Jesus.
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Keep it Together!: Nurturing and Maintaining Connections with Youth
When working with young people, building trust and maintaining connections are always essential components of youth ministry. Teenagers need those solid relational dynamics now more than ever, as the challenges of Covid-19 have in many ways forced separation from peers. It is essential to demonstrate genuine concern and to create a sense of encouraging warmth for students struggling in the turbulent uncertainty of daily life.
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Bible Study and Devotions – In Christ Alone…We Serve
“In Christ Alone … We Serve” is an important reminder to all of us, as servant event leaders and participants in faithful service, of the true work of Christ. All that we have, all that we believe and all that we are comes only through Christ alone. Because of God’s great love for
us, He sent His Son Jesus to die for us. This precious gift inspires us to live each day through the love, power, grace, mercy and joy that come in Christ alone. These devotions and Bible studies are a series that can be used for service work or in other settings.
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