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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.

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.

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.

You probably won’t just have one “why,” and having a clear picture of that as a ministry team is crucial.

“What” doesn’t last and focusing so much on “how” to engage students who seem like they’d rather be ANYWHERE else ends up pretty fruitless as well. But when I can connect with their “why,” that’s when true discipleship starts to happen.

So often in ministry we can get so focused on the “how” or the “what” that we forget about the “why” and the “who,” which are perhaps more important, at least at first. Staring with why we’re even here seems like a good place to start.

The more you start sharing the story of how God has worked in youth ministry over the years, the more excitement, involvement, and support you’ll find for your current ministry, and this is a big step towards a ministry that is built to last.

The only foundation that results in a built-to-last worker, ministry, and youth is faith in Jesus Christ - hearing God's Word and putting that Word into practice in faith and life.

A Music-Based Devotion, uses a contemporary Christian song together with a traditional Lutheran hymn to encourage discussion and conversation about God’s plan.

Anyone can say they feel confident in the Lord during good times. But when all-out hurricanes strike, many people discover that it seems faith is gone with the wind.