A new year always brings new faces, fresh energy, and—let’s be honest—a little bit of chaos in youth ministry. New students show up. New series need writing. Not only that, but new questions start stirring in your heart about how to lead this thing well. And if you’re not careful,
Oh man, this is so real and so painful. The students in our youth group really become our kids. I tell people I have one child, but really, I have 60–and they’re all between the ages of 11-14. As youth leaders, we invest time, build relationships, offer support, and speak life into
Everyone loves games. Games can start connections with your group. As youth pastors, we want to make the time to do games in our programming, but sometimes we don’t have the budget to keep buying new, shiny things for a game. I asked three students recently what their favorite part
