Have you ever walked into your small group completely ready? You looked over your questions, took notes during the message, and even planned exactly what
If you’re reading this, you might be in a bit of a panic—or maybe you’re just trying to prepare for when it happens. But either
Games are often the easiest thing to default to. If only five students show up and the room feels quiet, play a game. If the
I got a group FaceTime call from some of my students at the time. I picked up knowing one of two things would happen: either
It’s a fact: we could not do youth ministry or have a thriving group without our volunteers. Volunteer leaders allow us to disciple students well,
If you’ve been in youth ministry longer than a few years, you’ve had a student bring up divorce at youth group. It’s tricky to know
Every single youth leader has felt this tension before: students on their phones during youth group. You work hard to put together an amazing lesson
If you’ve been in youth ministry for more than five minutes, you’ve likely bumped into a version of this debate: “Shouldn’t youth group be fun?
As youth pastors, we want our students to like our youth group and what we do for our ministry—because if they don’t like it, they
In many churches, youth ministry can feel like a completely separate world. Students show up on Wednesdays or Sundays, but parents often have no idea
