
How To Plan Your Youth Ministry’s 2026 Teaching Calendar
The new year is approaching fast. And if you’re like most youth pastors, you’re already thinking ahead about what you’ll teach. You want to walk

The new year is approaching fast. And if you’re like most youth pastors, you’re already thinking ahead about what you’ll teach. You want to walk

If you’re leading a youth ministry, few decisions will shape your year more than the curriculum you choose. The right curriculum doesn’t just fill time

For many youth pastors, lesson planning feels like a week-to-week scramble. Monday: What should I teach this week?Tuesday: Maybe I’ll do something on identity… or

If we’re honest, we’ve all been there. It’s Tuesday night and tomorrow’s youth message still hasn’t taken shape. Sometimes we’ve been too busy to plan

A lead pastor I once worked under had this beautifully awful way of watching the Holy Spirit work. Not infrequently, during teaching on a Sunday

Youth ministry looks different in a small church. You probably don’t have a big production budget. That’s probably an understatement.You might have students spread across

If you’re feeling conflicted, hurt, or even a little lost about what’s happening with Orange, you’re not alone. If you’re not aware of what’s happening

There are an endless supply of curriculums on the market. How do you evaluate which one is the best fit for your ministry? Check out

This time of year four years ago, we were just beginning to discover that what we initially thought would be a few weeks of the

If you’ve been doing occupational youth ministry for longer than five minutes, you understand that we have no shot at doing this well without a