The Power of a Multi-Year Curriculum
For youth workers who love teaching and want to be more effective, a quality multi-year curriculum is the most powerful and best-kept secret in youth work. Discover it, create it, live it and enjoy it...
View ArticleTeaching at the Intersection of Faith and Science
Sometimes our jobs in youth ministry seem close to impossible. Most of us assume we’re given these young people with fragile faith. Someone, somehow, has communicated to us in some indirect way that it...
View ArticleBecoming a Great Teacher
Should youth ministers consider themselves teachers? The short answer is ‘Yes’. Spiritual Education is exactly that – education. I have yet to meet a youth worker in which some form of spiritual...
View Article8 Ideas for Leading the Next Generation
Any leader working with the youth of America can attest to the fact this generation is different than all others before it. Today’s youth speak in a language we don’t always understand, run circles...
View Article3 Student Ministry Teaching Myths
Students are looking for more than food when they come to an event. Pizza and games are good, discipleship is better. The post 3 Student Ministry Teaching Myths appeared first on YouthWorker Journal.
View ArticlePass the Mic: Team Teaching in a Spotlight World
Confession: I was that kid in elementary school who told crude jokes. It was my thing. Confession: The number of grandparents who compliment me on my stage presence and teaching style is disturbing....
View ArticleHitting a (Teaching) Home Run
The conversation would be similar each week as I walked through the plan for that night and it would always end the same before I left the office. I be would asked about my lesson. Each time I would...
View ArticleA Christian Allegory For The Gaming Generation
When you hear people mention “Angry Birds” or “Pokemon Go” or “World of Warcraft,” are you familiar with them? Your children certainly are. Within a week of release, Pokemon Go already had more than 21...
View ArticleNavigating the Worldview Tug-Of-War
When I told some of my friends that I would be attending a meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers at Westmont College, their responses fell into three basic categories: • Horror: “What? Why?...
View Article7 Fall Survival Strategies
Guess what...I survived another summer in student ministry! And here's better news: YOU DID TOO! The post 7 Fall Survival Strategies appeared first on YouthWorker Journal.
View ArticleThe Power of a Multi-Year Curriculum
For youth workers who love teaching and want to be more effective, a quality multi-year curriculum is the most powerful and best-kept secret in youth work. Discover it, create it, live it and enjoy it...
View ArticleTeaching at the Intersection of Faith and Science
Sometimes our jobs in youth ministry seem close to impossible. Most of us assume we’re given these young people with fragile faith. Someone, somehow, has communicated to us in some indirect way that it...
View ArticleBecoming a Great Teacher
Should youth ministers consider themselves teachers? The short answer is ‘Yes’. Spiritual Education is exactly that – education. I have yet to meet a youth worker in which some form of spiritual...
View Article8 Ideas for Leading the Next Generation
Any leader working with the youth of America can attest to the fact this generation is different than all others before it. Today’s youth speak in a language we don’t always understand, run circles...
View ArticleEaster Discussion Starters
Need some Easter discussion starters? We've got 'em. The post Easter Discussion Starters appeared first on YouthWorker Journal.
View ArticlePress On
Have you ever been at the gym, running on the treadmill or maybe over in the weights section and reached that place in your workout where everything inside you is saying, ”Stop What You Are Doing To...
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