Last week I wrote a guest blog post for YouthMinBlog.com on their weekly topic of building relationships with teens. I decided to take a bit of a different…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
What do Pharaoh’s daughter rescuing Moses, Rahab helping the Jewish spies, David’s treatment of Mephibosheth and…

Yesterday, in our LIVE YM Talk, we had an open forum conversation where we discussed several issues relating to youth ministry. The top discussions were:

When…

Interlinc is giving away one free ConGRADulations 2009 set to any church who asks! You’ll have to part with some contact information to get it, which…

Someone asked me about “key result areas” and ministry evaluations. Kinda went on a rant with my answer.

1. People don’t commit to programs. They commit to relationships. One of the first questions a kid asks before signing up for a youth trip: “Who…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
The annual cost of those who run red lights is over $7 billion dollars. This includes medical bills, car repairs, etc. The average…

Yesterday’s LIVE YM Talk featured special guest, Thomas Roepke. He led us in a discussion about some of the church’s ancient traditions of holy week…