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The Life Spent in Church
Welcome to a new year at YMC! This year's theme is "The Life." All of our resources and blogs will be aimed at this theme. Today we explore.... The Life Spent in Church Felicia Fox is the Associate Pastor of Students & Families at First Baptist Mount Olive. She is...
2017 Blog Articles
The Story Of My First Youth Group
It is 2017 everyone! As we enter our fourth year of YMC we are continuing to have yearly themes. This year’s theme is “The Story/The Stories.” Each week our blog will focus on a story from a youth minister. We hope these stories help inspire you in the great work you...
The Kid Who Would(n’t) Be A Minister
It is 2017 everyone! As we enter our fourth year of YMC we are continuing to have yearly themes. This year’s theme is “The Story/The Stories.” Each week our blog will focus on a story from a youth minister. We hope these stories help inspire you in the great work you...
The Story Of Grace In Youth Ministry
It is 2017 everyone! As we enter our fourth year of YMC we are continuing to have yearly themes. This year’s theme is “The Story/The Stories.” Each week our blog will focus on a story from a youth minister. We hope these stories help inspire you in the great work you...
The Story Of My First Youth Ministry Position
It is 2017 everyone! As we enter our fourth year of YMC we are continuing to have yearly themes. This year's theme is "The Story/The Stories." Each week our blog will focus on a story from a youth minister. We hope these stories help inspire you in the great work you...
2016 Theme: The People
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2015 Blog Articles
How much decision making/power does the committee have?
What if a committee wants to do something you disagree with? Or what if you want to lead somewhere they don't want to go? Can you veto? Can they veto? Youth ministry is a team sport, but of course there will be disagreements. Today we explore.... "How much decision...
How do you utilize the committee?
I hope you have been getting as much out of these committee questions as I have. Reading these posts so far have me feeling excited and energetic about my next youth committee meeting and the opportunities we have to shape our youth ministry as a group. Today we dive...
10 Games to Play in the Car
Camp, retreats, and mission trips… oh my! Youth ministry is full of time on the road. Love them or spend them wishfully counting down the hours until you will not be trapped in a small space with screaming teenagers – road trips are a part of the fun! Here are 10...
Who serves on a youth committee?
We know why we should have a committee, but who exactly should we seek out to help us? Who can help us the most? This week we explore..... "Who serves on a youth committee?" Ali Chappell is a second year seminary student at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary. She...
Why should you have a youth committee?
If you have been a youth minister for more than 5 minutes you know that it takes team work. No one person can be at every function, be everything to every student, and single handily make every event happen. One of the greatest assests to ministers are a great...
What are effective ways you use to communicate with the staff?
We have covered youth, parents, the church, but what about those we work with? How do we help convey our vision, get them on board, and equip them to share what is happening? So for the last week of our communication month, we are asking...... "What are effective ways...
What are effective ways to communicate with the whole church?
We sometimes assume the whole church is aware of what is happening in the youth ministry. Often that is not the case though. Making sure to bring awareness to the events, studies, and celebrations, is a part of our job. So today we tackle..... "What are effective ways...
What are effective ways you use to communicate with parents?
We continue our discussion on effective communication this week by looking at parents. We encounter a variety of parents in youth ministry. Parents who want their youth in church and are involved, parents who are somewhat interested but its not a big priority, and the...
What are effective ways you communicate with youth?
We are kicking off our second month at the new site location with focusing on communication. As a youth minister there are so many groups you have to communicate with. Parents, staff, the church, teenagers, teachers, coaches, etc. The list is almost endless. We kick...
Wednesday Nights: Why do them?
Midweek Bible Study or Small Groups or whatever you call it. A weekly gathering of students to learn and grow together. It seems like a no brainier on why to do it. Sometimes we might lose sight of the reasons though. So lets jump in this week to..... "Wednesday...
Lock-Ins: Why do them?
If you are a youth minister, odds are you have had to do a lock-in. Maybe just hearing that word makes your stomach feel sick as if you just stayed up all night drinking soda. Youth love them though, but is that enough to make up for losing a Saturday trying to catch...
Retreats: Why do them?
Happy Monday to you, and welcome back! I hope you have taken some time and look around the site. We have some really great resources available (Bible studies and a Retreat). All of our resources are created to be like a buffet. You can pick and choose what you want to...