by Andrew Noe | Apr 27, 2015 | April 2015, Blog
We build many strong relationships with our students, and just because they are off at college doesn’t mean those relationships just disappear. Many college kids turn to their youth ministers to advice and guidance as they traverse the college years. Today we...
by Andrew Noe | Apr 20, 2015 | April 2015, Blog
The youth who go off to college, can sometimes be “out of sight, out of mind.” The church wants to show love to the students that are far away, it just sometimes needs some help knowing how to do that. For that reason, we are asking …. “What...
by Andrew Noe | Apr 13, 2015 | April 2015, Blog
Its hard to say goodbye. We want to remember the old times, while celebrating the new adventure that lays ahead, so today we explore……. “How do you send your youth off to college?” Rev. Alice Cates serves as the Minister to Youth at...
by Andrew Noe | Apr 6, 2015 | April 2015, Blog
Graduation is quickly approaching. In the coming months, many youth will transition out of our ministries. How do we help them as they move on? How do we continue to be a support for them? How can we get the church to continue to show them love? There are so many...
by Andrew Noe | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, March 2015
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...
by Andrew Noe | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Committee, March 2015
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...
by Andrew Noe | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Committee, March 2015
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...
by Andrew Noe | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog, Committee, March 2015
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...
by Andrew Noe | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, February 2015, Theme
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...
by Andrew Noe | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, February 2015, Theme
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...
by Andrew Noe | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog, February 2015, Theme
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...
by Andrew Noe | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, February 2015, Theme
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...
by Andrew Noe | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, January 2015
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….....
by Andrew Noe | Jan 19, 2015 | Blog, January 2015
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...
by Andrew Noe | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, January 2015
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...
by Andrew Noe | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog, January 2015
We hope you are enjoying the new Youth Ministry Conversations site. Our goal is to bring you great ideas for youth ministry, while also providing a space for discussion and reflection. If you are new to the site, or the blog….WELCOME! Take a look around and send...
by Andrew Noe | Dec 22, 2014 | Blog
Welcome to the new launch of Youth Ministry Conversations! We have done some remodeling over the last few months. In an effort to be a great resource for youth ministers we have grown some new areas. Here are some of the familiar things and some of the new things we...
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog
We are continuing our social media month today with some really great words and thoughts. I hope this blog is continuing to be a useful place for youth ministers. As we look forward to 2015 we will continue to offer the blog each week with fresh topics and ideas and...
by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog
We are continuing our social media month here at YMC. It seems to be a hot topic currently, especially with the recent hack of the app SnapChat. Our youth more than ever are confronted with technology and social media. If we as youth ministers aren’t ready to...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog
It’s October! Its hard to believe we have almost made it through the first year of Youth Ministry Conversations. Next year is going to be even more exciting. The plans for what is coming will be revealed sometime in November, but trust me this is going to be a...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog
I hope everyone is having a great start to the week. Last week’s resource “Shared Thoughts” is still up and available so go ahead and grab yourself a copy of that free resource if you haven’t already. As things start to get published on a more...
by admin | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog
Youth Ministry Conversations is going through a lot of growing at the moment. You may have noticed the last few weeks we haven’t had our steady stream of Monday blog postings. For that I am sorry. Getting writers is sometimes harder than I thought. We have a lot...
by admin | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog
We missed last week, but are now back! Sometime next month we will be releasing our free curriculum: Shared Thoughts. This is a collection of Bible Studies prepared by youth ministers being given away for free! Once it is ready I will let you know how to get your...
by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Blog
Andrew Noe is the Student Minister at Rosemont Baptist Church in Lexington, KY. He enjoys superheroes, and trying to be funny. He is married to the wonderful and amazing Hannah Noe. They have a super intelligent dog named Daphne, and a water-obsessed cat named Ellie...
by admin | Jan 13, 2014 | Blog
Happy Launch Day! (posted on 1/13/14 on original site) Today we launch the full site with responses every Monday morning from wonderful people who have volunteered their time and energy to answer these questions. I am extremely grateful for those who are willing to...
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