Features
Retreats
Normally I would open with some cheesy line about ‘retreat season’ or something like that, but considering the abundance of summer, fall, winter, spring, late-spring, early-winter, mid-fall and everything-in-between retreats… it’s always retreat season. I haven’t...
The Space We Gather In
Space, the final frontier… Sorry, couldn’t help myself. But seriously, space is an important component of your ministry – it’s a partner that can help or hinder how you and your team interact with your students as well as how they interact with each other. If you’re...
Books and Faith
(By: Andrew Shaffer - Features Writer) BOOKS! We know and love/hate them. There are lots of good ones, and way more bad ones. Much like movies (many of which came from books before they were all inspired by comics) they’re chock-full of theology. I can’t...
Planning for a Mission Trip
This feature article is written by: Andrew Shaffer. He is a graduate of Mississippi State, Samford and Truett Seminary. He has worked in youth ministry one way or another since 2000, and has been bitten by an otter. It's mission trip season! And we know what that...
Salary and Job Data
The following information was collected by responses from 26 ministers Feel free to use this information as needed. Many have requested this, in help with salary negotiations, assessing their field of options, and seeing if they are being fairly compensated. For the...
Finding God in the Movies – What to Show?
It’s movie night for your student group. Maybe it’s a schools out gathering, could be a random weekend, or maybe you’re attempting to survive another forsaken lock-in. Regardless, it’s time to pick up the garbage bag full of leftover popcorn from the local movie...
Interview Questions
It’s that time. You’ve looked, you applied, and you got the phone call. Now you’re going to interview with the search committee. Going into an interview expecting others to ask all the questions is a rookie move, and going in blank cranks up your anxiety and makes it...