Upcoming Themes 

January – Stereotypical events

5th     Camp: Why do it?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Chris Cherry

12th   Disciple Now/Fall Retreats: Why do it?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer –  Andy Farmer

19th  Lock-in: Why do it?
Writer – Carol Harston
Writer – Tim Schindler

26th  Wednesday nights: Why do them?
Writer – Carol Harston
Writer – Josh Beeler

February – Communication

2nd     What are efctive ways you use to communicate with youth?
Writer – Jen Van Camp
Writer – Chris Cherry

9th What are efctive ways you use to communicate with parents?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Josh Beeler

16th   What are efctive ways you use to communicate with the whole church?
Writer – Alice Cates
Writer – Andrew Noe

23rd   What are efctive ways you use to communicate with the staff?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer –

March – Committees

2nd Why should you have a youth committee?
Writer – Alice Cates
Writer – Jeremy Colliver

9th Who serves on a youth committee?
Writer – Ali Chappell
Writer – Greg Harrell

16th   How do you utilize the committee?
Writer – Carol Harston
Writer – Josh Beeler

23rd   How much power/decision making does the committee have?
Writer -Abby Pratt
Writer – Andrew Noe

30th  Week off

April – College kids

6th How do you help your youth prepare for college?
Writer – Jen Van Camp
Writer – Chris Cherry

13th   How do you send your youth off to college (this is difrent than celebrating graduation)
Writer –  Alice Cates
Writer – Greg Harrell

20th   What are ways your church supports the kids who are in college out of town, but grew up in the church?
Writer – Ginny Richardson
Writer – Josh Beeler

27th   How do you (as a youth minister) continue to minister to students who are in college?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer – Jeremy Colliver

May – Big questions

4th Why does youth ministry exist?
Writer – Carol Harston
Writer – Josh Beeler

11th   Where is youth ministry headed?
Writer – Molly Brummet
Writer – Chris Cherry

18th   What do youth need from youth ministry?
Writer – Alice Cates
Writer – Colby Whittaker

25th   What does the church need from youth ministry?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Tim Schindler

June/July –Top ten

1st   Top ten movies to show and discuss faith with your youth
Writer – Jen Van Camp
Writer – Andrew Noe

8th     Top ten phrases to avoid in youth ministry
Writer – Ali Chappell
Writer – Chris Cherry

15th   Top ten frustrations of youth ministry
Writer – Felicia Fox
Writer – Annonymous

22nd Top ten joys of youth ministry
Writer – Alice Cates
Writer – Greg Harrell

29th   Top ten things you want your youth to learn while in youth ministry?
Writer – Carol Harston
Writer – Josh Beeler

6th Top Ten things you want youth to say about youth ministry?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Josh Plant

13th   Top Ten things you want parents to say about youth ministry?
Writer – Jessica Tidwell
Writer – Josh Beeler

20th   Top Ten things you want to do for parents?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer – Andrew Noe

27th   Top Ten influential books in your ministry?
Writer – Ginny Richardson
Writer – Jeremy Colliver

August – Community

3rd     How do you help your youth connect to the community surrounding them?
Writer – Alice Cates
Writer – Tim Schindler

10th   How do you help the youth plug in to the church community?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer – Jeremy Colliver

17th How do you as a minister connect to the community?
Writer – Jen Van Camp
Writer – Josh Beeler

24th How do you try to create/deepen community in your youth group?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Chris Cherry

31st   Week off

September – International Missions

7th What do you enjoy about doing international mission trips?
Writer – Abby Pratt
Writer – Greg Harrell

14th   What is the value of doing an international mission trip for youth?
Writer – Leah Reed
Writer – Andrew Noe

21st   Describe the planning process of an international mission trip?
Writer –
Writer – Chris Cherry

28th  Where are some places/groups to do trips to/with and why?
Writer –
Writer – Jeremy Colliver

October – Boundaries

5th     What boundaries do you have in place to protect your free time?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer – Josh Plant

12th   What boundaries do you have in place to protect your loved ones?
Writer – Carol Harston
Writer – Tim Schindler (I will have a son in youth by this point!!)

19th   What boundaries do you have with your youth?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Colby Whittaker

26th   What boundaries do you have in place to not stretch your ministry too thin?
Writer – Jen Van Camp
Writer – Jeremy Colliver

November – Part time youth ministers

2nd     What is a struggle for you as a part time youth minister?
Writer – Leah Reed
Writer –

9th     What do you wish church members understood about being part time?
Writer – Sarah Boberg
Writer –

16th How does your other job/position afct your ministry?
Writer – Kristin Belcher
Writer –

23rd   What are some of the joys of part time youth ministry?
Writer – Ali Chappell
Writer – Josh Beeler (if needed)

30th   Week off

December – Youth in Worship

7th     What are some things you do to help your youth connect during worship?
Writer – Sara Clarke Turpin
Writer – Josh Plant

14th   How do you assist with creative worship aspects that involve youth?
Writer – licia Fox
Writer – Chris Cherry

21st   How do you teach worship to your youth?
Writer – Jessica Tidwell
Writer – Andy Farmer

28th   No posting between Christmas and New Years