by Jason Sansbury Each spring in my ministry situation we have a confirmation class for middle school students, which means 95% of the kids involved in it are sixth graders. (Pros and cons abound on that situation and deserve a ...
Editor's Note: This was originally posted on Katie's personal blog, Daily Impressions, and is reprinted here with permission. by Katie Kavanaugh I love my job. No really, I usually say that with no hint of sarcasm at least once a ...
Above from left: Matthew, Margaret, Matt, and Eleanor Ikard. The Center for Youth Ministry Training is pleased to announce that we have hired Margaret Ikard to serve as our Development Director. Margaret has a background in development working for many ...
Hello! My name is Kelly Mongoven. I am 27 years old. And this is my CYMT story. I grew up in Fort Myers, Fla., in a family with two younger brothers, Jacob and Josh. Growing up my family attended a ...
We are excited to 15 new graduate residents to the CYMT graduate residency this Fall. They make up our largest incoming class ever.
The Center for Youth Ministry Training's Graduate Residency jumped back into full swing August 5-8, 2014, with our New Resident Orientation and first academic retreat of the year. This retreat laid the foundation for our community and training for the ...
They came from their places of comfort and with preconceived ideas of what it means to do missions. They came not knowing what God had in store for them. They came from six churches to Fisk University in downtown Nashville ...
The following courses will be offered by Memphis Theological Seminary for all CYMT graduate residents enrolled in the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry degree program during the fall semester of the 2013-2014 school year. Please note the dates and ...
The Center for Youth Ministry has completed another year and God continues to do amazing work in and through our ministry. We continue to be blessed as we seek to develop theologically informed and practically effective youth ministries. Before we ...
Thank you for your continued investment in the Center for Youth Ministry Training. I want to share a CYMT story that is typical and extraordinary at the same time. Tiffany studied youth ministry in college. She took a youth ministry ...
Fundraising is a reality for 99% of youth ministries in the country. At my first youth ministry job, I inherited the tradition of having a monthly potato bar lunch after the 11 a.m. service. I hated this fundraiser. It wasn't ...
Some people would have you believe that a great fundraiser is solely determined by the amount of money you raise. I am not one of those folks, although I do believe that "bang for your buck" is one of the ...
by Jason Sansbury Fundraising was my youth ministry kryptonite. Don’t believe me? At one of my earliest jobs, I ran a fundraiser that lost $2000. (On a related note, you should always make sure your middle schoolers haven’t laid their ...
by Steph Dodge We had just welcomed a new class of seventh graders into our youth ministry when a mother contacted me to let me know that her son, Kevin, would not be attending our youth group but was instead ...
by Samantha Tidball My husband is a scientist and I am a youth minister. I am constantly reminded by comments from others that this is a unique combination of careers in a marriage. It seems as though most people in ...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on the author's blog Large Church Ministry. An edited version appears here with permission. by David Thompson Being in ministry at a large church means we have a lot of students and a lot ...
A group of youth and adults collectively colored a canvas with images of their brokenness and God's goodness. God was present and worshiped. Youth and adults explored difficult questions about how God is present in the midst of tragedy. Youth ...
The Center for Youth Ministry Training's mission is to equip youth ministers and churches to develop theologically informed and practically effective youth ministries. Our mission clearly calls to train youth ministers and develop youth ministries, but our ministry impacts a multitude ...
The CYMT community wants to share that Andrew Zirschky, CYMT's Academic Director, successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Communion Beyond Connection: Youth, Social Media and Christian Koinonia in an age of Networks" on April 21, 2014. In conducting his research over the ...
In a recent church staff meeting, I found myself pleading for worship moments that model the faith for parents, youth, and children. We have a generation of parents who are highly invested in their children's lives, especially their academics and ...
