For Jeremiah Law, youth ministry was always in the plan. After receiving his undergraduate degree in youth ministry, he joined CYMT to pursue a master’s and get the support he needed to start his first job as a youth pastor. ...
Ryan (he/they) never planned on being a youth pastor. They had volunteered at summer camps and youth-serving organizations, but also had a full-time job that provided a life they were comfortable with. He and his wife weren’t even really active ...
Sarah Carlson was a high-achieving, high-anxiety teenager. She constantly pushed herself at school and extracurriculars. Her schedule was packed with activities that would make her look good to colleges, to her parents, and to her peers. She was constantly striving, ...
Jeremy Demarest nearly enrolled in the MAYM program four years ago when beginning his work as the director of children, youth, and family ministries at Round Rock (Texas) Presbyterian Church. Flash forward three years when he and his wife found ...
Kristia Oney has felt called to serve with young people for as long as she can remember. She got her first church job as a part-time youth pastor at age 21 and started working at her church full-time as soon ...
What is it that defines a youth ministry? Does it need to be on Wednesday nights? Sunday mornings? Does it need to meet in a church building? Does it have to include a game, a bible study, or a small ...
We celebrate Women's History Month by sharing an inspiring story from our Graduate Residency Program. Stacie's journey is a powerful testament to the unique contributions and perspectives that women bring to ministry. She is the Children and Family Life Pastor ...
If you have attended one of the Center for Youth Ministry Training’s graduate residency intensive retreats in the past three years, you know the importance of comradery to this group. Eating and studying together is not just eating and studying ...
There are many great reasons to choose CYMT’s Graduate Residency in Youth Ministry, and the fact that our alumni still choose to engage with CYMT events and curriculum is another testimony of CYMT’s training outcomes.CYMT’s new partnership with CSM, City ...
Graduation reflection from Jonathon Creekmore, Class of 2021 Feet are dirty, and so is youth ministry...Now that you're confused, you'll have to finish reading! I write this past midnight after a very busy day, when I should be finishing up ...
The following is a transcript of interviews by Tiffany Malone of the Center for Youth Ministry Training with CYMT coaches. Coaches are always in your corner when you choose CYMT. We had the chance to sit down with some of ...
A few weeks ago, we shared the launch of Theology Together 2.0. Today, Dwight (the director of Theology Together) will be sharing with us one experience where a Collide mission trip that used Theology Together’s curriculum had a profound effect ...
Young people need strong youth leaders now more than ever. CYMT is dedicated to investing in youth by equipping their leaders with theological education and practical youth ministry training so that they will reach more young people with the Good ...
Young people need strong youth leaders now more than ever. CYMT is dedicated to investing in youth by equipping their leaders with theological education and practical youth ministry training so that they will reach more young people with the Good ...
Young people need strong youth leaders now more than ever. CYMT is dedicated to investing in youth by equipping their leaders with theological education and practical youth ministry training so that they will reach more young people with the Good ...
YOU can invest in youth by investing in CYMT during CYMT’s Big Payback - Invest in Youth Day, a 24-hour online giving day. Any supporter - anywhere - can participate. Please commit to investing in youth during CYMT's Big Payback. Mark your calendar ...
“God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people.” (Hebrews 6:10, Contemporary ...
Texas Methodist Foundation funded grant, the CYMT Youth Ministry Innovation Lab, announces new cohort of churches NASHVILLE, TENN. (August, 2019) - The Center for Youth Ministry Training (CYMT) is proud to announce a new advancement for the CYMT Innovation Laboratory ...
CYMT has something spectacular to celebrate: we have a new class of residents! We know God is at work in each of our new graduate residents. As they begin their journeys as youth ministers at partner churches throughout the southeast ...
Announcing the CYMT Youth Ministry Job Board A Place for Churches and Ministry Professionals to Connect In its over thirteen years of existence, the Center for Youth Ministry training has solidified its position as the launchpad of over 100 high ...
