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Ministry Through Rejection

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 ...

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CYMT Welcomes Development Director

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 ...

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CYMT Orientation 2014

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 ...

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Fall 2014 Courses

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 ...

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Looking Back and Looking Forward

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 ...

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Investment Goals for the Kingdom

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 ...

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Fundraising 101

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 ...

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9 Great Fundraisers

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 ...

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Seeing God in "Cosmos"

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 ...

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Start Your Own "Fan Club"

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 ...

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Theology Together Explores Hope

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 ...

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