by Jason Sansbury I was Miley Cyrus’ youth director. Or at least, I used to joke that I was. Several years ago I started to work at a church where, several years before that, Miley Cyrus and her family attended. ...
by Erin Hicks I want to share two things that led to me write this article: On Twitter recently, I noticed that Harriet Tubman was trending. After clicking on the trend to read some of the tweets, I saw that ...
by Stephen Ingram I work in a community that has a great running park alongside the road I take to get to the church. I also work in a community where running in this park is something that EVERYONE does. ...
Editor’s Note: The following is a conversation with two youth ministers: one who left a position under positive circumstances and one who left under duress. We have elected to not reveal the names of either. The intent of this article ...
This is the third in a three part series on how to create a curriculum plan for your youth ministry. In step 1, we developed lists of what we want our youth to know, feel, or do while they are in the ...
The Center for Youth Ministry Training has a youth ministry library full of more than 700 resources and books. We created the library because we wanted folks to be able to see the curriculum and try it out before making a large purchase for ...
by Jason Sansbury In June 2012 I was finishing up a week of summer camp with senior high students in Panama City when I wound up in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital. I was in ICU for ...
Teaching youth is a major part of any youth ministry and whether you are teaching yourself or equipping others who will teach, preparation is essential. Follow these steps to be well prepared to teach youth or adults. Being well prepared ...
This is the second in a three part series on how to create a curriculum plan for your youth ministry. In Part 1, we developed lists of what we want our youth to know, feel, or do while they are ...
In this final installment of the this three-part series on being a professional youth minister, I want to take a look at what makes someone a "pro" youth minister. What does a "pro" youth minister do well? Professional athletes do ...
by Julie Richardson Brown “Oh Julie...I don’t know. I don’t have anything to say that they’d care about.” “But I’m too old for that.” “Are you kidding? They don’t want me around. They want younger folks to take them on ...
by Deech Kirk As we explored in "Four Requirement for Becoming a Professional Youth Minister," the word "profession" has two meanings. First, professional means someone who meets the accepted standard for a certain profession. Second, a professional is someone who ...
by Deech Kirk Is a “professional youth minister” simply someone who gets paid to do youth ministry? Someone could pay you to treat an illness, but that would not make you a doctor, nor would winning a friendly bet on ...
by Philip Galyon Hello! My name is Philip Galyon and am a second year graduate resident at the Center for Youth Ministry Training. I serve as the youth minister at First UMC in West Memphis, Ark. I also believe that ...
Youth ministries choose curriculum in a variety of ways. You might find yourself using some of these methods: Two hours before youth group you grab something off the shelf Your Sunday School teachers teach whatever is on their hearts You ...
Faithful CYMT Investors, In May, CYMT celebrated the graduation of its sixth class of youth ministers! Six of our eight graduates were hired by their partner churches to continue to lead their youth ministries. Additionally, Erin Hicks is headed to ...
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 ...
by Cory Martin In the midst of another great summer, filled with blockbuster movies and even better music, it is easy to miss some of the really good stuff. Below you will find some great cultural items for this summer. ...
We polled our graduate residents, our alumni, and our coaches on their go-to, most useful apps and programs for doing youth ministry, and here are their favorites: Administrative Evernote—use the cloud to your advantage: create and work on different documents ...
by Samantha T. I will never forget the day my first youth pastor announced he was leaving. There were tears, prayer circles, worries, fears, and heartbreak throughout the church. I already made up my mind that whoever replaced him with ...
