The Center for Youth Ministry Training is excited to welcome 11 new graduate residents and partner churches to the program this Fall. Our churches are located in four states. Our new graduate residents come to us from near and far. ...
By Center for Youth Ministry Training 5/28/19 Go To Them Navigating summer youth ministry activities can feel impossible. I see youth group after youth group seek to have weekly fun fellowship events, and I talk to youth minister after youth ...
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from It Happens: True Tales from the Trenches of Youth Ministry, edited by Will Penner. by Jack Radcliffe Learn from 30 other stories like this one, click here to buy ...
by Hank Hilliard I love the television show Supernanny. The extreme cases displayed make my parenting challenges seem manageable. Also, the show offers practical parenting tools for creative and effective discipline. Supernanny teaches parents that kids thrive when there are ...
One of the most difficult things to learn as a young youth minister is your role as disciplinarian. You may have little to no experience in disciplining others, but this role of the youth minister is essential if you are ...
If we believe that youth and parents will understand our discipline or conduct expectations simply because we are a Christian organization, we have not spent much time with Christians. A discipline covenant for your youth ministry will set the boundaries ...
Faithful CYMT Investors, We have just entered our seventh year of ministry. We have moved out of the start-up phase of our organization's development and are moving into a new phase of ministry that involves growing and building. We are ...
by Andrew Mochrie I entered into youth ministry when I was between eighth and ninth grade. I stumbled my way awkwardly into a youth group because of an invitation to a summer camp from a friend. I have followed Jesus ...
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Julie's personal website and is reprinted here with permission. by Julie Richardson Brown I sometimes joke (in full earnest) that Mark Yaconelli ruined my youth ministry career. “Ruined” is probably an overstatement. ...
by Kelly Soifer I have the privilege of training college students and young adults in the fundamentals of faith and ministry. There are multiple principles I try to impart over the course of a semester or a summer internship, many ...
by Erika and Jeremy Shapiro 6/4/13 Youth ministers play a lot of roles, but when and how do you navigate referring teens to counseling? Teacher, friend, advocate, taxi-driver, event planner, travel agent, cheerleader, smoothie date, paintball player, communicator, worship leader, ...
by Neal Wilkinson Hello. I'm Neal, though I also go by the alias of "Nellie." I'm a 25-year-old from Coleraine, on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Despite it being mostly overcast, cold, wet, and windy, it is also the ...
By Center for Youth Ministry Training 5/28/19 How do you prepare for your summer ministry trip? What will youth remember from summer experiences? Will they remember the messy games, staying up all night with friends, the closeness of a group ...
by Mike Langford The word “discipleship” can become a bit of a buzzword in youth ministry. It sounds really important. And it is easy to understand why. Scripture refers to Jesus’ followers as his disciples. He describes rather specifically what ...
by Lauren Gilliland While I have not read the Fifty Shades of Grey series, I have heard all the buzz on my favorite radio show, on the news, in my Twitter feed, from blogs I follow, and from some of ...
by Mitch Toler Video games. Some people love them, others hate them, and there is a large group of people that is indifferent. You can find them on computers, phones, in social networking sites, on music devices and tablets; everywhere ...
Tips for Parents: Helping Your Child Transition Into the Youth Ministry Editor's Note: Share this with the parents of incoming new students! by Tony Akers Youth ministry is fueled by friendship. Few organizations rely as heavily on the power of ...
Editor's Note: This is how one church transitions their rising sixth and ninth graders into their youth ministry. Does this approach work for your ministry? How is your transition plan different? Share your thoughts below! by Peter Carlson Spring is ...
by Sarah Arthur It’s Sunday morning and my toddler has a fever. Again. For the fourteenth time this winter. Clingy, sweaty, he hovers by my thigh as I dial one parent after another. All the usual volunteers are unavailable. Someone ...
by Hank Hilliard Several years ago I was playing golf with John, a former youth group member who had gone on to college. John shared a story about his little sister Kate. He had driven Kate to a friend’s house ...
