The student worship service has changed quite a bit over the years. Different churches offer different types of student worship, and there can be many ways to create a great service for students. As always, the context of your student ministry and the mission of your church should drive your ...
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Big Gains – Part 2: Camp
No matter what your camp attendance is this year, any great student pastor is always trying to grow year over year. This article is going to show you a couple of ways to boost your camp attendance and produce some big gains for next year!
Boosting Volunteer Enlistment
Often one of the hardest ...
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Big Gains – Part 1: Small Groups
Your small groups can be the growth engine of your ministry. Your small group ministry, when done correctly, is the most effective way for you to connect students to your ministry, to each other, and to see them grow in their relationship with the Lord. There’s no coincidence that your small group ...
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Effective Event Planning
At this point, the bulk of your summer event planning should be done and now it ought to just be down to the fine-tuning before your events hit! (Although I know good and well that some of you are scrambling right now to pull everything together for camp! Its okay, I won't tell!) Whether you are ...
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What to Read Wednesday
First on the blog today is a helpful article from Trevin Wax, managing editor for The Gospel Project. I’m someone who likes a good chart and in this article he provides an excellent one on how counterfeit gospels distort the biblical gospel in three distinct areas. This is something that you could ...
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Student Ministry Tech
Student ministry has changed over the years. There was a time when most proficient student leaders had nothing more than a landline phone and snail mail to help connect with students. Likewise student worship services were “revolutionized” with the advent of the overhead projector. And the lapel mic ...
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Student Ministry Leader Roles and Responsibilities
When it comes to student ministry, one of the most important elements are the adult volunteers who serve in the ministry. From Sunday school or small groups, to student worship and student camp, the adults who volunteer to pour their lives into students make a huge difference. How you begin with ...
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Connecting Camp with Families
Something special takes place over the course of a week at camp when students are taken out of their normal habitat, along with the distractions, and placed into an environment that is clearly focused on Christ. I’ve often heard a week of camp described as a process of “starving the flesh and ...
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Breaking Camp
Camp is one of the most exciting events for student ministries every year! Year after year student pastors see God moving and working in the lives of their kids to save them, free them from sin, and call them into His purpose. Knowing the power of a week-long retreat like this, there must be great ...
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Retaining Your Student Ministry Leaders
There are few places of service in the church that can be as demanding as working with students. At the same time, I believe there are few places to serve that are as rewarding. Seeing God work in the lives of teenagers is awesome, and being used by God to impact the next generation is a privilege. ...
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