It’s summertime and baseball state tournaments are wrapping up, so I thought we would keep fast and neat down the center this week with a trio of baseball analogies for parent ministry.
Here are three things that parents in and near your student ministry need from you this summer.
1. A ...
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The Ministry of Fun
There is a serious deficit in many of our youth ministries. Yes, I’m serious. Yes, it’s significant. It And oh, it’s theological... but it is not whatever theological issue you just thought of...
Our youth ministries are seriously lacking in FUN!
Now, wait, I said fun and you immediately ...
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DOWNLOAD: Guide to Launching Student Ministry Small Groups
This month on Student Ministry That Matters on YouTube, we are focusing on launching student ministry small groups. A lot of focus and energy in student ministry goes into worship and large group gatherings, but small groups can be the discipleship and care engine of your ministry! It's time to take ...
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Parent Ministry: Beyond Information
Ministry to parents is something that has been rising in importance and attention in student ministry over the last decade. While this is true, the pandemic revealed that there is still work to be done in closing the gap between providing information and partnering with parents in the ...
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Successful Parent Ministry is Successful Student Ministry
How do you get your student ministry to the next level?
John Maxwell famously has 5-levels of influential leadership and aspirational leaders should seek to grow their capacity all the way to level 5. Well, I would like to offer I think there are three levels of student ministry leadership ...
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The Spiritual Discipline of Rest
“You have to learn to fight with tools.” One of my ministry mentors said this cryptically early on and it has taken me years to learn it’s value.
Here’s what I think he meant:
In the fight for ministry excellence and longevity, our capacity for faithful discipline, spiritual practices, ...
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Leading When Others Are Discouraged
Discouragement is a part of life and leadership for you and the people you lead. As leaders, we can become so focused on achieving the task in front of us that we fail to recognize the struggles of people on our teams. A challenge for me is to see that caring for people is as much the role of a ...
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Spotting the Difference Between a Dissenting Voice and a Complaining Voice
There’s only one problem with dissent: a lot of people don’t want to hear it.
All week long we are focusing our attention on what it means to be a dissenting voice for your team, and a discerning team with a powerful voice. It’s not an easy conversation, but a necessary practice for the ...
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5 Ways to Celebrate Your Seniors for More Than Just a Day!
It’s senior season and next month you should be celebrating your graduating seniors. But how? Last year was a mad-dash of just trying to come up with something, anything that we could do in light of being on lockdown. This year let’s take what we innovated last year, couple it with what we have ...
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3 Leadership Benefits of Celebration
I'm not great at celebrating the wins. It's something I've learned about my leadership over the years as I've often moved onto the next mountain to climb rather than stopping to celebrate the climb we've just finished.
Celebration is a critical part of leadership, and is healthy for you and for ...
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