Leadership

Youth Ministry Leadership Quick Tip: Rest in Jesus

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The A-Word I’ve been called it many times. In moments of embarrassment, I’ve even found myself murmuring it under my breath at myself. Some days I don’t think I’ll ever shake the label. “Awkward.” That’s right. I’ll admit it. I’m awkward. Whether it’s a conversational misstep or a wrinkle in the rug, I often find [...]

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Youth Ministry Leadership Quick Tip: Ask and Listen

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The following is part of the on the go training that I’ve begun to give our adult leaders in our youth ministry. The principles should be transferrable to other youth ministries with small group programs. Broken Interwebs “The Internet is not working.” Five words that strike fear into the core of my existence. I heard [...]

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Small Group Leadership Quick Tip: Know When to Move On

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The following is part of the on the go training that I’ve begun to give our adult leaders in our youth ministry. The principles should be transferrable to other youth ministries with small group programs. I Heart Mixtapes Remember tapes? Those little plastic boxes with ribbon that threatened to get tangled in your cassette player? [...]

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Three Thoughts about Adult Leadership

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I love working with adult leaders. In our ministry, they are the backbone of our process of discipleship. We have people serving in all capacities, from those who keep up with registrations for the latest mission trip, to those who clean up pizzas at the end of a meeting, to those who will teach middle [...]

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Small Group Leadership Quick Tip: Order Take-Out

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The following is part of the on the go training that I’ve begun to give our adult leaders in our youth ministry. The principles should be transferrable to other youth ministries with small group programs. “I’ll Take It To-Go” There is one innovation above all others that will be heralded in the history books that [...]

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