7 Ways to Deal with Disruptive Students
What can you do when your students are being disruptive? In this post, I share seven classroom management techniques that will help youth pastors keep things on the right track.
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3 Keys for Transitioning from Large Group to Small Groups in Your Program
If you’ve adopted the strategy of going to small groups immediately after your large group program, then these ideas will help you make that transition as seamless as possible…
How Youth Pastors Can Be More Creative and Spark New Ideas
As a youth pastor, you’re always having to come up with creative ideas for your next program, sermon, game, event, or activity. In this video, I share 4 ways to tap into your creativity (even if you think you’re not very creative). Suggested Resource
Why Not Ask? A Lesson About Becoming Rejection-Proof
Why not reach out to Christian influencers on social media and ask if they would be willing to show up for your Zoom group or pre-record a short, inspirational message for your students? What’s the worst that could happen?
A Simple Way to Get Students to Open Up, Ask Questions, and Own Their Faith
With puberty, middle school students start to develop a new ability to think abstractly. They begin to question their childhood beliefs. In this post, I share an easy way to help them work through those questions and doubts.
First Things First (Don’t Promote Your Ministry Before You’re Ready)
Before you ask your students to invite all of their friends, get your place in order and create an environment where students who show up for the first time will want to come back a second time.
A Free Tool to Measure What’s Really Happening with Your Students
You think your students are growing spiritually. But are they really? After a brief rant, I share a free tool that will help you know what’s really going on with the students in your youth ministry.
How I Use Evernote to Plan for Large Group Programs
Evernote has a lot of capabilities, but in this post, I want to focus on how to set it up to keep things straight from week to week.
How to Find the Purple Cow for Your Youth Ministry
Stop settling for being a smaller, more generic version of bigger ministries in your town. Create your own version instead. Here’s how…
5 Hosting Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
If you start well, you can keep attention and engagement throughout the whole program. If you don’t, you’ll be driving home feeling frustrated and wondering what went wrong. Here’s how to get it right…
