Tag: Youth Ministry
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Three Reasons To Take Attendance In Youth Ministry
I thought this worth reposting… Years ago a wise sage (he was actually younger but infinately wiser than me) taught me the value of tracking attendance at youth group, Sunday School, and pretty much anything in our ministry. He showed me a database of who had been coming to youth programs and who had not. He…
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Epic 2017
Our most recent weekend retreat was a great success!
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Three Keys To Numerical Growth In Youth Ministry
Numbers aren’t everything, nor are they the true measure of effectiveness. For that we need to look at longer term fruit. However, attendance numbers do indicate life and growth in a ministry and they often determine our fate as employed or redundant youth ministers. We do well to track attendance regularly which I wrote about…
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Podcast with Dr. Michael Horton
I had the opportunity to contribute in a small way to a podcast with Dr. Michael Horton which can be found here.
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Lessons learned along the way
Since hitting the 30 year mark at the start of the month, I thought I would share something I shared with a group of youth leaders in recent years when teaching at a training conference. Some of it needs further explaining but some of it is just obvious. I learned these from observation, experience, and…
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We Missed Them, Why?
I have been trying to figure out the best terminology for a situation that exists all over North America. It is seen in the small churches where one or two or three teens exist in the congregation and no real ministry is being done for or with them. Why? Because the leadership of the church…
