Student Ministry

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How do you get parents to involve their students?

This is a question that many Student Ministers have had to face over the years. We want all the students who attend church to be a part of what we have going on and too often we can take that personally.

5Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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I am 24 and living at home

In our current culture we have students who are growing up and heading off to college and coming home to live with their parents when they graduate. What can be done to help students accept responsibility and help them grow up?

3Jan2012 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Student wants to…Parents don’t

“My mom won’t let me go on the mission trip, I hate that she doesn’t want me involved at church!” What do you do when students share those kinds of statements with you? Should the student get her way?

7Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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ICYC – Questions

ICYC 2012 here is where you will be able to find a link to the questions that were asked in our session for Youth workers only hosted by Lincoln Christian University.

23Nov2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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What is most important at camp?

Camp has always been a great experience for me as I was growing up and then later as I have led many weeks. What about camp is the most important? If you were to put all your eggs into one basket what area would it be in?

19Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Church vans are they worth it?

Vehicles are a necessary evil when traveling as a group. A lot of churches spend thousands of dollars on vehicles a year and seem to live in a state of frustration with them.

21Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Me, lead a small group?

I recently received a Facebook message, “Should I as the Youth Minister lead a group and how should we split them up?”  while there are several different ways to answer both of these questions I am going to simply share my thoughts.. When it comes to having the Youth Minister lead a group I think [...]

21Apr2011 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Marriage is Obsolete?

When it comes to volunteers what are you doing with those who are living together? How is your church responding to the delay of marriage?

24Mar2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Toys in Youth Ministry

How often have we as Youth Ministers fallen into that trap. Always looking for the coolest new things to use in our ministries. What lights are there that can create a cool look?

2Feb2011 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Can’t students just be students?

I have been amazed over the years at how we expect teenagers to act like Young Adults but we treat them like Jr. Higher’s. We want them to treat one another and everyone around them with respect and love.

25Jan2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Social Awareness makes a difference

It is an incredible experience to help teens see that they can have a global impact right now where they are at.  They don’t have to wait until they graduate or raise lots of money to go overseas.  Teens today can have an impact in a matter of just hours that will resonate across the [...]

18Jan2011 | | 1 comment | Continued
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