Here in Alexandria, Minnesota, I’m part of a network of community youth workers called Allies. Together we planned to pool all our resources and bring all…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
How old were you when you started studying the Bible? When did you first learn how to study the Bible for yourself? Paul tells us…

Bill Allison of Cadre Ministries just released his latest free resource called, “10 Mission Trip Land Mines.” I read over it and plan to use it with…

Luke McFadden asks for some input about what to do with the youth group on his very first night as a youth pastor.
I’m starting at my first ministry…

Eric Groezinger writes with the following question:
I’ve been challenged and motivated to consider [implementing the Deep & Wide ministry strategy]…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Character development. We’ve all heard the term, but what does it mean? Try writing an accurate, concise definition of…

Almost every small group of teenage guys eventually comes to the topic of sex and porn. In fact, it’s probably the only subject that makes teenage boys…

Dennis Poulette contributes the following list of free software that is useful for youth ministry. If you’re interested in becoming a guest blogger for…

A lot of you are submitting questions for the Q&A series here at Life In Student Ministry, which is great! Now I have to try to keep up with them…

Luke McFadden writes asking, “From what I have seen from your [youth group’s] site, your summer schedule is different than your in school schedule…