A huge thanks to Jake Bouma for donating today’s Freebie Friday! He created an icebreaker called “Pseudonyms” that encourages kids to be…

A while ago Greg Stier told me to check out the Deep & Wide ministry strategy and asked me to share my thoughts with him. I honestly put it off for a while…

If you’re a fan of the Life In Student Ministry Facebook page or if you follow me on Twitter, you saw me mention an open youth ministry round-table…

Indoor Game; All Ages; 4 or more kids
We played this a couple weeks ago in both our Jr. High and Sr. High ministries. The facial expressions and reactions are…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
No one can deny that we live in a very sensual, sex-saturated world. Visual images abound. Our computers and TV bring them right…

This week marks one year since I released my free ebook, 130 Youth Ministry Tips and Ideas. It’s full of mistakes to avoid, possible changes to implement…

About a year ago many of you shared your ideas for naming a new international youth ministry by my friend Bill Scott (founder of the former radio ministry…

Thanks to Gerrard Fess of Deep Thoughts by Gman for writing this guest post for Life In Student Ministry!
Top 10 things to know a month after being a post-youth…

I sometimes post the youth ministry questions readers submit, with permission, of course. Figured I’d turn it into a regular series starting today. Please…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Howard Hendricks says that everyone needs a Paul, a Barnabas and a Timothy in their life. A “Paul” is someone who is…