Every couple weeks I get an email from someone asking me to check out their new church website. Most of the time they only want to show it off and receive a pat…

Here’s a sample plan a youth ministry might use for partnering with parents to impact their teens for Christ.

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Sometimes when I’m busy driving errands around town I put off things that feel like a hindrance, like putting gas in the car…

One of the things I love about doing Freebie Friday every week is that it often forces me to dig back into my computer’s archive of lessons, games, and…

Actions speak louder than words. Whether parents like it or not, kids see the priorities and values they set for the family and it makes a difference on how…

Ben Schnipper of Mexico, Missouri submitted this game. Sounds hilarious! Thanks, Ben!
Indoor Game; All Ages; 10 or more kids
Supplies: Twinkies, babyfood, food…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
It’s important to have goals for your youth ministry. Although they may encompass many things, is one of the main ones to…

Here’s a lesson I wrote a couple years ago about growing in Christ, based on Philippians 1:1-11. The main idea is that life transformation is possible…

No one is perfect and we all make mistakes, but, as youth pastors, we seem to error in a couple common ways.
1. Only listening to the innovators. As I…

In 1950 a group of television producers funded a research project to evaluate the effectiveness of TV commercials. Part of the project’s findings…