Last year I shared with you some of the ways my youth ministry communicates with teens and parents throughout the week, and last week I posted the entire video…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
The race of ministry
Two paddle boats, both powered by coal, left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River…

This is a guest post by Ashley Engleford. If you’d like to submit a guest post for LISM, read this.
Being a youth leader is very time consuming. For many…

Last weekend at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference I was scheduled to present the same seminar I lead at conference the year before, “Communicating…

I spent last weekend with 2,500 other youth workers at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference. It’s really no secret that I’m a big fan of the…

Sometimes we forget that being a pastor is a spiritual gift, not just a title we’re assigned because we work at a church.

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
When is the last time you felt stressed out by your ministry? How many times a week does the stress get so high it impacts your…

Brian McNarry, a youth worker in Manitoba, Canada, contributes this week’s Freebie Friday. Thanks, Brian!
It’s a Bible study discussion guide about…

Today was a special episode of LIVE YM Talk. Some of us on the “Youth Ministry Advance Team: Haiti” talked publicly about our trip. Joining the…

The news has been out for a couple weeks now, but I wanted to officially announce on LISM that Schmoyer baby #2 is on the way! Hannah is only 6 months old right…