“Best practices” for our high school small groups
This fall our ministry is launching a couple new high school small groups and I want to make sure our leadership team does all it can to ensure that they are…
timschmoyer.com no longer exists, kinda…
The first stage of a big vision for this site is complete! TimSchmoyer.com is now StudentMinistry.org.
Time Out: Faithful in the tough things (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)
Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
The period just before and during the Jews’ captivity in Babylon was one of the darkest times in Bible history. God’s…
The importance of building a youth ministry team [podcast]
Today Brian Eberly joined us for our LIVE YM Talk and led us in a discussion about the importance of building a youth ministry team. Although most of us are…
Freebie Friday #136: 21-day devotional through John for teens
Paul Turner of TheDiscipleProject.net recently finished another youth devotional called, “God, What’s Your Status?” It’s a 21-day…
Time Out: Loyal love (Hosea and Gomer)
Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
The story of Hosea and Gomer is one of the strangest love stories in literature. Imagine God telling a prophet, a committed servant…
Rest, burn-out and time management in youth ministry [podcast]
Today Shawn Shoup joined us for our LIVE YM Talk and talked with us about rest, setting boundaries, saying “no,” time management, priorities and…
Freebie Friday #135: Salt and Light Prayer Stations package
I think Brett Hetherington has contributed more to our Freebie Fridays over the past couple years than anyone else. The best part is, his stuff is always…
Web communication tips for your ministry
The following is an article I wrote for one of my denomination’s publications. I have permission to republish it here for you all. A lot of different social media websites have popped up in the past couple years: YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Twitter, Virb, LinkedIn, MetaCafe, DeviantArt, Friendster, […]