The following post is contributed by my beautiful wife, Dana Schmoyer (pictured to the left, holding me shortly after I proposed). She often blogs about youth…

Being a youth pastor is tough! Here are 9 ways my wife, Dana, says wives can support their husbands in ministry.

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
Everyone likes to be liked. We all want to be accepted. Most people are more interested in doing what is popular rather than what…

Russ Bowlin, author of Observations & Devotions, is a youth director at Williams Memorial UMC in Texarkana, Texas, and again donates a some quality lesson…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
I’m sure God likes Thanksgiving. I’m sure He likes it when we sing songs of thankfulness and share what He has done for…

Yesterday in our LIVE Youth Ministry Conversation we talked about big youth events and if they’re still working the way they used to. A lot of us have…

Wow, #100 is here! When I started Freebie Friday 100 weeks ago, I had no idea it would go this far or bless this number of people. Amazing.
This week we have…

We’ve all had them — students who cause trouble, play on their cell phones all night, are disrespectful, and generally seem mad at the world…