I’ve used many curriculum packages over the years. Here’s what’s worth your time and money.

1. TxtSignal.com: $30/month
With a couple of my youth group kids burning through 18,000 text messages in one month each (yes, seriously!), it almost seems…

Last Sunday night I kicked off my youth group’s pre-trip training for the Online Missions Trip by talking about, “What is the Great Commission and…

Although most youth ministries don’t really have a budget that requires more than 5 minutes of, “Hmm… should we spend it all on a large pizza…

A couple months ago I had a conversation with Brian Eberly about some of the great ways his church is shifting from segregated age-specific ministries to a more…

Want to join me and other youth groups on a FREE missions trip in February 2009? We’re going on a missions trip to Facebook!

For many churches and youth groups, the typical approach to evangelism is to host a big event that will be attractive to unbelievers who are invited by their…

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.

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…