3 Common Youth Ministry PitfallsHad a chance to getaway with some of our youth ministry leadership team the past couple of days and really...
Crazytown eHarmony Video: Girlsdream A follow-up to last week’s guys eHarmony video for the guys is this week’s over the top dating profile...
HSM Weekend in Review: Volume 213dream Weekend Teaching Series: Crazytown (week 2 of 3) Sermon in a Sentence: 5 Things Guys Wish Girls Knew Service...
Infinite Reasons to Go to HSM Summer Camp: Team Recdream Loving this simple series of promo videos for HSM Summer Camp. So fun! Ouch … JG
Instagrams of My Message Each Weekdream We’re trying something new with the Crazytown series we’re doing right now – honestly we stumbled into it when...
The Time Zones of Youth Ministrydream This post is generated from a dare I received from members of a “dear to my heart” team of...
May Can Be Stressful!!dream NEED A REFRESHER? There is no doubt that the month of May is one of the most difficult in...
In God We Trust. (All Others, Pay Cash)dream A Series on How Trust is Often Undermined at Church PART 1: Email Etiquette I saw the above hanging...
My Big Beef with the word “Just”dream “I’m just a volunteer.” You may use this phrase in a number of different contexts, but in every single instance, the...
DEAL ON STORAGE…dream In my deal sightings today I would a killer deal you might want to get in on. Right now...
The Minute To Win It Novel…dream A few years ago youth ministries were blessed with NBC’s Minute To Win It. It was a fun show...
2 Graduation Gift Ideas…dream I have given graduation gift to graduating classes for years. It has usually been in the form of a Bible or...
S.W.A.G. 2 (a.k.a. Free Game Resources)dream More free stuff links. We play a game almost every week in our youth services and these sites help...
S.W.A.G. (a.k.a. Free Resources)dream I shared 5 of my favorite “FREE STUFF” websites in the January/February 2012 issue of Group Magazine (If you...
When They Walk Away…dream It was almost ten years ago at a camp that Sarah had decided that she was choosing Jesus’ ways...
Helping Families Get Healthy…Anything Is Better Than Nothing!dream The other day, Doug Fields wrote a great post in which he mentioned four ways churches might help strengthen...
A Youth Ministry Volunteer Speaks His Mind!dream I couldn’t be more excited about the new book, A Youth Ministry Volunteer Speaks His Mind….at least what’s left...
Ownership = Excellencedream In addition to the normal youth group happenings, a typical weekend in our student ministries includes any number of...
Lessons and Games…The Rules Are Often The Samedream In a typical junior high ministry gathering, two things are almost always present: A game and a lesson. And...
Your Splash Zonedream I recently had the fun experience of hearing Bob Goff speak at the Orange Conference. At some point during...
Who’s It Gonna Be?!?dream Who’s It Gonna Be?!? It’s been all over the news! Everyone is talking about who is going to win the NCAA...
New Release! Everybody’s Urban!dream The word “urban” seems simple to define—but “urban teenager” is anything but simple to understand and explain. Even if...
Want to Know the Hottest Release from SYMC?!dream THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS? THINK YOUR FRIENDS KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU? THINK AGAIN! This Book Gets...
Spring 2013 Big Day of Servingdream Youth Leaders, inspire your students to be part of something amazing… This spring, your students can serve people in...
Youth Ministry Do’sdream So much of youth ministry seems to be about what “not” to do. Don’t spill Kool-Aid on the carpet. ...
Change Is The Only Constantdream Change is one of the only things that is always present in our work with Group Mission Trips. I’ve...
2013 Simply Youth Ministry Conferencedream Starting this Friday you’ll be able to see pretty much every member of the Group Mission Trips team at...
I’m not sure whether I’m embarrassed or proud…dream I know many of you can relate… your husband is the church’s default funny guy. In some ways, it...
be…dream A sweet and dear friend of ours died yesterday. Cancer stinks. It is an injustice. It...
Wonder Womandream Nothing will take me down faster than when my family goes down. My 3 year old got...