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Saw this post over at Cory Lebovitz’s Blog about building a great volunteer youth ministry team. He’s got some tips that all youth ministries would do well to implement. I’m going to post a small snippet below. Head over to...

Yesterday we “welcomed” our newest High School Ministry team member at Saddleback Church. Makes me glad I’m a volunteer, not a staff member....

Last week I saw a post on Facebook that jarred me pretty good. A friend of mine posted a photo of a bald tire with a caption about his dad. The caption read something like, “5 years ago today my...

Welcome to the new, expanded and improved website. Super thankful for our new webmaster Nathan for his incredible talent and many hours making this happen. We’re still not done! Here are some things we still have in the pipeline: 1....

We’re making massive changes and expansions to VolunteerYouthMinistry.com. You’re getting a sneak peak at some great stuff that won’t be announced publicly for a few weeks. Between now and then, as we make the upgrades, please pardon the things that...

This idea came out of a conversation at our Life Group Christmas party a couple of weeks ago. When a parent dropped her son off, she commented that the parents don’t know who each other are. As I was reflecting...

I gave a Swiss Army Knife to a former student who has become a co-leader of mine this year. I decided to make it more than just a gift. This is something I kind of stumbled on that I will...

This one was very difficult for me to do. This year I started over with a new group of Freshmen. Their parents were very cordial and involved, in a healthy way. Several of them offered to send desserts or help...

I keep these camp pictures on my mantle to remind me of the great youth ministry memories made while doing summer camp. On this Thanksgiving Day, that’s what I’m thankful for: Youth Ministry, getting to impact young lives for Christ,...