Youth Ministry Veteran Archives - Youth Worker Community

5 Ideas to Launch Your Fall Ministry with Momentum

by Youth Worker Community | Aug 6, 2019 | Leadership, Practice, Youth Ministry Practitioner, Youth Ministry Veteran | 0 comments

You know it can feel daunting to look ahead at the next ministry year’s calendar and wonder what you’re going to do. You hope that this year will be the best yet, but there’s so many things to juggle, and if you aren’t careful the fall will be crashing in around you....

I Am The Lord’s Servant

by Sid Koop | Youth Worker Community | Dec 23, 2016 | Leadership, Practice, Youth Ministry Veteran | 0 comments

This Christmas I’m reading through Timothy Keller’s book “Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind The Birth Of Christ”. It’s been good for my soul…challenging. I just finished reading the chapter on Mary, and I am left...

Thinking Inside the Box

by Marv Penner | Sep 2, 2016 | Practice, Youth Ministry Veteran | 0 comments

Here’s a tool I’ve used for many years to help me come up with creative ideas for livening up a lesson, spicing up a sermon, or tricking out a talk. I’ve taken the time to explain each of the categories a bit. The Big Idea Once your passage or topic is...

A Life-giving, Soul-filling Day Away with God

by Karra Overholt | Aug 5, 2016 | Soul Care, Youth Ministry Practitioner, Youth Ministry Veteran | 0 comments

Why Sabbath? When was the last time you had a day to yourself where at the end of it you felt filled with energy and closer to Jesus? That is God’s heart for the Sabbath. This beautiful idea of Sabbath has become faded over the years. We have become so entrenched in...