Top Ten of May 2019

Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families. Some give explicit instruction on…

Five Ways to Cultivate Friendship with Your Lead Pastor

This is Part One in a two-part series about navigating the youth pastor/senior pastor relationship. Read Part Two here written by Jon Watts’ lead pastor, Dave Steinbeck. Developing a healthy relationship with a lead pastor or other senior…

How Acts Informs Our Summer Missions

A few years ago we were having a discussion about the summer trips for our high school ministry. We had a long history of going to a conference, but many wondered whether our students were missing out by…

To The Class of 2019

This is an edited version of a commencement address I gave at a local homeschool graduation (yes, that’s a thing). Several graduates and parents said it was encouraging. If you are graduating, or the proud parent of a…

Pomp, Circumstance, and Regret

You can’t know what God has in store for each student, but be confident that if His Word has been proclaimed in your church, it won’t return to Him void.