What is Grace-Filled Youth Ministry?
A grace-filled ministry is Christocentric, looking continually to Jesus as the perfect source of all grace, love, and mercy.
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Ask Rooted: How Are You Celebrating Students’ Milestones This Spring?
Each spring we as youth ministers are faced with various transitions in the lives of our students as new sixth or seventh graders enter our middle school ministries, eighth graders promote to high school, and another class of seniors graduates and leaves us.
Hebrews and the Promise of Real Rest for Youth Ministers (Even In a Pandemic)
My students and I needed to believe anew that Christ has freed us from the restlessness that debilitates us.
Faith for Exiles: Growing Resilient Disciples at Home and in Church
Faith in exile requires the gospel to be our “operating system” – the foundation for our relationships, our work, our engagement with culture.
He Sympathizes: Christ’s Solidarity in Our Students’ Anxieties
Our students are invited to draw near to the throne through Christ – not when their anxieties are over, but in the midst of the worst of them.
Preaching the Gospel Before, During, and After COVID
May we never cease to lead our students to the only one who is able to truly meet their deepest needs with transformative grace.
Returning from Exile: Coming Back from COVID
As the pandemic begins to subside, Ezra’s intermingling of joy and sorrow has everything to do with our students.
Using the “Two Ways to Live” Model to Help Teenagers Know Jesus
Telling strangers and friends the good news of the gospel makes me nervous. My reluctance doesn’t mean I can do nothing, however.
Rooted’s Top Ten of April 2021
This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families.