Five Truths for Teens in Broken Families

Whether you know it or not, if you work in youth ministry you are likely serving one or more children from broken homes. Here are five truths to encourage your teens in dysfunctional families

Prayer for a Masked Youth Leader

Oh, Lord, we know there’s nothing new under the sun, and yet, if we may, this feels like an exception. We are masked and socially distanced and dearly in need of the Savior…

How to Preach to Gen Z Students

Teenagers have short attention spans. Teenagers have no filter. But teenagers are also in a critical season of their lives when they need wisdom, comfort, encouragement, truth, and hope.

Rooted’s Top Ten of August 2020

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…

Youth Group Games- Our Three Best Tips

One of forty- two offerings available on Rooted Reservoir, this video presents a framework for games to reinforce a culture of grace that tears down the walls between students, in order that the gospel would shine forth in every facet of your ministry.

Teaching Students to Hope in God from Captivity

Our students do not have to continue to feel hopeless in the dark captivity they feel at their school or in this world. Rather, they may rest in the fact that they have a Savior in heaven who stands at the right hand of God and intercedes on their behalf.