As a new school year begins, youth leaders can do more than hand students a calendar of events. Before the busyness of school, sports, extracurriculars, and new schedules takes over, students need to hear why youth ministry matters and how their faith shapes the year ahead.
In this episode of Youth Ministry Unscripted, Isaiah and Danny are joined by Anna Meade Harris and Chelsea Kingston Erickson, two of the editors of the new 52-week devotional titled “God With You.”
Cultural waves are constantly changing — now more rapidly than ever. The messages teenagers hear and absorb from every screen and relationship in their lives shape them at a fundamental level.
Huey sits down with Terrence Shay and Justin Wong to talk about what it looks like to gear up well for a new ministry year, specifically how to orient volunteer leaders before the semester begins.
From comparing your ministry to others to feeling the constant need to do more, we explore how leaders can build healthy, sustainable ministry rhythms that prioritize faithfulness over busyness.
Walking with a teenager through body image struggles is a powerful discipleship opportunity, but oftentimes, it is hard to know how to connect it to God’s Word. How do we offer hope and comfort when we hear teenagers‘ cries of despair, anger, anxiety, or self-hatred about their bodies?
In this episode, we discuss the summer-to-fall youth ministry transition as well as topics such as breaks for volunteers, finding rest and vacation time for youth ministry leaders, and end-of-summer youth group activities.
In this special episode, Dorothy, Huey, and Justin reflect on the mentors who have shaped their lives and ministry over the years. Behind every faithful servant is a story of people who invested, encouraged, corrected, and walked alongside them.
By rooting our next generation in the gospel and the local body, we shape a trajectory of perseverance, maturity, and kingdom impact that extends far beyond their teenage years.
